Brazil, Uruguay romp to easy wins in qualifiers
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BRAZIL and Uruguay scored easy victories to maintain their lead at the top of South America’s 2018 World Cup qualifying tournament on Thursday while Chile lost ground after crashing to defeat in Ecuador.
A virtuoso performance from Barcelona superstar Neymar lay at the heart of Brazil’s 5-0 mauling of Bolivia in Natal, with the striker launching the rout with his 49th international goal.
Neymar set up two more as Brazil produced its most stylish performance of recent memory to rattle in further goals from Gabriel Jesus, Filipe Luis and Liverpool duo Philippe Coutinho and Roberto Firmino.
Brazil coach Tite, who has now won all three games since taking over from sacked predecessor Dunga, said he had not expected his team to win so impressively.
“I did not expect this,” Tite said. “The team is working very hard for each other. We are trying to play the players in the positions that they play for their clubs. I believe that is helping.”
The only sour note was a nasty looking head wound suffered by Neymar in the second half following a clash with Yasmani Duk. The collision left Neymar with blood pouring from his head, prompting his substitution on 67 minutes.
The win left Brazil sitting comfortably in second place in the 10-team round-robin tournament, one point behind leader Uruguay, which swatted aside winless Venezuela 3-0 in Montevideo.
Uruguay has 19 points from nine games, with Brazil on 18 points.
Ecuador stands in third place with 16 points following its 3-0 drubbing of Copa America champion Chile in Quito.
World Cup quarterfinalist Colombia is in fourth spot, also on 16 points, after it snatched a dramatic 1-0 win over Paraguay in Asuncion.
Argentina, held 2-2 by Venezuela in its last game in September, dropped another two points in its trip to Lima to face Peru.
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