PLAYER RATINGS: Neymar sparkles as Brazil return however Son Heung-min struggles for South Korea

Brazil simply reached the quarter-finals of the World Cup after beating South Korea 4-1 in a one-sided spherical of 16 tie.

Targets from Vinicius Junior, Neymar, Richarlison and Lucas Paqueta successfully received the match within the first half earlier than South Korea substitute Paik Seung-ho grabbed a late comfort.

However on an evening the place Brazil flexed their attacking muscle mass, that is how each units of gamers rated on the Stadium 974.

Brazil

Alisson – Regardless of Brazil’s very straightforward evening, Alisson nonetheless needed to produce three glorious saves to maintain out the Asian facet, exhibiting spectacular alertness when he may simply have let his focus slip. 7

Eder Militao – Snug evening for the right-back who had little to do defensively and was solely substituted on the hour to guard him from one other warning which might have seen him banned from the quarter-finals. 7

Marquinhos – Even on an evening of uncommon Korea assaults, he was outdone too simply by Son Heung-min within the second half and solely a sensible Alisson save ensured his error went unpunished. 6

Thiago Silva – Nonetheless going sturdy at 38, and but his recreation appears to be growing – having remodeled right into a skilful attacking midfielder to play an excellent first-time ball to permit Richarlison to attain. 6

Danilo – Got here into the workforce and made a number of errors on the left wing in a flawless if additionally relatively nameless show. 7

Casemiro – Acted successfully as Brazil’s solely defensive midfielder, but bullied South Korea’s midfielders into submission and ensured the Asian facet by no means had an opportunity to trigger Brazil issues. 8.5

Lucas Paqueta – Took his first objective extraordinarily properly with a subdued volley over the bar and will have scored moments later as properly. His motion off the ball confused Korea. 8.5

Raphinha – Not on the rating sheet however a complete menace on the proper facet of the assault, establishing the primary objective and seeing a few efforts on objective properly saved. 8.5

Neymar – Again within the facet and again among the many objectives. He cleverly slotted house his penalty kick to lastly announce himself for the match. 8

Vinicius Junior – Scored a wonderful opening objective and likewise added a beautiful chipped help for Brazil’s fourth objective. Wonderful show. 9

Richarlison – His positive objective play after three headers to manage the ball in one other masterclass of fashion. Tottenham followers will probably be hoping he brings again his World Cup type from Qatar the place he has regarded world class. 8.5

Substitute

Weverton – Given a cameo 10 minutes after coming off the bench with the goalkeeper the one Brazil participant not on the pitch on the time. 6

Dani Alves – Lengthy within the tooth now at 39 however nonetheless virtually obtained a implausible scissor kick shortly after he arrived. 6

Rodrygo – A late substitute who with 10 minutes to play and a Brazilian facet taking part in with the handbrake on was by no means going to indicate his greatest type in assault. 6

Bremen – One in every of 4 Brazilian full-backs to get on the pitch and he discovered it as straightforward because the others to take pleasure in a snug 18 minutes on the pitch. 6

Gabriel Martinelli – Additionally solely obtained 18 minutes, however it was his byline low ball to the again publish that just about arrange Alves’ well-struck scissor kick which was blocked. 6

South Korea

Kim Seung-gyu – Could not set up their collapsing protection however made some good saves to forestall Korea struggling complete humiliation. 4

Kim Moon-hwan – Struggled from the second the sport began – nowhere to be seen as Vinicius Junior had time to manage and kick off the scoring after which gave away the penalty. 3

Kim Min-jae – Meant to be the star of the protection after taking part in for Napoli this time period, however was made to look extraordinarily extraordinary at greatest. 4

Kim Younger-gwon – Gained all his duels, however that is when he did not get caught standing like a statue as Brazil simply performed the ball round and thru him. 3

Kim Jin-Su – All over the place when Brazil tore aside South Korea’s left flank. Typically he was AWOL to permit fixed assaults and even when current he was ineffective. 3

Hwang In-beom – By no means obtained concerned within the recreation and was a complete passenger as Brazil handed the ball round him in midfield effortlessly. 5.5

Jung Woo-young – About the one Korean participant who may get wherever close to a Brazil participant within the first half – solely downside was that he could not get the ball whereas getting a warning earlier than being substituted at half-time. 4

Hwang Hee-chan – The Wolves star was most likely South Korea’s greatest attacking participant with a few probabilities that required some glorious saves from Alisson. 6.5

Lee Jae-sung – One in every of Korea’s higher attacking choices if ever there was one. A few key passes however Brazil have been by no means actually bothered by his presence on the pitch. 4

Son Heung-min – The Tottenham star barely touched the ball within the first half and whereas he did properly to create an opportunity of his personal within the second interval, he lacked a medical edge in entrance of objective. 5

Cho Gue-sung – By no means actually had an opportunity in assault and his evening was summed up by him blocking his personal team-mate’s shot and being flagged for offside within the course of. 5

Substitute

Hongchul – Got here on as an alternative within the second half and helped make up the protection if solely by not permitting Brazil to attain extra objectives. 6

Son Jun-ho – One other half-time substitution that, like Hong, helped South Korea achieve some type of management in midfield, albeit to an extent that may by no means threaten a comeback. 6

Paik Seung-ho – He made essentially the most of his 25 minutes on the pitch with a implausible comfort objective he fired house from 25 metres. 7

Lee Kang-in – The midfielder got here on late within the second half with the sport not solely lifeless however performed like a pleasant. Little affect in any other case. 6

Hwang Ui-jo – Unlucky job of main Korea’s assault when Cho had departed within the final 10 minutes. 6