Neymar overcomes Garrincha, Zico and Romário and enters the Top 10 Brazilian scorers in Cups

Brazil's main name for the World Cup in Russia, Neymar wrote Monday (July 2) another important chapter of his career in the Seleção. With the goal scored in a 2-0 win against Mexico, the striker joined the group of top 10 scorers of the World Cup.

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Taking advantage of Willian's low pbad, five minutes from the second half, Neymar made his sixth attempt at the World Cup. With the goal, Neymar overcame Garrincha, Zico and Romario and tied two other historic names in sixth place in the list of goals scored by Roberto Firmino.

Top scorers of the World Cup: Rivellino and Bebeto.

The list, considering only the Brazilians, is led by Ronaldo Fenômeno, with 15 goals. The former striker, however, participated in four editions of the tournament, swaying the opposing networks in three of them (1998, 2002 and 2006). In front of him, Neymar still has Careca (7), Leonidas da Silva (8), Rivaldo (8), Vavá (9), Ademir de Menezes (9), Jairzinho (9) and Pelé (12).

Neymar opened his Copas account in a 3-1 victory over Croatia at the Corinthians Arena, scoring twice in the duel that marked the debut of They still won at the 2014 FIFA World Cup ™ They scored two more goals in Cameroon's 4-1 defeat in Brasilia, still in the group stage.

After becoming white in the clashes with Chile and Colombia Neymar, who will play for the first time at the World Cup in Brazil, will face Brazil in a 2-0 win against Costa Rica in second round of the 2018 edition.

At age 26, Neymar will have at least one more game to face in the standings still during the Russian World Cup.

Brazil's top 15 scorers in Cups:

Ronaldo: 15 goals

Pele: In the quarter-finals, Brazil will play Belgium next Friday (6) 12 goals

Jairzinho – 9 goals [19659004] Ademir Menezes: 9 goals

Vava: 9 goals

Rivaldo: 8 goals

Leônidas da Silva: 8 goals

Neymar: 6 goals

Rivellino: 6 goals

Bebeto: 6 goals

Garrincha: 5 goals

Zico: 5 goals

Romário: 5 goals

Socrates: 4 goals

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