Samba Show rolls into Vienna, as Brazil see off Austria comfortably

Austria vs Brazil: Match Report:

Brazil head to Russia with a spring in their step, after they comfortably saw off Austria to win 3-0 in Vienna. The game was a relatively lull affair -- as expected in these World Cup warm up friendlies -- but with some flashes of brilliance from Brazil's star men, showing why their one of the favorites to lift the World Cup trophy.

With two-thirds of the possesion, Brazil dominated the first half and had plenty of chances. Austria held out well until the 37th minute, when Marcelo's strike from 40 yards out took a lucky deflection that ended up at the feet of Gabriel Jesus by the corner of the six-yard box. The Man City striker easily slotted it past Lindner to give his team a 1-0 lead, although replays later showed that he was in fact offside. The linesman did not raise his flag however and the goal stood.

Austria managed to create a few chances with the little possesion they had. Star man Marko Arnautavic was fed a couple of lovely through balls, and the West Ham player should have done better to get on the end of them to trouble Alisson in goal. But he didn't and the first half ended with Brazil one-nil up and looking comfortable.

The second half was a similar story, only Austria had even fewer chances than the first. Brazil really began to wear down their opponents, who were clearly tired from spending so much time chasing the ball.

The inevitable second goal came in the 63rd minute. Willian on right hand corner of the box squared a chip pass to an unmarked Neymar, who used a wonderful piece of skill to dance past one defender and then put the ball through the legs of the keeper to score his 55th goal for his country. The third goal came just five minutes later, and was another piece of brilliance from the men in yellow. A lovely one-two between Countinho and Firmino set the former off down the left and one-on-one with the keeper, whom he easily curled it past to find the bottom right corner.  

Brazil continued to put pressure on the Austrians and could have scored more, but the game finished 3-0, giving the 'Selecao' 11 wins from their last 11 outings. They will head to Russia extremely confident and determined to banish the ghosts of the 7-1 home defeat against Germany in the World Cup final four years ago. With the likes of Neymar and Coutinho firing on all cylinders, they will be hard to stop on the road to the final in Moscow. 

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Brazil travel to Vienna for their final World Cup warm-up game against Austria, with talisman Neymar fit and set to make his first start for the 'Selecao' since returning from an injury that had kept him out of action since March.

Brazil have won their last 10 games on the trot and will be hoping to keep their impressive run going, as they head to Russia as one of the favorites and desperate to banish the ghosts of the 7-1 home defeat to Germany in the 2014 World Cup final. Aside from their obvious attacking finesse, Brazil have a rock solid defence that has not conceeded a goal in 387 minutes of play. They come into a game having beaten Croatia 2-0, a game in which Neymar came off the bench to score an incredible individual goal.

Austria will not be a walkover however and have an outside chance of spoiling Brazil's winning streak. Franco Foda's men had a dissappointing qualifying campaing, finishing fourth in their group behind Serbia, Ireland and Wales. But they go into the game undeafeted in their last 8 games. They have won seven games in succession, the last of the which was the surprising 2-1 victory against World Cup holders Germany. The Austrians will be putting their hopes on West Ham's Marko Arnautovic (a prime target of Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho) to end the Brazilian defences run of clean sheets, while Bayern Munich's David Alaba is the other man to Foda's side who could cause Brazil problems.