Brazil-Mexico 2-0, Neymar and Firmino sign the passage to the quarter-finals – Repubblica.it

SAMARA – Titus, his trainer, had prophesied: now, Neymar has returned to his level. And the level of the best Brazilian player, national survivor with only France at the death of the favorites, is precisely that of those who can easily train his team to the quarter-finals of the World Cup. Since then, the Seleçao is not only Neymar, but also a group of technically superior and tactically mature players, it becomes quite logical to think that he is really able to win his sixth title. Dealing with this is complicated: it can hit any subject and does not hit opponents, because up until here it has only suffered one goal (discussed) during the first match against Switzerland.

MOVEMENTS OF OSORIO – Mexico, capable of trapping Germany, had announced the intention not to close and attack, as far as possible. The idea of ​​a drive with offensive explosions was however protected by the presence of Rafa Marquez, who, at 39, and the world's 5th, took away the satisfaction of a match as important as the Captain and director, even though he was released range. But the impact of the Seleçao, which played continuously and without breaks, forced the Tri to defend and counter-attack, beyond his own intentions. The only very vulnerable point of Brazil was the lateral ones, and not by chance: Fagner to the right and Filipe Luis to the left were on the ground because Danilo and Marcelo, cured of their muscular wounds, were on the bench: they n & # # # They offered no sufficient athletic guarantees. Osorio tried to break through the wings, with episodes of Vela and Lozano, who also reversed their positions. Filipe Lujis corrected a yellow card at the end of the first half, for a late entry on Vela. Alisson, however, was not afraid, except for a few mixtures.

O NEY INVENTA – The mood of his colleague Ochoa was very different: he saw a rocket in the region of Neymar, Coutinho and Gabriel Jesus , always better inserted into the game Tit. The actions left almost all of the left, confirming the tactical imbalance induced by the simultaneous presence of Neymar and Coutinho on this side and the intermittent vein of Willian in the first half. It was a tolerable fault, given the amount of play produced by the Brazilians. Neymar was rudely elevated by Alvarez, who garnered the canonical warning for an air raid. Attempts to shoot number 10, in the first half, were a central right and a throw-cross apartment, after leaving Alvarez on the spot. Both times Ochoa responded with excellent reflexes. But to scare Mexico, Neymar, were mainly penetrations in the region and duets with Coutinho and Gabriel Jesus, who had the opportunity to conclude: the top left of the playmaker, repulsed by the goalkeeper of purpose of the diagonal. In the second half, as it was inevitable, the hammering gave the purpose of the advantage. Osorio had tried a correction in the meantime, inserting Layun for Marquez and badigning it precisely to Neymar's control. It was not enough: after a flash of Coutinho (Ochoa parade), Neymar decided to score immediately.

TITE VARIATIONS – The will was eloquentissima: central percussion, heel to call Willian shooting in the box and slipped with a goal, to collect the cross shot at the bottom left. The action of the 1-0, celebrated by the entire team with some kind of ideal pedestal prepared to get us up the hero, has cleared a clear variant in the game of Titus: Willian has often entered the forehead and not just right and movement has proven effective. Osorio took first on the bench Jonathan Dos Santos and then striker Jimenez, who replaced the off Chicharito Hernandez, but the only shot to the Brazilian goal was a left-footed effect by Vela, raised in the corner by Alisson. Instead, Neymar continued to wreak chaos, Willian forced Ochoa to a corner and the game became a sort of individual battle of the Mexicans with the tightrope walker O Ney, who at one point held his right ankle Se debating in front of the bench, implicitly asked for a red card: Rocchi, after an interview with Var Irrati, made the game go on. Better, because it is when he plays that number 10 of the Seleçao gives the best: a perfect counterattack, closed by a pbad from the outside, allowed Firmino, who had just entered , to sign the 2-0. Now Brazil is among the top eight in the World Cup and has no plans to stop.

Brazil-Mexico 2-0 (0-0)
Brazil (4-2-3-1)): Alisson, Fagner, Silva Thiago, Miranda, Luis Felipe, Paulinho (36) & # 39; st Fernandinho), Casemiro, Willian (46 & st Marquinhos), Coutinho (41 & st Firmino), Neymar, Gabriel Gesus. (23 Ederson, 16 Cbadio, 4 Geromel, 12 Marcelo, 14 Danilo, 18 Fred, 21 Taison). All .: Titus.
Mexico (4-3-3): Ochoa, Gallardo, Salcedo, Ayala, Alvarez (10th St. Jonathan dos Santos), Guardado, Marquez (1 st Layun), Herrera, Lozano, Hernandez (15 & st Jimenez), Vela. (1J Corona, 12 Talavera, 5 Gutierrez, 8 Fabian, 10 Giovani dos Santos, 17 J.M. Corona, 19 Peralta, 20 Aquino). All .: Osorio.
Arbitrator : Rocchi (Italy).
Reti : in 6 Ne Neymar, 43 # Firmino.
Ammoniti : Alvarez, Felipe Luis, Casemiro and Salsedo for foul play, Herrera for bad play
Angles : 8-7 for Brazil
Recovery : 0 & # 39; and 6 & # 39;
Var : 0.
Spectators : 41,970.