The Scotsman

Neymar joy /Third-top scorer for Brazil

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0 Neymar scores against Austria then celebrates equalling Romario’s goal tally for Brazil. Neymar’s scintillat­ing goal drew him level with Romario in Brazil’s all-time top scorers list as they cruised to a 3-0 win against Austria. The Paris St Germain striker scored his 55th goal for his country in yesterday’s victory, their final World Cup warm-up match.

He is now equal third in Brazil’s scoring charts with Romario and only behind Ronaldo (62) and Pele (77) after scoring in Vienna.

Gabriel Jesus opened the scoring while Philippe Coutinho added a third in the second half. The victory capped Brazil’s World Cup preparatio­ns ahead of their opener in Russia against Switzerlan­d on Sunday.

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