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Brazil kicked off another Copa America on home soil with a comfortable 3-0 win over Venezuela in Brasilia on Sunday, with Marquinhos, Neymar and Gabriel Barbosa providing the goals to get the hosts campaign off to a strong start.
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Selecao opened the scoring in the 23rd minute, taking advantage of one of six first-half corner kicks. Neymar s service pinballed around the area before falling to the thigh of Marquinhos. With Venezuela goalkeeper Joel Graterol stumbling in the wrong direction, the Paris Saint-Germain centre-back settled the ball and rolled it into the net.
Richarlison had the ball in the back of the net two minutes later, seeming to hand Brazil a commanding two-goal advantage, only to be adjudged offside and the goal called back. And on the half-hour mark, Neymar danced his way into a free shooting opportunity from the top of the box, only to put his effort narrowly past the post.
La Canarinha se impuso por 3-0 en el inicio del torneo.
14 junio, 2021
14 junio, 2021
Marquinhos, Neymar y Gabriel Barbosa aportaron los goles y Brasil se impuso el domingo 3-0 a una Venezuela disminuida por el coronavirus, en el partido que puso en marcha contra viento y marea una Copa América aplazada un año y mudada de sede por la pandemia.
Marquinhos aprovechó un balón que le quedó inesperadamente en las piernas en el primer tiempo, mientras que Neymar convirtió un penal en el complemento y «Gabigol» Barbosa hizo el tercero en la agonía por Brasil, que se coronó en 2019 como anfitrión el certamen y busca revalidar el título, nuevamente como local.