Wednesday 12 November 2014

Turkey 0 Brazil 4: Neymar scored twice to give brazil a convincing win

Neymar scored twice as Brazil continued their winning run
under Dunga with a 4-0 victory over Turkey on Wednesday.
Brazil's performances have been steadily improving since Dunga
took up the reins from Luiz Felipe Scolari after their ill-fated
World Cup campaign, and the win in Istanbul saw them repeat
of their 4-0 drubbing of Japan last month.
Neymar's first came after 20 minutes, as he poked the ball past
Turkey goalkeeper Volkan Demirel, before Semih Kaya put the
ball in his own net to double their advantage.
Willian – excellent throughout – extended the lead just before
the break by sidefooting home in plenty of space, before the
Chelsea man then provided the assist for Neymar to slot home
the fourth on the hour.
The victory is Brazil's fifth in as many matches in Dunga's second
stint in charge, while Turkey have not won in four.
With the Brazilian domestic season in its final stages, Dunga
named a squad comprising only players who ply their trade
abroad, and it was the visitors who applied the early pressure.
Despite dominating the opening period, Brazil had to wait until
the ninth minute to produce their first real shot at goal – Oscar
drilling an effort straight at Demirel from 25 yards.
Neymar almost rounded Demirel soon afterwards, before
curling over a free-kick after Willian had been felled by Bekir
Irtegun just outside the penalty area.
However, the Brazil captain soon had the ball in the back of the
net. Running on to a superb Fernandinho ball from deep in the
20th minute, Neymar overcame a poor touch to prod a shot
past Demirel and into the bottom left-hand corner.
Turkey have never beaten Brazil, and they certainly did not look
likely to break that duck when Kaya diverted the ball into his
own net from a Danilo cross five minutes later.
The hosts had struggled to pose any threat to the opposition
goal, but finally Arda Turan forced Diego Alves to tip the ball
over with a curling effort on the half-hour mark, before Umut
Bulut nodded narrowly wide from Hamit Altintop's cross.
It was Brazil who ended the half in the ascendancy, and having
already chipped over crossbar with Demirel stranded, an
unmarked Willian sidefooted home the third following good
work by Neymar.
Demirel was put out of his misery at half-time, with Volkan
Babacan coming on as one of four changes for the home side,
and the replacement shot-stopper made an almost instant
impact by getting down brilliantly to his right to keep out David
Luiz's header.
The Paris Saint-Germain defender was quick to congratulate
Babacan on a superb save, but the 26-year-old – making just his
second international appearance – was soon having to pick the
ball out of his net.
Neymar exchanged passes with Willian before easing through
the Turkish defence to slip the ball beyond Babacan.
Bulut was kept out by Alves after being sent through by Turan 20
minutes from time, but the clash lost momentum thereafter as
both coaches made a series of substitutions – to no avail in
Turkey's case.
Shakhtar Donetsk duo Douglas Costa and Fred came off the
bench to make their Brazil debuts, joining club-mate Luiz
Adriano – also making his first international appearance having
played from the start.
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