Brazil haven’t quite qualified for the 2018 World Cup yet, but if they were to place a bulk order of “Teach Yourself Russian” books this week, they wouldn’t have to worry too much about keeping the receipt safe. Their away trip to second place Uruguay represented the greatest challenge of their remaining games. Could they do it in front of 60,000 hostile supporters? Yes. Yes, they could. And in style, too. A hat trick from Paulinho (remember him, Spurs fans?) and a goal from Neymar gave coach Tite his seventh successive qualification win since he took over last year, pushing Brazil seven points clear at the top and 10 clear of the play-off place. Mission (very nearly) accomplished.
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