Brazil have emphatically advanced to the quarter-finals of the 2022 World Cup, overcoming the obstacle of South Korea in practice.
Tite's "dancers" crushed the Asians 4-1, scoring all the goals in the first half, and in the "8" they will face Croatia on Friday, December 9 (17:00), at the Education Stadium in Al Rayyan.
The Koreans, for their part, who tomorrow will take the return plane to Seoul, maintained the bad tradition they have to show in the tournament against teams from South America, as with tonight's defeat by the Seleção, they count five lost games and two draws, in a total of seven matches.
Tite's team started from the first whistle to play a full attack only in the 11th minute they had scored a victory! The first shot came in the 7th minute, when Rafinha "danced" past the opposing defense and turned to the penalty spot, where Vinicius had no choice but to score 1-0.
Four minutes later, Woo-Yong-Yung gave a penalty to Richarlison, which was well executed by Neymar in the 13th minute for 2-0.
At the same time, the ace of Paris Saint-Germain reached 7 goals in 12 matches at the World Cup and became the third Brazilian to score in three different competitions, with the first being the legendary Pele who was applauded tonight shortly after the tenth minute, and Ronaldo the " Phenomenon".
Despite being 0-2 down the Koreans, who to their credit did not go down to play a game of purpose, forced Alisson into two big saves in the 17th minute, first on a shot by Hee-Chan Hwang and then on an effort by In-Bom Hwang.
In the 29th minute, the Seleção "hid" the ball and showed it in Kim's net: Richarlison made an incredible triangle with the defenders (!) Marquinhos and Thiago Silva, he became the recipient again and scored brilliantly for 3-0, reminiscent of Brazil of other times.
A few minutes later (36') and in their counterattack, "Verdeoro" entered the area with Vinicius, who raised the ball for Paquetas and he shot in motion from the height of the penalty to make it 4-0, a score he had to Brazil scored in the first half of a World Cup match since 1954, when they beat Mexico 5-0 in the group stage.
In the 47th minute, after a cross and Marquinios' careless marking, Sean came out in a four-four with Alisson, who saved with his shoulder in a corner!
With the pace completely free and opportunities being lost on both sides, Korea sought at least the goal of "honor" and found it in the 76th minute, with a "fireball" by newly arrived Seung-Ho Paik! outside the area, with the ball countering and ending up in the net.
REFEREE: Clement Tourpin (France)
YELLOW: Woo-Yang Jung
BRAZIL (Tite): Alisson (80' Everton), Militao (63' Alves), Thiago Silva, Marquinhos, Danilo (72' Bremer), Casemiro, Paquette, Rafinha, Neymar (80' Rodrigo), Vinicius (72' Martinelli) , Richarlison.
SOUTH KOREA (Paulo Bento): Song-Gyu Kim, Moon Hwan Kim, Min-Jae Kim, Jung-Gwon Kim, Jin-Soo Kim (46′ Chul Hong), Yae-Sung Lee (74′ Lee Kang-In), Woo-Young Jung (46' Yoon-Ho Son), In-Bom Hwang (65' Seung-Ho Paik), Hee-Chan Hwang, Son Heung-Min, Cho Ge-Sung (Ui-Jo Hwang).