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Neymar scores stunning goal as Brazil beat feisty Austria 3-0

Neymar scores stunning goal as Brazil beat feisty Austria 3-0

By REUTERS

Soccer Football - International Friendly - Austria vs Brazil - Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna, Austria - June 10, 2018 Brazil's Neymar celebrates scoring their second goal REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger

VIENNA: Brazil scored three superbly-taken goals to beat feisty Austria 3-0 in sweltering conditions on Sunday to put the finishing touches to their impressive World Cup preparations.

Gabriel Jesus put Brazil ahead in the 36th minute with a delightful dinked finish past Heinz Lindner before Neymar, starting a game for the first time since his injury in February, added a stunning second goal in the 63rd minute Neymar left Aleksander Dragovic on the floor with a dragback and then scored with a shot between Lindner's legs. Six minutes later, substitute Roberto Firmino set Philippe Coutinho clear down the left and he curled his shot wide of Lindner for the third. Five-times champions Brazil open their World Cup campaign against Switzerland on June 17.