Brazil 3-0 Venezuela: Neymar, Gabigol and Marquinhos score as hosts kick-off Copa America

Brazil 3-0 Venezuela: Neymar scores penalty and assists twice to inspire victory in Copa America opener for holders

  • Brazil faced Venezuela on Sunday in the first game of the 2021 Copa America
  • Marquinhos scored the opener, scrappily hacking in Neymar’s first-half corner
  • The Brazilian talisman then scored one of his own through a 64th minute penalty 
  • Gabriel Barbosa applied the finishing touch, chesting in after Neymar’s cross