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Brazil vs Switzerland – World Cup Group G: How they’re doing, injuries and prediction with favourites missing Neymar
PRE-TOURNAMENT favourites Brazil are hoping to book their place in the World Cup last-16 WITHOUT star man Neymar against Switzerland.
The Brazilians have been tipped to win a sixth world crown despite losing the Copa America 2021 final to Argentina.
They reaffirmed their place as favourites with an expected win in their first group match.
Brazil will be heavy favourites to beat Switzerland, who are expected to finish runners-up in the group.
A win for either would all-but see them through to the last-16, but a draw wouldn’t be the end of the world.
SunSport takes a look at what to expect from Brazil vs Switzerland, including our score prediction.
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How are they getting on?
Brazil: The Samba Boys took a while to find a breakthrough against Serbia.
Richarlison got both goals, with his second – an incredible overhead kick – certain to be one of the goals of the World Cup.
Read the full Brazil vs Serbia match report…
Switzerland: Got three points in their opening group match against a good Cameroon side.
Breel Embolo got the goal against his country of birth.
Read the full Switzerland vs Cameroon match report…
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Any injuries to worry about?
Brazil: The South American team will be without star man Neymar, who took a knock to the ankle against Serbia.
The Paris Saint-Germain star suffered ligament damage after being clattered by defender Nikola Milenkovic and will miss the rest of the group stages at least.
Right-back Danilo will also miss the rest of the group stage with a similar injury.
Switzerland: The European country have no fresh injury concerns and manager Murat Yakin isn’t expected to make any changes.
Who will be the star men?
Brazil: West Ham summer signing Lucas Paqueta is one to watch, playing in a slightly deeper role alongside Manchester United’s Casemiro.
Richarlison is Brazil’s Golden Boy up front, as is Vinicius Jr on the wing.
Switzerland: Embolo will be the danger man for the Swiss… he knows where the back of the net is.
Arsenal’s Granit Xhaka will captain the side and will have to get the best of Casemiro and Co.
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What’s the head-to-head?
The two sides have met on nine occasions and the record is pretty even.
Brazil have won three meetings to Switzerland’s two.
There has been four draws with the last match ending 1-1 at the World Cup 2018.
SunSport prediction
Brazil 1 Switzerland 0
Brazil vs Serbia – World Cup Group G: How they got there, form and prediction as Neymar and Co get underway in Qatar
THEY’RE the most successful nation in World Cup history with FIVE trophies to their name.
But Brazil haven’t gone all the way since a Ronaldo-inspired success in 2002.
In fact, they’ve only ONCE made it past the quarter-finals in the 20 years since that day when they lost the third-place play-off to Holland in 2014 on home soil.
This winter, Tite has a star-studded squad itching to go the distance.
But before getting too ahead of themselves, Brazil must find a way to navigate a particularly tricky group, featuring Serbia, Switzerland and Cameroon.
Up first, it’s potential dark horses Serbia – as SunSport takes a look at everything you need to know before the big game.
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How did they get there?
Brazil: Topped the outrageously-tough South American table with 14 wins from their 17 games, drawing three with ZERO losses.
Their clash with Argentina was scrapped after five minutes due to an incredible row over Covid.
Serbia: Won a tricky European Group A, winning six of their eight matches and going unbeaten, like Brazil.
Serbia, tipped as dark horses for the 2022 tournament in Qatar, beat Portugal to top spot to avoid the need for a play-off.
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How’s their form?
Brazil: Well, they’ve won every match since JANUARY 27 when they were held 1-1 by Ecuador in a feisty encounter.
Incredibly, their most-recent defeat came in the Copa America final in July 2021.
They beat Ghana 3-0 and Tunisia 5-1 in September, with both those teams in this winter’s tournament.
Serbia: Thumped Bahrain 5-1 in their pre-tournament warm-up match on the back of a strong Nations League campaign.
They won four of their group games, drawing one and losing one.
Prior to that, they beat Hungary – who inflicted England’s biggest defeat since 1928 just weeks later – with a 3-0 loss to Denmark shortly after.
Who are the managers?
Brazil: Tite – A hugely experienced boss having spent most of his career in his home nation, Qatar will only be his second World Cup having taken over in 2016.
The South Americans lost 2-1 to Belgium in the quarter-finals in Russia four years ago, with Tite itching to make up this time around.
Tite has won a staggering 75 per cent of his 76 matches in charge of Brazil.
