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PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil -- Oscar, Hernanes and Lucas scored second-half goals on Sunday as Brazil defeated France 3-0 in its final warm-up before the Confederations Cup. Chelsea playmaker Oscar opened the scoring with a shot from close range in the 54th minute. Hernanes added to the lead with a left-footed attempt from inside the area in the 85th, and Paris Saint-Germains Lucas sealed the victory by converting a penalty kick in injury time. The result ended Brazils 21-year winless run against France, and gave the "Selecao" its first victory over a former World Cup champion in nearly four years. A two-time defending champion in the Confederations Cup, Brazil will play Japan in the tournaments opener next Saturday in the capital of Brasilia. Brazil hasnt won a significant title since the 2009 Confederations Cup. "Its good to finally beat a top team, but more importantly, its good to be playing well again," Oscar said. "Hopefully we will be able to get off to a great start at the Confederations Cup as well." The Brazilians hadnt beaten France since a 2-0 win in a 1992 friendly in Paris. In the six matches since, the teams drew twice and France won four times, including the final of the 1998 World Cup and in the quarterfinals of the 2006 World Cup. Led by Karim Benzema but without many of its top players, France was coming off three losses in four matches this year: to Spain in World Cup qualifying, and to Germany and Uruguay in friendlies. Its only win was against Georgia. The French are second to Spain in its World Cup qualifying group. "We didnt have a lot of opportunities, but we had enough to get a better result," France coach Didier Deschamps said, through a translator. "Its the end of the season and that made things a bit more difficult for us. Facing Brazil here gave us a good chance to show our football." Sundays result marked Brazils first win over a former World Cup champion since 2009. The last victory came against England in a friendly in Doha. Brazil has since failed to beat teams such as Argentina, Portugal, England and the Netherlands. The Brazilians beat Argentina in 2011 and last year, but the teams were using players from local clubs. Brazil struggled during most of Sundays match in front of more than 50,000 at the Gremio Arena in the southern city of Porto Alegre, allowing France to create dangerous scoring opportunities from the beginning. The Confederations Cup hosts improved a bit in the second half and controlled possession after Oscar got them on the board. Oscars goal came after Fred gained possession near midfield and made a run through the left side before passing the ball to the Chelsea midfielder. Oscar easily found the net as the goalkeeper charged toward him. Hernanes came on as a substitute and scored the second goal after a breakaway. Neymar set him up with a one-touch pass inside the area, and the Lazio midfielder fired a left-footed shot that struck the post before going in. Substitute midfielder Lucas scored after Real Madrid left back Marcelo was fouled inside the area. "It was an important victory to give us more composure as we continue on our path to try to win the Confederations Cup," Hernanes said. Since Luiz Felipe Scolari returned to the national team in December, Brazil had previously won only won one of six matches, against Bolivia. The coach who led Brazil to the 2002 World Cup title couldnt manage more than draws against Italy, Russia and Chile. Brazil lost 2-1 to England in the coachs debut. But Brazil was coming off a 2-2 draw with England at the new Maracana a week ago. Scolari made only one change to the starting lineup since last Sunday, replacing left back Filipe Luis with Marcelo. Buy Adidas Superstar Online . However, he did make them miss him a little less. 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The Mustangs outscored the Toreros 21-3 in the second half of a 38-16 win, their fourth in the series over the last five years by a combined score of 151-49.The Toreros rolled through their eight PFL games, outscoring opponents 343-83 to earn the leagues automatic bid to the playoffs for the second time in three years while winning at least a share of the PFL title for the eighth time in the past 12 seasons.Cal Poly secured its fourth trip to the FCS playoffs and first since 2012 with a 55-48 win over Northern Colorado last weekend to finish 5-3 in the Big Sky. The Mustangs had dropped their previous two games.If I am shocked about anything, its the fact were playing at home after those two losses, coach Tim Walsh said. ... I think we were an underestimated team from the get go. I knew we had a lot of good players returning from last year and that wed be one of the 24 teams in the playoffs.The Mustangs finished the regular season No. 1 in the FCS in rushing offense (360.6 yards per game), passing efficiency (183.86 rating) and third-down conversion percentage (54.8) while ranking sixth in total offense (496.5) and 14th in scoring offense (35.9 points per game).Cal Poly is one tough opponent with a unique offense that will be hard to get ready for, said San Diegos Dale Lindsey, a finalist for the STATS Eddie Robinson Award as FCS Coach of the Year. It has been in the past.dddddddddddd We dont choose how we get the draw so we are going to go up there and do the best that we can do.Running back and All-Big Sky first-team selection Joe Protheroe was seventh in the FCS with 1,212 rushing yards while adding 11 touchdowns on the ground. Running back Kori Garcia (834 yards, six TDs), quarterback Dano Graves (684, nine) and running back Kyle Lewis (587, six) also contributed to Cal Polys rushing attack. Lewis led the Mustangs with 372 receiving yards and four TD catches while Graves passed for 1,445 yards and 17 touchdowns to only four interceptions.That offense will face a San Diego team that led the FCS in scoring defense (12.1), passing efficiency defense (84.36) and total defense (249.6) while finishing sixth in rushing defense (82.2). The Toreros are also strong on the other side of the ball, ranking fourth in third-down conversion percentage (52.8), seventh in passing efficiency (162.52), 10th in scoring offense (38.6) and 15th in total offense (452.2).San Diego is led by quarterback Anthony Lawrence and running back Jonah Hodges. Lawrence finished third in the FCS in completion percentage (68.9) and fifth in passing efficiency (164.6) while throwing for 2,515 yards and 22 touchdowns to just five interceptions. Hodges was ninth with 1,190 rushing yards and fifth with 17 total TDs.I like the matchup, but it will be a difficult one for us, Walsh said. They like to throw the ball and we have not been extremely successful in defending the pass (the Mustangs ranked 109th in the FCS with 269.1 passing yards allowed per game). They are extremely well-coached and I have thought that every time we have played them. We have to take care of what we can take care of.The winner of this matchup will visit top-seeded and five-time defending FCS national champion North Dakota State in the second round on Dec. 3. ' ' '