"In these kind of games you will not have many chances – you might have two or three chances, which we clearly did create and it's a pity we didn't score," he added. "From the last 16 the most important things are quality and experience and I think Brazil has that."Ī dogged defensive display forced Brazil to wait until the 91st minute for Coutinho to find the breakthrough, although Costa Rica crafted a few chances of their own – leaving Ruiz to wonder what might have been. "The most important part for them is to qualify and I think they are going to do it. "Brazil have the quality, they have the players and they have the experience," he said. Ruiz feels they might have lost to the eventual winners in St Petersburg. "Coutinho and Neymar, when they both do a good game it is a big difference for Brazil.Ĭosta Rica's hopes of repeating the heroics of their 2014 run to the quarter-finals are over following two defeats out of two. "I think they have a lot of big quality, both players," Ruiz said. Neymar is Brazil's star attraction at the World Cup and got on the scoresheet to round off Friday's dramatic 2-0 win against Los Ticos in Group E.īut, as was the case in the opening 1-1 draw with Switzerland, it was Coutinho who broke the deadlock and inspired most of the Selecao's best work. Philippe Coutinho is on the same level as Brazil team-mate Neymar, according to Costa Rica captain Bryan Ruiz.
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