Brazil ease past http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Scotland-c756 2-0 in an international friendly at the Emirates Stadium
A brace from http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Neymar-c27639 da Silva Santos Junior helped Brazil beat Scotland 2-0 in an international friendly at the Emirates Stadium on Sunday.
Mano Menezes played a makeshift Brazilian side in the game. http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Ramires-c30523 Santos do Nascimento were handed rare starts, while Leandro Damiao partnered Neymar upfront in a 4-4-2 formation.
On the other hand, Craig Levein also made several changes to his Scottish side, with http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Kenny-Miller-c20631 starting as a lone forward in a 4-5-1 setup.
The game got off to a slow start, as both teams preferred to play passing game in the opening minutes. The first real chance of the game came in the 18th minute when Shakhtar Donetsk midfielder http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Rodrigues-c31508 Jadson tried an audacious long-range effort,
which was spilled by Scotland goalkeeper Allan McGregor but luckily for him his defenders hacked the ball away to safety.
A minute later, Leandro’s headed effort from Elano’s corner rattled against the bar to deny the Brazilians. Brazil continued to dominate the game with a major share of the possession and controlled the midfield game nicely as well.
Scotland’s first real chance of the game came in the 33rd minute, when Charlie Adam swung in a lovely corner kick, which was headed just wide of the goal by http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Steven-Whittaker-c34215.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Brazil-c2858 opened the scoring in the 40th minute when Elano made a wonderful counter-attacking move before Neymar slammed the ball into the net from 12 yards to make it 1-0.
Immediately after the resumption, Adam gave away the ball cheaply and Neymar cracked a beautiful shot from 20 yards which went just over the bar. A minute later, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Allan-McGregor-c5213 made a couple of splendid saves after Ramires had a crack at the goal.
Even a depleted Brazilian side was too good for the Scots, as their barrage of attacks on goal went in vain. Craig Levein’s side was sloppy in the midfield and gave the opponents acres of space to attack.
Both teams made a couple of substitutions after the hour mark as Brazil added more firepower to their attack. The changes paid huge dividends as they doubled their lead in the 77th minute mark.
Charlie Adam clipped Neymar inside the box and the referee had no option but pointing to the spot. Neymar sent keeper the wrong way with his low drive to make it 2-0 for Brazil.
Scotland could not manage a shot on target in the second half as they slumped to a defeat.
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