Recaps: Brazil-Haiti and Ecuador-Peru

               Yesterday marked the start of Round 2 for Group B. Brazil vs. Haiti got off to a fast start after their disappointing draw against Ecuador. After a high free kick from Willian in the second minute and then having Philippe Coutinho force Haiti keeper Johnny Placide with a save minutes later, Coutinho finally put Brazil on the board when he shot inside Placide's right post from outside the box in the 15th. 15 minutes later, 2-0 was on the board, as Coutinho scored into an open net after Dani Alves' 1-on-1 chance was blocked by Haiti's defenders. 20 minutes after the first goal, 3-0 came. Alves got the ball back from Placide after his save, and sent in a cross that had open Renato Augusto who easily made a goal. Gabriel Barbosa made it 4 in the 59th when Elias gave him a through ball for him to pounce on and shoot past Placide. Lucas Lima, an early sub, scored the fifth in the 67th, when Alves assisted thanks to another cross. Haiti would score to end the clean sheet, when Allison made a close range save which deflected out of his hands. James Marcelin was open found the bouncing ball, ran to it, and lashed it into an open net to provide a heartwarming moment for Haiti's people and fans. Placide would make several saves (6 overall), including preventing Willian to score in the 83rd, but it became six when Augusto got a loose pass and scored. Coutinho would complete his hat trick and the 7-1 score on the final play of the game. Haiti has been eliminated from quarterfinal contention.
               The other Group B game was Ecuador-Peru. Just like the other game, the scoring came early as in the fifth minute, Peru's Christian Cueva scored a sensational goal after spinning around, nutmegging a defender, and ceasing on the 1-on-1 chance with a goal. Peru made it 2 eight minutes later when Edison Flores scored. Flores span around his defender too, and shot a difficult strike just outside the box inside the left area of the goal. Ecuador would come back in the game with 2 of its own. The first was Enner Valencia beating keeper Pedro Gallese. Valencia patted the crossing ball with his cross, beating the keeper to make it 2-1. And Ecuador would complete the comeback in the 48th when Jefferson Molano made it a 3-on-1, who crossed it to Miller Bolanos to tie it all up. Gabriel Achilier got a second yellow on a tackle in the 92nd, and will not be playing in Ecuador's group stage finale.