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Brazil quip leads them to final four

  • October 22, 2017
  • FOOTBALL
  • Second-half turnaround leads Brazil to feat in Kolkata
  • Arp gave Germany a lead with a first-half penalty
  • Goals by Weverson and Paulinho lead Brazil to semi-final contra England

Brazil indispensable a second-half turnaround to improved Germany 2-1, and with it, strech a semi-finals of a FIFA U-17 World Cup India 2017 in Kolkata on Sunday evening.

Played in front of a ardent throng of 66,613 during a Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan Stadium, Brazil done a brighter start to a competition and went tighten to holding a lead only 6 mins in. Brenner won possession on a corner of a Germany box and found Alan, whose low expostulate struck a distant post.

As a compare upheld a quarter-hour mark, Germany staid down and looked a improved side adult to half-time. They would open a scoring from a chastisement mark on 21 mins after John Yeboah was tripped by a shifting Lucas Halter in a Brazil box. Captain Jann-Fiete Arp converted his spot-kick for his joint-leading fifth idea of a tournament.

Yet, it was in a second half that a South American champions incited a compare around with dual goals in 6 minutes. Substitute Weverson leveled matters on 71 mins with a absolute shot off a underside of a crossbar before Paulinho gathering home a bullet finish 6 mins later, to a pleasure of a Brazil-supporting Kolkata crowd. The outcome sent Brazil into a last-four assembly with England in Guwahati on Wednesday.

Article source: http://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=275927/match=300394751/match-report.html

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