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Barcelona star Neymar scored a superb hat-trick to help Brazil record a comfortable 5-0 win over Bafana Bafana in a friendly international at FNB Stadium in Johannesburg on Wednesday night.
The 22-year-old wonderkid netted either side of half-time with two outstanding touches after Oscar put Brazil ahead 11 minutes into the game.
Manchester City midfielder Fernandinho added a fourth with a superb long range strike before Neymar added the 5th in the final minute of regular time.
Bafana really did look like boys against men as they suffered their worst ever defeat in front of a 50-thousand strong home crowd at Soccer City, which included President Jacob Zuma and Sports Minister Fikile Mbalula, looking on rather glumly.
Bafana Coach Gordon Igesund had no excuses to offer and said they were outplayed by a far better team.
In other international friendlies on the night, Daniel Sturridge's late header gave England a 1-0 victory over Denmark at Wembley.
Defending champion Spain overcame Italy 1-0 in its final big test before the 2014 World Cup kicks off in Brazil in three months time.
Argentina superstar Lionel Messi couldn't break Romania's defence as his team was held to a goalless draw.
Cristiano Ronaldo was more prolific, as the Ballon d'Or winner became Portugal's all-time leading scorer, netting twice in a 5-1 win over
Cameroon.
Belgium, tipped as a serious contender in Brazil, drew 2-2 against Ivory Coast.
France ended the Netherlands' 17-match unbeaten run with goals from Real Madrid forward Karim Benzema and Blaise Matuidi.
Germany looked like a shadow of itself at home against Chile but eked out a 1-0 win.
In Atlanta, Mexico and Nigeria played to a goalless draw in front of 68-thousand 212 fans.
