Brazil get out of jail with two late, late goals

A day after Lionel Messi and his Argentina team fell to a shock 0-3 loss to Croatia at the World Cup, their neighbours Brazil endured a frustrating 90 minutes against Costa Rica. But salvation finally arrived in the form of goals from Philippe Coutin
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Jun 23, 2018, 05:29 AM
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Jun 23, 2018, 05:00 AM

A day after Lionel Messi and his Argentina team fell to a shock 0-3 loss to Croatia at the World Cup, their neighbours Brazil endured a frustrating 90 minutes against Costa Rica. But salvation finally arrived in the form of goals from Philippe Coutinho (above) and Neymar in stoppage time, giving the Brazilians a 2-0 win at the Saint Petersburg Stadium in Russia yesterday.

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