Brazil 2-0 Croatia: Neymar celebrates his comeback by scoring a screamer

Brazil 2-0 Croatia: Neymar celebrates his comeback by scoring a screamer

Brazil beat Croatia 2-0 in World Cup 2018 international friendlies. Neymar's individual piece of brilliance & Firmino's cheeky chip is the difference. 

2018 Friendlies

2-0

Neymar (69')

Firmino (90')

Neymar was sidelined for almost 3 months because of an injury before getting himself back on the football pitch, and just 26 minutes to light it up.

Brazil’s 2-0 win over Croatia at Anfield will not go down as a classic by any means, but the Paris Saint-Germain star ensured those who were there will remember it. His goal, smashed home in front of the Kop, settled matters in favour of Tite’s side.

Match Events

40' Yellow Card! Fernandinho booked

46' He is back! Neymar subs on for the first time since February.

61' SAVED! Alisson denies Rebic header

69' GOAL! Brazil 1-0 Croatia (Neymar)

GOAL! Brazil take the lead, and it's Neymar with a sublime strike!

A lovely pass from Willian picks out Coutinho, who then works the ball over to Neymar. The forward easily gets the better of Vrsaljko before taking on Kovacic and shooting, and his thumping shot rifles straight into the top of the net. He's back!

78' Yellow Card! Rakitic booked

93' GOAL! Brazil 2-0 Croatia (Firmino)

GOAL! It's a second for Brazil! A lifted pass from Casemiro perfectly picks out Firmino inside the middle of the Croatia penalty area, setting up the Liverpool forward to easily shrug off Jedvaj before beating Subasic with a delicate chip.

Line-ups

Brazil XI: Miranda, Willian, Thiago Silva, Marcelo, Fernandinho, Paulinho, Danilo, Coutinho, Alisson, Casemiro, Gabriel Jesus

Subs: Filipe Luís, Pedro Geromel, Cássio, Fágner, Taison, Douglas Costa, Neymar, Roberto Firmino, Marquinhos, Fred, Ederson

Croatia XI: Luka Modric, Ivan Rakitic, Ivan Perisic, Vedran Corluka, Domagoj Vida, Danijel Subasic, Dejan Lovren, Andrej Kramaric, Milan Badelj, Sime Vrsaljko, Ante Rebic

Subs: Mario Mandzukic, Nikola Kalinic, Ivan Strinic, Josip Pivaric, Kalinic, Marcelo Brozovic, Mateo Kovacic, Marko Pjaca, Matej Mitrovic, Tin Jedvaj, Duje Caleta-Car, Filip Bradaric