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08 October
9:0 (5:0)
  • SCHUMACHER (3'39")
  • WILDE (7'37", 16'19")
  • FALCAO (12'42" PEN, 23'16")
  • LENISIO (19'44")
  • VINICIUS (20'20")
  • BETAO (26'04", 34'37")

Referee Karel HENYCH

Summary

Brazil on cloud nine

Brazil on cloud nine

It was all to easy for Brazil at the Gimnasio Nilson Nelson in Brasilia today as they strolled to a 9-0 win over Cuba in their final Group A match. The win put paid to any doubt that they might not finish atop the section summit and ensured a return to Rio, where they will play the first match of the second group stage on Saturday. From the first whistle, backed by a partisan crowd, Brazil ...

Highlights

Line-up

BRA
CUB
Substitute(s)
Coaches
Paulo DE OLIVEIRA (BRA)
(CUB) Elddys VALDES
Officials
  • Referee: Karel HENYCH (CZE)
  • Assistant Referee 1: Edi SUNJIC (CRO)
  • Assistant Referee 2: Tawfik AL DAWI (LBY)
  • Fourth official: Jason KRNAC (USA)
  • Misses next match if booked
  • Not eligible to play
  • Not in lineup

Quotes

"We’ve won nothing today. We have another group stage with three more games ahead of us. And we want to earn the right to play even more games at this World Cup," Paulo de Oliveira, Brazil coach.

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STATISTICS
BrazilStatisticsCuba
66Shots17
15Corner kicks6
2Yellow cards1
0Second yellow card and red card0
0Red Cards0
64%Possession (%)36%