Brazil ease past USA in friendly as Neymar & Firmino find the net
2018 Friendlies
0-2
Match Events
11' GOAL! United States 0-1 Brazil (Firmino)
Goal! Brazil have got their heads in front thanks to a Roberto Firmino strike.
Douglas Costa with an assist there.
34' CHANCE! McKennie's shot blocked
43' Penalty Goal! United States 0-2 Brazil (Neymar)
Brazil are going well in East Rutherford. They now lead 0-2 thanks to a Neymar penalty.
51' CHANCE! Neymar's shot saved by Steffen
60' Barca starlet Arthur officially makes his Brazil debut
MATCH REPORT
Brazil opened the scoring just 11 minutes in, as Douglas Costa played a beautiful cross that was tapped in by Roberto Firmino. The visitors had a chance to double their lead in the 39th minute, but a save from Zack Steffen and some nervy-if-successful defending from the USMNT kept the Brazilians from tallying again.
But the home side wasn't as fortunate a few minutes later, as Fabinho drew a penalty from Wil Trapp while he slalomed into the box. Neymar converted the subsequent spot kick to make it 2-0 before halftime.
After the break, the US needed to rely on emergency defending again, as Neymar's stinging shot off a back-post run was partially blocked by Steffen, before Matt Miazga cleared the bouncing ball off the line.
And while the Americans managed a few weak shots, their best looks in attack came on set pieces, but despite a few near misses they couldn't find the breakthrough to get on the board.
Line-ups
United States XI: Wood, P. Arriola, Brooks, J. Green, W. Trapp, Z. Steffen, Yedlin, Matt Miazga, T. Adams, A. Robinson, McKennie
Subs: E. Lichaj, K. Acosta, M. Delgado, G. Zardes, T. Parker, A. Bono, Cameron Carter-Vickers, C. Roldan, Timothy Weah
Brazil XI: Filipe Luis, Thiago Silva, Douglas Costa, Philippe Coutinho, Alisson, Casemiro, Neymar, Roberto Firmino, Marquinhos, Fred, Fabinho
Subs: Willian, Dedé, A.Sandro, Neto, Felipe, A.Pereira, Arthur, Everton, Richarlison, Eder Militão, Lucas Paquetá, Hugo Souza