The Brazilian national team at Copa America 2016 started the tournament with a goalless draw. In the second round, the five-time world champions were opposed by the national team of Haiti.
Before the start of the match, few people could have imagined that the titled South American team would experience any problems with the clear outsider of the tournament of the Haiti national team. There was no sensation on the football field. The Brazilians had a complete advantage in all aspects of the game. During the match, the yellow-blue ones made 20 shots on goal, of which 13 were on target. The Haitians were able to respond with nine strikes (four reached the target). The advantage in possession by the end of the meeting was 65% to 35% in favor of the South Americans.
The Brazilians, as expected, started actively. In the 14th minute, Filipe Coutinho opened the scoring with a kick from the penalty line. He also doubled the advantage of the Brazilians in the 29th minute after an assist from Jonas. After another six minutes, the Brazilians brought the score to a devastating one. Defender of Barcelona and the Brazilian national team Dani Alves hung in the penalty area, and Renato Augusto drove the ball under the crossbar. The first half ended with a 3: 0 victory for Brazil.
The second half of the meeting became more productive. In the 59th minute, Gabrielle and eight minutes later Lucas brought the score to an indecent - 5: 0 in favor of the Brazilians. After conceding the fifth goal, the Haitians were able to print the favorites' goal. James Markelin in the 70th minute hit the gate of Alisson.
At the end of the match, the Brazilians managed to upset the Haitians twice more. In the 86th minute, Renato Augusto scored a double, and already in stoppage time the first hat-trick in the tournament was organized by Filipe Coutinho.
The final score in the match 7: 1 in favor of Brazil allows the yellow-blue to score four points after two matches. Team Haiti is left with a zero in the points line and drops to the last place in Group B.
