The Sevilla striker celebrated his first goal by showing six fingers with his hands, honoring the sixth birthday of his daughter Giovanna, which happened two days previously. He said the second goal was for his other daughter, Gabriela.

Last year at the Confederations Cup, Luis Fabiano also scored on Giovanna's birthday and honored her in similar fashion.

Luis Fabiano was the top scorer in last year's Confederations Cup with five goals, helping Brazil win the title with two goals in a 3-2 win over the United States in the final.

After scoring two goals against Argentina in Rosario on September 5, he had been blanked in his six following matches. He hadn't even been able to score against the lowly African teams that Brazil picked to play its warm-ups ahead of the World Cup - Zimbabwe and Tanzania.

The striker arrived in South Africa nursing a sore left thigh that forced him out of several matches last season.

He now has an impressive 27 goals in 40 matches with Brazil.

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