Neymar, Willian star as Brazil advance to quarterfinal with 2-0 win over Mexico

<p style="margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt; background: white; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong>Brazil advanced to the quarterfinals of FIFA World Cup 2018 with a comfortable 2-0 win over Mexico on Monday, much to the delight of millions of their fans, who got skeptic after a series of upsets saw the exit of Argentina, Portugal and Spain from their respective round of 16 matches.</strong></p> <p style="margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt; background: white; vertical-align: baseline;">The five-time champions scored twice in the second half, taking their game to the next level, giving Mexico no chance whatsoever to make a comeback in the match.</p> <p style="margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt; background: white; vertical-align: baseline;">Neymar left his mark on the match by scoring his second goal of World Cup 2018 from a Willian cross in 52^nd minute of the match that put Brazil ahead.That was Neymar’s 51^st goal for Brazil. This goal also took Brazil's tally of World Cup goals to 227 - the highest by any team, bettering Germany's record of 226 goals.</p> <p style="margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt; background: white; vertical-align: baseline;">After the deadlock got broken, there was no looking back for Brazil. A series of attack, initiated from the right side by Willian, who had his best game of the World Cup rattled Mexico. With a little bit of luck, Brazil could have easily got ahead by 3-0.</p> <p style="margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt; background: white; vertical-align: baseline;">However, justice was done Firmino, who scored right at the stroke of regulation time from a Neymar assist to put the nail in the coffin.</p> <p style="margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt; background: white; vertical-align: baseline;">Mexico, on the other hand, bowed out from the World Cup round of sixteens for the eighth time in a row.</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">GAME OVER! Neymar sets up Firmino to seal the win. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BRAMEX?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BRAMEX</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WorldCup?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WorldCup</a> <a href="https://t.co/5puAyfKnZY">pic.twitter.com/5puAyfKnZY</a></p> — World Cup (@FlFAWC2018) <a href="https://twitter.com/FlFAWC2018/status/1013811292661075968?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 2, 2018</a></blockquote> <p style="margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt; background: white; vertical-align: baseline;"><em>More to follow...</em></p>

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