The Brazilian national team member Neymar ran to celebrate his shot into the Peru net with a coach’s bench, where the Canary coach Tite congratulates him.
Silvia Izquierdo, ČTK / AP
The Brazilians continued to win 3-0 over Venezuela and lead group B. Neymar scored for the fourth time in the last four matches, next to him also Alex Sandro and at the very end Everton Ribeiro and Richarlison.
“Of course it’s a great honor for me to be part of Brazilian national history. My dream was to play for Brazil, to wear this jersey. I never thought I would get to such numbers,” said Neymar, who needed 107 matches for 68 goals. 92 matches were enough for Pelém to reach 77 goals.
Brazilian soccer player Neymar and his goal celebration.
Eraldo Peres, ČTK / AP
Ronaldo has 62 national team records in official records, but the Brazilian Confederation counts him another five goals from unofficial matches.
The championship bothers the covid
The number of cases of coronavirus infection at the championship is growing significantly, rising to 65. According to information organized by the CONMEBOL federation, 19 of the players are infected with dozens of participating teams, other infections concern members of the implementation teams and people organizing the tournament.
Half of the national teams have already announced positive tests for covid-19 in their ranks. After Venezuela, which already had 13 infected before the start, including eight players, the coronavirus also appeared in teams in Bolivia, Colombia, Peru and Chile. The Bolivian Federation, which has recorded four cases so far, announced two other infected players on Thursday – defender Oscar Ribera and forward Jaume Cuéllar.
So far, 5,458 PCR tests have been performed on the tournament, which has been hosted by Brazil as a substitute organizer since Sunday.
| Copa América, South American football championship in Brazil: |
| Group B: |
| Brazil – Peru 4: 0 (1: 0) |
| Goals: 12. Alex Sandro, 68. Neymar, 89. Ribeiro, 90+2 Richarlison. |
| Colombia – Venezuela 0: 0 |
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