AL RAYYAN: Neymar scored in extra-time to put Brazil 1-0 ahead against Croatia in their World Cup quarterfinal today to reach 77 goals and draw level with Pele as the team’s top scorer, a record held by the Brazilian great for 51 years.
The 82-year-old football icon, who is hospitalised in delicate conditions in Sao Paulo due to cancer, scored his last goal for Brazil in a friendly against Austria in 1971.
Pele is the only player to have won the World Cup three times, in 1958, 1962 and 1970, and scored 77 goals in 92 matches.
The 30-year-old Neymar reached 77 goals in his 124th appearance.