Serbia: Dragan Stojkovic – A former team-mate of Gary Lineker, he started his managerial career at Nagoya Grampus Eight, following in the footsteps of Arsene Wenger, who famously led the Japanese side before heading to Arsenal.
Stojkovic spent five years there, before moving to China to manage Super League side Guangzhou R&F, where he spent another half-decade.
The 85-cap international took over as Serbia boss in 2021 and has won a hugely impressive 14 of his 21 matches, losing just three times.
Who are the star players?
Brazil: Could easily list the entire 26-man squad, with a world-class squad more than capable of putting out two lethal XIs.
But their attack is the attention-grabber with the likes of Neymar, Vinicius Jr, Rodrygo, Gabriel Jesus, Gabriel Martinelli, Richarlison and Antony in the current group.
Yet they’re strong across the board, with Alisson and Ederson fighting for the No1 jersey, Marquinhos, Thiago Silva and Eder Militao in defence and Bruno Guimaraes, Fabinho and Casemiro in the middle.
Serbia: Aleksandar Mitrovic is the clear main man for the European side, with his last-gasp winner against Portugal securing their World Cup place.
His goals are invaluable to the team, but the squad is packed with top talent including Dusan Tadic, Sergej Milinkovic-Savic and Dusan Vlahovic, with Luka Jovic, Filip Kostic and Nikola Milenkovic also in the 26-man group.
Brazil boast a star-studded squad including the likes of Neymar and Dani Alves[/caption]
Aleksandar Mitrovic will be Serbia’s biggest threat at the 2022 World Cup[/caption]
What’s the head-to-head?
The teams have faced off twice, with Brazil winning both.
The South Americans won a friendly 1-0 in 2014 shortly before the World Cup on home soil.
Brazil then beat them 2-0 in the group stages of the 2018 World Cup in Russia.
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What TV channel will show the game?
The match will be shown on BBC One, with kick-off 7pm.
Alternatively, you can follow the match on iPlayer.
SunSport prediction
Brazil 2 Serbia 1
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Are the ‘MICHELIN MEN’ HUMANOIDS Back? Recent Sighting in Brazil (SKETCH)
A young Brazilian man was hiking through the countryside in Nova Cruz, Rio Grande do Norte. After a while, he noticed a strange attired humanoid and was totally confused.
The following account was recently posted on a forum:
“I live in Nova Cruz, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil. I usually go on walks and hikes with my friends on the nearby fields, grasslands, and hills (There are lots of green areas around the place). We always go together for safety and also because it’s good to have someone to talk to, but one day, all my friends were busy and I was left alone for the hike. I only went there in the first place because I felt bored and thought that some adventure could spice my day up.
The first hours were okay. It was the 10th day of July at about 4:00 PM. I felt refreshed when I saw that beautiful landscape. There are those huge rocks scattered around so I decided to climb them as usual, I climbed up the biggest rock that was there (I and my friends call it “The whale rock” since it kind of looks like the back of a whale and also is pretty huge). I got a nice view from up there. I could see trees, cacti, bushes, grass, etc., but one thing caught my attention quickly.
It was this person wearing a silly costume, I don’t know very well how to describe it, but the best way I have to explain how it looked is that it kind of looked like those cartoon depictions of a beehive. I got worried because it is usually really hot in this part of the country.
I climbed down to the ground and started walking toward the “Hive Man.” He seemed to notice me and as I got closer I started to notice how weird he was. His movements were really fluid but also really mechanical too. The fabric of the suit seemed to have a metallic glow to it while having a rusty aspect. It had no facial features but two amber-colored disks that reflected like mirrors on where its eyes should be.
At first, the hive man seemed curious about me, staring and investigating my looks. It even tried to get closer and seemed to have really friendly intentions. I wasn’t scared either, I just found the whole situation weird, that was until the other hive man showed up.
The second one was different from the first one. It was taller and bulkier and instead of two disks for eyes it had just one visor-like thing, I felt intimidated when I saw it from the distance (I think they were as tall as 3 meters or 2,50 meters). I ran towards the bushes and hid from them, they both were looking at each other and making gestures as if they were talking. They then started walking towards some vegetation. I tried to follow them so I could track the hive man and take a picture as proof, but they vanished. I’m still confused, amazed, and a bit scared about what happened
I still go to that same spot in search of any traces of the hive man but it’s all gone.” A
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