FIFA World Cup

FT Friday, June 22, 2018
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Match Report

Brazil scores late goals to beat Costa Rica 2-0 at World Cup

Philippe Coutinho and Neymar scored injury-time goals to help Brazil beat Costa Rica 2-0 Friday at the World Cup.

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Team Stats

11
Fouls
11
1
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
3
1
Corner Kicks
10
7
Saves
0
31
Possession
69
4
SHOTS
23
0
ON GOAL
9
0.0
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
197
Accurate Passes
644
278
Passes
705
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.9
1
Accurate Crosses
7
8
Crosses
28
0.1
Cross %
0.3
67
Long Balls
34
27
Accurate Long Balls
27
0.4
Long Balls %
0.8
0
Blocked Shots
2
13
Effective Tackles
14
23
Tackles
22
0.6
Tackle %
0.6
8
Interceptions
7
33
Effective Clearances
12
33
Clearances
12

Head to Head

BRA leads series 5-0

Lineups

BRA · 4-3-3

  1. 1Alisson BeckerG
  2. 3MirandaCD-L
  3. 2Thiago SilvaCD-R
  4. 12MarceloLB
  5. 22FagnerRB
  6. 5CasemiroCM
  7. 11Philippe CoutinhoLM
  8. 15PaulinhoRM
  9. 9Gabriel JesusF
  10. 10NeymarLF
  11. 19WillianRF

CRC · 3-4-2-1

  1. 1Keylor NavasG
  2. 3Giancarlo GonzálezCD
  3. 6Óscar DuarteCD-L
  4. 2Johnny AcostaCD-R
  5. 20David GuzmánCM-L
  6. 5Celso BorgesCM-R
  7. 8Bryan OviedoLM
  8. 16Cristian GamboaRM
  9. 21Marco UreñaF
  10. 10Bryan RuizCF-L
  11. 11Johan VenegasCF-R

Timeline

  1. 45' Substitution, Brazil. Douglas Costa replaces Willian.
  2. 54' Substitution, Costa Rica. Christian Bolaños replaces Marco Ureña.
  3. 68' Substitution, Brazil. Roberto Firmino replaces Paulinho.
  4. 75' Substitution, Costa Rica. Francisco Calvo replaces Cristian Gamboa.
  5. 79' VAR Decision: No Penalty Brazil.
  6. 81' Neymar (Brazil) is shown the yellow card.
  7. 81' Philippe Coutinho (Brazil) is shown the yellow card.
  8. 83' Substitution, Costa Rica. Yeltsin Tejeda replaces David Guzmán.
  9. 84' Johnny Acosta (Costa Rica) is shown the yellow card.
  10. 90'+1' Goal! Brazil 1, Costa Rica 0. Philippe Coutinho (Brazil) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Gabriel Jesus.
  11. 90'+3' Substitution, Brazil. Fernandinho replaces Gabriel Jesus.
  12. 90'+7' Goal! Brazil 2, Costa Rica 0. Neymar (Brazil) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Douglas Costa.

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