Brazil push Chile aside

Brazil cruised into the quarter-finals of the FIFA World Cup with a 3-0 win against Chile in Johannesburg.

The five-time winners were two to the good at half-time following quickfire goals from Juan and Luis Fabiano before Robinho gave them further breathing space 14 minutes into the second half. They will now face the Netherlands, 2-1 victors against Slovakia, in the last eight.

A Luis Fabiano snapshot and Gilberto long-range effort aside, it was an opening period littered with only set-piece threat from Brazil. It was, therefore, little surprise when they took the lead on 35 minutes via a Maicon corner which Juan met with a bullet header.

There was far more subtlety about their second three minutes later, though, Kaká playing in Luis Fabiano with an exquisite first-time pass which allowed the Sevilla FC striker to round Claudio Bravo and roll into the vacated net.

Dunga's side's third was equally pleasing on the eye, Ramires doing the hard work with a slaloming run at the Chilean defence which ended with a simple pass to Robinho and a beautifully curled finish. The Manchester City FC striker and Daniel Alves both almost added a fourth while Chile, purposeful yet overrun throughout, twice almost reduced their arrears through the willing Humberto Suazo.