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Big cheers for Son
3 min: Outnumbered they may be, but there’s big cheers as Son Heung-min gets involved early. Just as quickly, and with just as raucous a response, Brazil are on the counterattack down the left flank.
Brazil 0 South Korea 0.
Under way at Stadium 974
1 min: It’s South Korea who kick off and they’re heavily outnumbered in the stands at Stadium 974.
Brazil 0 South Korea 0.
Who will win?
Here’s the South Korean side
Croatia through to last eight
Japan have failed again to reach the last eight at a World Cup finals after being beaten in a penalty shootout.
Croatian players celebrate after deafeating Japan.Credit:AP
The Blue Samurai took the lead just before half-time but it was cancelled out by Ivan Perisic in the 55th minute.
Read the full story here.
Neymar starts for Brazil
Neymar is in Brazil’s starting line-up.
The star forward hadn’t played since injuring his right ankle in the team’s group stage opener against Serbia. Coach Tite had said Neymar would play from the start at Stadium 974 depending on how he did in training on Sunday.
Neymar has 75 goals with Brazil, two shy of the all-time record set by Pele.
Danilo, who also injured his ankle in Brazil’s opener, joined Neymar in the starting line-up against South Korea. He was set to play in the left-back position, though, because Alex Sandro remained sidelined with a hip injury.
Neymar’s teammates in attack will be Vinicius Junior, Richarlison and Raphinha.
Gabriel Jesus also was dropped from the squad because of a knee injury.
Good morning
By James Polson
Good morning and welcome to the penultimate morning of round-of-16 action in Qatar.
Brazil face South Korea for a place in the last eight with kick-off just over 20 minutes away.
We’ll be back in a moment with all the last-minute team news from both sides.
