How Casemiro led Brazil to victory by scoring a goal against Japan, becoming one of the oldest players to score a goal at the age of 34
Casemiro, at 34, has become the oldest player to score a goal for Brazil at the World Cup. He contributed to the team's victory by scoring a goal in the match against Japan and was also awarded as the best player of the match.
Casemiro scored a goal in the match against Japan to give Brazil an important victory, pulling the team out of the trouble of a possible defeat. Casemiro's goal came before the goal that sealed a 2-1 win. With this goal, Casemiro now becomes one of the five oldest players to score a goal for Brazil in World Cup history. He achieved this feat at the age of 34 years, 4 months and 6 days. Previously, only Bebeto had scored a World Cup goal at the age of 34 years, 4 months and 18 days. Casemiro has left behind legends like Thiago Silva, Nilton Santos, Garrincha and Socrates. He left the game due to injury in the 46th minute of the match and was replaced by Fabinho. At the end of the match, Casemiro was declared the best player of the match by FIFA. His score of 1 goal, 2 shots (both on the goal post), 7 accurate long passes, 4 tackles and 2 blocked shots is testimony to this. He had 91 touches, making 90% of his passes successful.---