English Commentary<br />By FOOTBALL SPOTLIGHT<br /><br />Australia vs Brazil 0-4 Highlights & Goals<br />International Friendly, 13 June 2017.<br /><br />0-1 Diego Souza<br />0-2 Thiago Silva<br />0-3 Taison<br />0-4 Diego Souza<br /><br />Australia 0 Brazil 4: Silva gets golden redemption at MCG<br /><br />Diego Souza struck twice but an emotional goal for Thiago Silva was the highlight as Brazil beat Australia 4-0 in Melbourne.<br /><br />Thiago Silva scored a redemptive goal as Brazil eased to a 4-0 win away to a much-changed Australia side, looking to build momentum heading into the Confederations Cup.<br /><br />Silva was stripped of the Selecao captaincy after their 2014 World Cup capitulation and dropped altogether by Dunga following another poor showing at the Copa America a year later.<br /><br />The centre-back's effort followed Brazil taking the lead in the 12th second through a first international goal for Diego Souza – selected in place of the injured Gabriel Jesus – before Taison also opened his Selecao account and Souza struck again to wrap things up late on.<br /><br />Australia recovered their composure and managed to turn pressure back onto the Selecao, Tim Cahill seeing a couple of close-range chances pass by before hooking a tough left-footed shot over the crossbar.<br /><br />Though the tempo dropped, Brazil looked capable of cutting through the hosts at will, but Douglas Costa could not convert Souza's pull-back and Paulinho could only scuff the Sport Recife striker's touch into him over the crossbar.<br /><br />Brazil's forwards were struggling to make the most of their opportunities, so defensive pair Rodrigo Caio and Silva took over to double the advantage.<br /><br />Langerak denied Souza and Taison one-on-one before the latter finally found a way through, latching onto Paulinho's back-heel and stroking across goal.<br /><br />Stuttgart keeper Langerak made more stunning saves to deny Rodriguinho what would have been a debut goal and prevent Ajdin Hrustic scoring a spectacular own-goal on his international bow, but a chastening outing for Australia was completed when Souza headed home the resulting corner.
