Brazil 2-0 Mexico: 5 Talking Points as Brazil reach quarter-finals, World Cup 2018

#3 Neymar weaves his magic to give Brazil the lead

Neymar leaves Mexican defenders in his wake to score the opening goal

All it took was six minutes for Mexico to go 1-0 down in the second half. And it was all thanks to Neymar's brilliance and teamwork with Willian that Brazil scored a fantastic goal.

Willian and Neymar had struggled to make inroads into Mexico's final third when they were out wide in the first half. So they did the next best thing. Cut in. Together.

After receiving the ball from Philippe Coutinho, Neymar made a lateral run with the ball (outside the box) and Mexico panicked. He dragged as many as five defenders out of position and this is where Willian made his run.

Although Coutinho was in a position to receive the ball and shoot, Neymar's back-heel was picked up by Willian who had made his way to the left. One dribble was all he needed to get into the box.

This is where Mexico panicked again and lost sight of Neymar. As all eyes moved to Willian, Neymar sneaked in behind Gabriel Jesus and made his run. All Willian had to do was cross the ball in for the tap-in.

6 - Neymar has scored six goals from 38 shots in World Cup tournaments - it took Lionel Messi 67 shots and Cristiano Ronaldo 74 shots to reach this goal tally at the World Cup. Icon. #BRA #MEX #BRAMEX #WorldCup pic.twitter.com/RiSPxMgzja

— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) July 2, 2018

The second goal also saw him scamper forward on the counter-attack past Mexicans who had poured forward and his delightful stab of the ball eventually found its way to Roberto Firmino to make it 2-0.