Miami (B2B) - Pertandingan persahabatan antara Brasil dan Kolombia terlihat akan berakhir tanpa gol, tetapi bintang Barcelona Neymar tampil cemerlang dan menutupnya dengan kemenangan bagi timnya di Miami, Sabtu, (6/9).
Dunga kembali dipanggil untuk melatih Brasil dan memulainya dengan kemenangan berkat tendangan bebas Neymar yang berujung gol pada menit 83 melawan 10 orang pemain Kolombia. Tendangan bebas Neymar melewati kiper Kolombia David Ospina dan mengulang kemenangan pertemuan sebelumnya pada perempat-final Piala Dunia 2014.
Kolombia harus bermain dengan 10 orang di menit 41 setelah Juan Cuadrado dihadiahi kartu merah setelah mendapat kartu kuning keduanya.
Tensi langsung meningkat setelah pertemuan di delapan besar Juli lalu, ketika Neymar cedera tulang belakang karena Juan Camilo Zuniga.
Buktinya pertemuan kedua tim itu dihujani kartu kuning bagi kedua tim yang dipimpin oleh wasit Kanada Dave Gantar di babak pertama. Total tujuh kartu kuning diberikan pada dua tim itu, di antaranya Juan Cuadrado, Ramires, Luiz Gustavo, Carlos Sanchez, Zuninga, Carlos Valdes, dan Teofilo Gutierrez.
Namun, hingga pluit panjang dibunyikan, James Rodriguez cs tidak bisa menyamakan kedudukan.
Dipilih sebagai pengganti Luiz Felipe Scolari menyusul penampilan memalukan di Piala Dunia, Dunga menginspirasi tim national dari kekalahan.
Pada Piala Dunia Brasil dihancurkan 7-1 oleh Jerman dalam semifinal dan ditindas 3-0 oleh Belanda saat perebutan tempat ketiga, demikian goal.com.
Miami - The match appeared to be heading for a scoreless draw, but the Barcelona man provided a moment of brilliance to seal a win in Miami
Dunga´s second spell in charge of Brazil started with a win as a piece of Neymar brilliance downed 10-man Colombia 1-0 in Miami on Friday.
Playing with a man less for 41 minutes after star Juan Cuadrado saw red for a second bookable offence, Colombia appeared on track for an unlikely draw in their international friendly at Sun Life Stadium.
But Neymar stepped up with a delightful free kick that glanced off the post and past Colombia goalkeeper David Ospina in the 83rd minute as Brazil emerged victorious in a repeat of the pair´s quarter-final meeting at the World Cup.
Named Luiz Felipe Scolari´s successor following Brazil´s embarrassing World Cup exit, Dunga´s return inspired an end to the nation´s run of back-to-back defeats.
Brazil went into the match having lost 7-1 to eventual world champions Germany and 3-0 to the Netherlands in their third-place play-off.
Tensions were evidently high after the infamous last-eight meeting at the showpiece event in July, when Neymar suffered a tournament-ending fractured vertebra following a heavy challenge from Juan Camilo Zuniga.
And that strain trickled over to Friday´s meeting as there were more yellow cards than shots as Canadian referee Dave Gantar was kept busy during a goalless first half.