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  the tight friendship and aggressive play of brazil's coutinho and neymar played a key role in brazil's 3-0 win over paraguay on tuesday.  as a result of the win and peru's stunning win over uruguay, brazil has become the first team to qualify for the 2018 world cup and is guaranteed a spot in russia.  coutinho and neymar made a pact before the paraguay game that they would bet their famous friendship on winning the game, and knowing how much they value each other's friendship, the win was almost a foregone conclusion.
article_headline: brazil decisively beats paraguay to qualify for the 2018 world cup