His game is discreet at Real Madrid, but with his national team everything is different. Casemiro wore Cristiano Ronaldo's shoes to rise well after a corner from Neymar and put it away. With that goal, Brazil took the lead against Colombia at the Hard Rock Stadium in an international friendly.
Brazil had already taken control from the start with up to three attacks led by Neymar, Coutinho, and Richarlison, but the key to the goal was in set pieces. A cross from Neymar was well taken advantage of by Casemiro, who outjumped all the Colombians in the box and beat Ospina.
Casemiro scored the 1-0 header in Colombia vs Brazil in Miami
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This match marks Neymar's return to the field and the absence of Gabriel Jesus, suspended after his tantrum with VAR in the Copa America final. On the part of the Queiroz-led team, they will seek to maintain their style of play, the one that penalty shootouts prevented them from continuing towards the continental title.
Tite reaffirmed that "Neymar is at the top level. In terms of individual technical quality, I put Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo above him because they are from other generations." Since his injury, Neymar has not played with PSG either, while there was back and forth regarding his potential return to Barcelona, which ultimately fell through.
The Colombians were the best team in the tournament's group stage, showing good football and winning all three games played, but were defeated by Chile's defensive strategy in the quarterfinals and eliminated in a penalty shootout.
For the friendlies against Brazil and Venezuela, Colombia will not have its two most renowned players, James Rodriguez and Radamel Falcao, who were left out of the squad by Portuguese coach Carlos Queiroz due to physical problems.
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