Brazil vs. Colombia: Score, Reaction from World Cup 2018 Qualifier

Another fantastic showing by Neymar helped Brazil earn a 2-1 home win over Colombia in qualifying for the 2018 World Cup.

The 24-year-old superstar earned an opening assist and then a game-winning goal in the 74th minute as Brazil earned an important three points toward CONMEBOL qualifying.

Colombia looked overmatched for much of the night, only getting onto the scoresheet at the hands of a Marquinhos own goal in the first half. 

As Euan McTear of Marca argued, the result could have been much bigger:

Big (and impressive) win for Brazil over Colombia. Finishes 2-1, but they deserved to win by more.

— Euan McTear (@emctear) September 7, 2016

This was an important victory for the Selecao, which came into the matchday in fifth place in the table, one outside of the automatic qualifiers for Russia. Although it’s a long tournament, the squad likely feels much better climbing above Colombia and pulling even with Argentina.

There are still 10 matches for each team over the next year, but you can already tell the battle for the 4.5 spots will be wild

Brazil set the tone early Tuesday with a goal in just the second minute, as described by Carl Worswick of World Soccer Mag:

GOL! Brazil 1-0 Colombia. Just 90 seconds on the clock and Miranda heads in an early header from a corner for his first ever Brazil goal.

— Carl …

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