World Cup 2018: 3 reasons why Brazil won vs Costa Rica

Sripad
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#1 Neymar not taking too much time on the ball

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The one criticism everyone had about Neymar in the first game was that he was taking too much time on the ball and not doing anything with it. He was getting dispossessed by Granit Xhaka and Valon Behrami – making things difficult for his teammates.

Tite too seems to have taken note of it and made it clear to the PSG star. Neymar was quick to spot his teammates and pass it to them yesterday. He was making a lot of key passes and getting into spaces behind the defenders and not staying wide.

This helped Brazil break the Costa Rican wall. González, Acosta and Duarte were given a tough time by the Brazil front three and when Firmino came on, it became worse for them.

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