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evening wherever you are on this most pleasant evening there has been a clamor to get inside the ground tonight for a much anticipated game the roads outside of the stadium have been Bumper to Bumper with traffic the car parks are full there is a torrent of humankind making its way from the nearby station and we expect every seat to be filled an atmosphere of great expectation and excitement it is a venue this hit one Arthur and it's coutinho yeah that's top defending in preventing him turning which can open up many possibilities Philipe coutinho Alexandro and the counter is on forward it goes Philipe coutinho Alexandro ralison pings it out wide Brazil are enjoying the line and share a possession but nothing yet to show for [Applause] it oh that is lovely footwork and he's there to hoof it away tries to get it Forward quickly and it's Valencia marinos binos plays it forward coutinho Arthur Danny Alves is charging up on the overlap and here's Danny Alves Philipe coutinho hits one are the balls come loose aimed in towards the center tries to get it clear a real chance to break Alexandro hoist it forward and it's Danny Alves he gets past his man he's in has a PO it's Miss but by that [Applause] part a stitch defending but that'll do and it's played forward ball needed to be better there it's a wasted chance Daniel Alves forward it goes seems now to be all about width well when you have the Personnel to create in white areas then they need to see as much of the ball as possible it's being played forward Valencia really got caught in a trap there and he just couldn't get out fernandinho Thiago Silva and we reached halim so both sides have drawn blanks they have toiled at times but it's not been a bad game by any means how would you review the first half unspectacular but solid and that solidity could yet be the foundation for them to to go on and win goals at this stage but certainly not devoid of action it is nil nil here at halim if you're just back from your break you've missed very little of the resumption of the second half Brazil clearly have been the better side for me yeah I know the score doesn't quite reflect it but if they go about their game in in the same manner as the opening 45 minutes things really should improve Philipe coutinho marinos [Applause] he's making good use of his strength there just refuses to be outmuscled Willian great strength too strong for his opponent and the Whistler has gone for a reckless challenge there just been talking to I think yes it is [Applause] defending of the desperate variety it's fernandinho oh he's really drilled it tries to get it Forward quickly it is still anyone's game nil nil Valencia over to the left he's got away marinos gets rid without sophistication fernandinho Thiago Silva plays it out to the wings hoists It Forward Thiago Silva knocks it away fernandinho marinos tries to locate someone up front oh he's managed to get himself offside there is some activity down on the touch line it seems there's got to be a [Applause] change fernandinho and it's played forward he's off by the mor Rison Brazil Merit full marks for their attitude and application in trying to win this it means an awful lot obviously coutinho goes looking looking for a corner there's going to be another change here yeah it's pretty obvious as to who was going to be taken off his energy levels began to to Sag and he was never going to last until the final whistle and it's coutinho oh good shoot rip no mistake finally the [Applause] Breakthrough great reactions in front of goal he just saw what was on well do they say Peter if you don't speculate you won't accumulate and we've just witnessed a player who was rewarded for his willingness to take a risk as as it [Applause] comes deadlock broken it's 1 n yeah it's been their hard work that has got him this lead but I just wonder whether they can keep it up this may take a toll now Arthur almost there and the players can feel it well positioned to make that interception Ecuador of a simple task to find something sustain now and keep the pressure on fernandinho official showing that there will be three minutes of added time Willian out oh shooting chance Ron hits it can get that clear coutinho has a pop and a second time oh the keep has done ever so well arur is very sporting here to acknowledge the quality of the save a lovely little footballing moment Ecuador oh making a change now and they go for goal and that may well be that that is that terrific contest it really might have kicked either