Four-star Brazil stroll past Panama, Swiss win FIFA World Cup™ hosts Brazil strolled to a 4-0 win over Panama in their penultimate warm-up on Tuesday, goals from Neymar, Daniel Alves, Hulk and Willian securing the stroll. With only Fridays friendly against Serbia to come before the Seleção meet Croatia in their World Cup opener on 12 June in Sao Paulo, 2002 title-winning coach Luiz Felipe Scolari seized the chance to use several second string players. He replaced Barcelonas Alves with veteran Maicon at the break and sent Henrique on for David Luiz midway through the second period of the game in the provincial city of Goiania. Maxwell came on for UEFA Champions League winner Marcelo at the break, with Hernanes replacing Ramires also at half-time. Willian came on for fellow Chelsea colleague Oscar on 63 minutes and Jo replaced Fred on the hour while Scolari left Paulinho, Fernandinho and skipper Thiago Silva back at squad headquarters outside Rio de Janeiro as they recover from injuries. In an earlier fixture, Ottmar Hitzfelds Switzerland secured a 2-0 home win in their World Cup tune-up against Peru thanks to second-half goals from Juventus defender Stephan Lichtsteiner and Bayern Munich winger Xherdan Shaqiri.
Posted on: Tue, 03 Jun 2014 21:56:58 +0000
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