USA 0-2 Brazil: Neymar & Firmino find the net as Arthur makes his international debut

Brazil ease past USA in friendly as Neymar & Firmino find the net. Goal! Brazil have got their heads in front thanks to a Roberto Firmino strike. Douglas Costa with an assist there.

Brazil are going well in East Rutherford. They now lead 0-2 thanks to a Neymar penalty. Brazil opened the scoring just 11 minutes in, as Douglas Costa played a beautiful cross that was tapped in by Roberto Firmino. The visitors had a chance to double their lead in the 39th minute, but a save from Zack Steffen and some nervy-if-successful defending from the USMNT kept the Brazilians from tallying again.

But the home side wasn't as fortunate a few minutes later, as Fabinho drew a penalty from Wil Trapp while he slalomed into the box. Neymar converted the subsequent spot kick to make it 2-0 before halftime.

After the break, the US needed to rely on emergency defending again, as Neymar's stinging shot off a back-post run was partially blocked by Steffen, before Matt Miazga cleared the bouncing ball off the line.

And while the Americans managed a few weak shots, their best looks in attack came on set pieces, but despite a few near misses they couldn't find the breakthrough to get on the board.

Line-ups
United States XI: Wood, P. Arriola, Brooks, J. Green, W. Trapp, Z. Steffen, Yedlin, Matt Miazga, T. Adams, A. Robinson, McKennie

Subs: E. Lichaj, K. Acosta, M. Delgado, G. Zardes, T. Parker, A. Bono, Cameron Carter-Vickers, C. Roldan, Timothy Weah

Brazil XI: Filipe Luis, Thiago Silva, Douglas Costa, Philippe Coutinho, Alisson, Casemiro, Neymar, Roberto Firmino, Marquinhos, Fred, Fabinho

Subs: Willian, Dedé, A.Sandro, Neto, Felipe, A.Pereira, Arthur, Everton, Richarlison, Eder Militão, Lucas Paquetá, Hugo Souza

source: https://m.allfootballapp.com/news

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