Mexico Vs. Brazil, 2011 International Friendly: Neymar Wastes Great Chance To Put Visitors Level

How Brazil aren't level I'm not sure. The visitors, going down early thanks to a silly own goal conceded by David Luiz, should have pegged one back instantly after excellent work by Hulk in the centre of Oswaldo Sanchez's penalty area - the Porto dangerman laid in a neat backheel to release Neymar for a shot ten yards from goal. Somehow, the Santos prodigy missed, sending a drive fizzing over the crossbar with the goal at his mercy. He was under some pressure at the time, but goodness me he really ought to have scored.

Brazil are having a good spell, though - a Ronaldinho free kick from a very tight angle drew a decent save from Sanchez with David Luiz lurking at the far post, hoping to atone for his mistake, and seconds later Carlos Salcido (who, strangely, is playing as a defensive midfielder) earned a yellow card from a crunching tackle on Neymar, who went flying into midair and needed to be given chest palpitations in order to recover. Not really, that was a terribly executed joke about diving. Oh well.