adminSAO PAULO. — First-half goals from Liverpool’s Philippe Coutinho and Diego Tardelli saw a Neymar-less Brazil beat Mexico 2-0 in Sao Paulo on Sunday in their first home game since last year’s World Cup.
With the Copa America starting this week, Brazil were looking to get into gear for the continental championship by reconnecting with home fans after an eight-match run of friendly away wins under coach Dunga. Dunga, Brazil’s 1994 World Cup-winning skipper, led the five-times world champions to the 2007 Copa title. He began a second spell in charge last July replacing Luiz Felipe Scolari, who stepped down following the Auriverde’s World Cup semi-final thrashing by Germany.
Sunday’s game was Brazil’s first back on home soil since losing Scolari’s last match at the helm, 3-0 to the Netherlands, in the World Cup match for third place. — AFP.
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