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The Latin American World Cup qualifiers have started on Friday. Argentina and Uruguay won by a narrow margin on the first day, while the Paraguay-Peru match was drawn. However, on the second day, Brazil did not borrow. The opponent blew up Bolivia by a clear margin.Bolivia could not find in front of the revived football of Brazil in the match that took place in the morning during Bangladesh time on Saturday. Roberto Firmino, Neymar Jr., Philippe Coutinho's outstanding performance helped Brazil win 5-0. Which puts them at the top of the points table.
Liverpool forward Roberto Firmino scored a pair of goals in the team's big win. In addition, Barcelona forward Coutinho and Paris Saint-Germain defender Marquinhos have been named in the scoresheet once. The other was a suicide goal. Despite not conceding a goal in the match, Neymar has done justice to his name with a pair of assists.
Tito's Brazil was the clear favorite in their home match. Neymar and Firmino did not take long to prove their dominance. Defender Marquinhos scored the first goal though. In the 18th minute of the match, the PSG defender stood in front of a six-yard box on Danilo's measured cross and led the team with an easy header.The wait to get the second goal was not too long. This time the attacking players appeared on the scene. When the match was half an hour old, Neymar-Firmino showed an example of a sorted attack.
Neymar increased the ball for Lodi in the empty space in the penalty area. From there, Lodi raises Firmino to the front. At that time, Firmino had to do nothing but touch his feet. Which is easily done by the Liverpool forward. Brazil went ahead 2-0.
No more goals were scored in the first half of the match. However, Brazil made its difference with Bolivia clear. In the first 45 minutes, the ball was controlled by the Brazilian players for about 36 minutes. Bolivia could not attack even once during this time, only managed to defend themselves.
Firmino scored his second goal in just 4 minutes back in the second half. This time Neymar gave him the ball in the D-box near the square pass. Like the first goal, the opportunity-seeking Firmino made it 3-0 with a cold head.Bolivia's danger increases even more during the 6 minutes of the match. Coutinho was moving along the byline after getting the ball in the penalty area. Suddenly he stopped and extended the small cross for Neymar. However, Neymar did not catch it on purpose, which is why defender Carasco went foolish. The ball got caught in the net as soon as it hit the defender, Hali was filled with a suicide goal by Brazil.
After almost 11 months, Brazil was not satisfied with one goal. So after seven minutes they shook the Bolivian net once more. Coutinho scored in the final goal of the match with a header that bounced off two Bolivian defenders on Neymar's brilliant cross.
In the other match of the day, Colombia won 3-0 against Venezuela. Luis Fernando Muriel Futo scored a pair of goals and Duvan Zapata scored another goal. They are now second in the points table.Brazil XI: Waverton, Renan Lodi, Marquinhos, Thiago Silva, Danilo, Philippe Coutinho, Casimiro, Douglas Luiz, Neymar, Roberto Firmino and Everton.
Brazil Substitutes: Ederson, Ederbar Santos, Alex Tales, Rodrigo Cio, Felipe, Fabinho, Bruno Guimeres, Richardson, Matthew Cunha, Everton Ribeiro, Rodrigo and Gabriel Menino.
Bolivia XI: Carlos Lampe, Jos Sagredo, Jos Carasco, Jesus Sagredo, Juan Gabriel Valvarde, Bruno Miranda, Antonio Bustamante, Diego Ayre, Christian Arabe, Fernando Salido.
Bolivia Substitutes: Ruben Cordano, Jimmy Roca, Leonardo Jabala, Guimar Justiniano, Luis Banegas, Rudy Cardozo, Jhasmani Campos, Franz Gonzalez, Carlos Enrique Anez, Boris Cespedes and Carlos Sauce.