Austria 0 Brazil 3: Neymar, Coutinho and Jesus score as Tite’s men look to World Cup
BRAZIL scored three superbly-taken goals to beat feisty Austria 3-0 in sweltering conditions on Sunday to put the finishing touches to their impressive World Cup preparations.
Gabriel Jesus put Brazil ahead in the 36th minute with a delightful dinked finish past Heinz Lindner.
The other teams in their group are Costa Rica and Serbia.
Brazil last won the World Cup in 2002 and were thrashed 7-1 by Germany in the 2014 semi-finals despite hosting the tournament.
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Austria: Siebenhandl, Dragovic (Danso 70), Prodl, Hinteregger, Lainer, Grillitsch (Zulj 66), Baumgartlinger, Alaba, Schopf (Hierlander 58), Arnautovic, Schlager (Burgstaller 58).
Subs Not Used: Lindner, Potzmann, Wimmer, Ilsanker, Alar, Schaub, Kainz, Bauer.
Road to Russia
QUALIFYING RESULTS
09/10/2015 Chile A 0-2
14/10/2015 Venezuela H 3-1
14/11/2015 Argentina A 1-1
18/11/2015 Peru H 3-0
26/03/2016 Uruguay H 2-2
30/03/2016 Paraguay A 2-2
01/09/2016 Ecuador A 3-0
07/09/2016 Colombia H 2-1
07/10/2016 Bolivia H 5-0
12/10/2016 Venezuela A 2-0
10/11/2016 Argentina H 3-0
16/11/2016 Peru A 2-0
23/03/2017 Uruguay A 4-1
29/03/2017 Paraguay H 3-0
01/09/2017 Ecuador H 2-0
05/09/2017 Colombia A 1-1
05/10/2017 Bolivia A 0-0
11/10/2017 Chile H 3-0
TOP SCORERS
7 Gabriel Jesus
6 Paulinho
6 Neymar
MOST APPEARANCES
17 Miranda
17 Dani Alves
17 Willian
Brazil: Alisson, Danilo, Thiago Silva (Marquinhos 60), Miranda, Marcelo (Filipe Luis 67), Paulinho, Casemiro (Fernandinho 61), Coutinho (Taison 75), Willian, Gabriel Jesus (Firmino 67), Neymar (Douglas Costa 83).
Subs Not Used: Cassio, Pedro Geromel, Renato Augusto, Fagner, Ederson.