Brazil fans get confidence boost from 4-1 win over South Korea

Record ID: 1700899

  • Title: Brazil fans get confidence boost from 4-1 win over South Korea
  • Date: 5th December 2022
  • Summary: DOHA, QATAR (DECEMBER 6, 2022) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF GROUP OF BRAZIL FANS CELEBRATING OUTSIDE THE STADIUM BRAZIL FAN IN A COSTUME LIKE HE IS RIDING A DINOSAUR CELEBRATING OUTSIDE THE STADIUM (SOUNDBITE) (Portuguese) BRAZIL FAN ORIGINALLY FROM RIO DE JANEIRO, CURRENTLY LIVING IN DOHA, JULIA CRUZ ODRE, SAYING: “Now all I can think is that we’re gonna win it. We’re gonna win, and win, and win – the final, all the way to the final. It doesn’t matter who we have to face.” BRAZIL FANS CELEBRATING AS THEY LEAVE THE STADIUM SOUTH KOREA FAN LEAVING THE STADIUM VARIOUS OF FANS LEAVING THE STADIUM BRAZIL FAN WAVING A BRAZILIAN FLAG (SOUNDBITE) (Portuguese) BRAZIL FAN ORIGINALLY FROM RIO DE JANEIRO, LUANA LIMA FOX, SAYING: “It was awesome. We won and scored a bunch of goals. We had a good team out there because the last match wasn’t great. We lost to Cameroon. So, I hope the next game is even better. We were hoping we’d face Japan, but Croatia won, so we’ll face Croatia. But I hope we win the next one too.” BRAZIL FAN IN A FEATHERED HEADDRESS SAYING TO THE CAMERA (English): ‘I love you, Brazil. Brazil are the champs.’ VARIOUS OF FAN IN HEADDRESSES TAKING PICTURES WITH OTHER FANS (SOUNDBITE) (Portuguese) BRAZIL FAN FROM GOAIS STATE, ROGERIO MORAIS, ON NEYMAR, SAYING: “Yeah, Neymar is the head, he’s our leader. It’s gonna work out. This year is his year. For everything he went through, he deserves to be a world champion. We deserve to be six-time champions with him. It’s gonna happen. Goias, viva Brazil!” VARIOUS OF SOUTH KOREA FAN WITH A SEONGNAM FC FLAG IN FRONT OF THE STADIUM (SOUNDBITE) (English) SOUTH KOREA FAN FROM SEOUL, KIN SUNG, ON SOUTH KOREA’S GOAL, SAYING: “Yeah, that (the goal) really made the trip worth it. We were behind 4-0, but at least one goal – and it was an amazing goal. It was really fantastic. It really made everything feel good. Yeah, I just can’t describe it.” VARIOUS OF SOUTH KOREA FANS WITH RED DEVIL HORNS CELEBRATING WITH A BRAZIL FAN, WHO CALLS HIMSELF THE ‘DINOSAUR OF THE CUP’, IN A DINOSAUR COSTUME SOUTH KOREA FANS WAVING TO THE CAMERA (SOUNDBITE) (English) SOUTH KOREA FAN FROM SEOUL, KYEONGHWAN SONG, SAYING: “Actually, I’m not surprised (at the loss) because I knew Brazil plays really well. So, I’m not mad or angry. I actually think I just enjoyed the game. Our goal, my team’s, our goal was to get to the next round. So, we achieved our goal and this is like a bonus game. So, that’s why I think we just enjoyed it.” SOUTH KOREAN FLAG OUTSIDE THE STADIUM BRAZILIAN FLAG OUTSIDE STADIUM FIFA WORLD CUP QATAR 2022 BANNER ON THE SIDE OF THE STADIUM STADIUM 974 BRAZIL FAN WITH FACE PAINTED WAVING TO CAMERA / BRAZIL FANS VARIOUS OF FANS LEAVING THE STADIUM GROUNDS
  • Embargoed: 19th December 2022 22:48
  • Keywords: Brazil FIFA Neymar Qatar 2022 South Korea Tite World Cup
  • Location: DOHA, QATAR
  • City: DOHA, QATAR
  • Country: Qatar
  • Topics: Middle East,Sport,World Cup
  • Reuters ID: LVA001448705122022RP1
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Brazil fans said they felt a boost of confidence in their side after watching them thrash South Korea 4-1 in their World Cup last-16 match in Doha on Monday (December 5).
    The Brazilians brought a beach soccer swagger to the iconic Stadium 974 with a display that simply overwhelmed the Koreans and likely struck fear into potential opponents.
    Fans outside the stadium shortly after midnight on Tuesday (December 6) said they could almost taste the title after watching their side dominate the Asian team.
    “Now all I can think is that we’re gonna win it. We’re gonna win, and win, and win – the final, all the way to the final. It doesn’t matter who we have to face,” Julia Cruz from Rio de Janeiro said.
    Brazil lost their final group stage match 2-1 to Cameroon on Friday (December 2), but once again Brazil coach Tite was proven right, with his starters fresh and hungry to show the world what they are capable of when the stakes are raised.
    “It was awesome. We won and scored a bunch of goals. We had a good team out there because the last match wasn’t great. We lost to Cameroon. So, I hope the next game is even better,” said another Brazil fan, Luana Lima Fox.
    Having failed to score in the first half of any match so far this tournament, five-times champions Brazil corrected that with four goals before the break.
    South Korea fans said they leave with their heads high and take solace in at least scoring one goal against the South American giants.
    “Yeah, that (the goal) really made the trip worth it. We were behind 4-0, but at least one goal – and it was an amazing goal. It was really fantastic,” Kin Sung from Seoul said.
    Brazil next faces Croatia after they beat Japan in a penalty shootout in the earlier match at Al Wakrah, Qatar.
    (Production: Nathan Frandino, Kurt Michael Hall)
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