Manchester United ahead Matheus Cunha scored twice as Brazil cruised past Haiti in Friday’s essential World Cup match.
The Selecao got here underneath criticism after their lacklustre show of their opening sport in opposition to Morocco resulted in a 1-1 draw.
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But they bounced again with a convincing show in Philadelphia to take an enormous step in the direction of qualification to the knockouts.
Carlo Ancelotti featured Cunha within the beginning line-up forward of Brentford’s Igor Thiago and the United ahead repaid the religion of his supervisor with a high show.
The 27-year-old put his aspect forward within the twenty third minute when Hannes Delcroix kicked the ball off him and it went into the web.
It didn’t take the United ahead lengthy to bag his second as Vinicius Junior put him by and he blasted emphatically into the highest nook.
Cunha additionally posted wonderful numbers throughout his 64 minutes on the pitch.
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He had 41 touches, registered 5 recoveries and gained 80 p.c of his duels.
Vinicius received in on the act simply earlier than half-time, sliding his end underneath the goalkeeper after chasing on to Lucas Paqueta’s sensible ball excessive.
Haiti delivered a greater show after the interval as they pushed for a purpose to make a comeback.
However, Brazil’s defence remained largely untroubled and went on to seal a cushty 3-0 victory.
Ancelotti’s males at the moment are scheduled to play their remaining group match in opposition to Scotland, who misplaced 1-0 to Morocco earlier within the day however nonetheless retain hopes for the knockouts.
Stats from Sofascore