Brazil are the favourites going into their Round of 16 clash against Honduras at the FIFA U-17 World Cup in Kochi on Wednesday. Brazil won all three of their games in Group D, qualifying for the second round with the full nine points. Honduras on the other hand, won only one game in Group E, qualifying as one of the best third placed teams with three points from as many matches. Get live football score of Brazil vs Honduras, FIFA U-17 World Cup – Round of 16, here.
19:40 PM IST: Honduras name an unchanged line-up from the 5-1 loss to France.
19:36 PM IST: Brazil start with the same line-up that started against Spain and North Korea. Alan, who had been dropped against Niger as a precaution due to his yellow card, is back in today’s starting XI.
19:35 PM IST: Welcome the FIFA U-17 World Cup match between Brazil and Honduras.
Brazil conceded 11 goals while scoring seven and the Honduras defenders will have to toil hard to keep the Brazil forwards at bay.
The South America U-17 champions have received excellent support from the local crowd at the Jawaharlal Nehru International Stadium here and Wednesday’s match should be no different.
The Brazil players have admitted that the atmosphere has made it seem like they have been playing at their home ground. They will be eager to turn on the Samba magic against Honduras and give their new found fans plenty of reasons to cheer.
Source: HindustanTimes