Well, that was late; and indeed a little ugly at times. On a breezy afternoon by the Gulf of Finland Brazil beat Costa Rica 2-0 at the St Petersburg Stadium to ease their route towards the knockout stage of Russia 2018.
The goals were both scored in injury time, the first by their best player on the day Philippe Coutinho, who came haring through a crowd on to a touch from Gabriel Jesus to poke the ball through the legs of Keylor Navas and send the yellow-shirted stands into a fever.
Written by Barney Ronay at the St Petersburg Stadium
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/football/2018/jun/22/brazil-costa-rica-philippe-coutinho-world-cup-group-e-match-report under the title “Brazil’s Philippe Coutinho and Neymar snatch win to sink Costa Rica”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
