How good is the Brazil team for the Qatar World Cup 2022?Analysis of the strength level of the Brazil national team
Almost all previous World Cups, Brazil are the favorites to win the championship, and this World Cup is no exception.
Needless to say the historic record: the Brazilian team has never missed any World Cup final and is the only team that has won five World Cups. The 2002 Korea-Japan World Cup held in Asia last saw the “Army of Samba” achieve five-star glory. Arrived in Qatar with the halo of number one in the world, Brazil’s only goal is to embroider the sixth star on the shirt.
In this regard, not only the coach of the Brazilian team, Tite, has so much confidence, but also various prediction websites, questionnaires and speeches by football celebrities all acknowledge that the Brazilian team is the number one favorite to win the championship and he has a big chance to win the cup again in Asia. After all, in World Cup qualifying, Brazil’s record of 14 wins, 3 draws and no defeats is enough to prove their dominance in South America. In the previous two warm-up matches, the Brazil team easily defeated the Ghana team and the Tunisia team with high scores of 3:0 and 5:1 respectively, which also checked the fiery state of the players.
The only heartache left for Tite by the ‘Kingdom of Football’ may be that there are too many options at the forefront, who to bring and who not to bring makes him wonder about insomnia. On the 26-man roster, Tite brought in 9 forwards and the offensive weapons can be said to be “sharp”. 30-year-old Neymar is a well-deserved attacking nucleus. He’s in great shape this year. In all competitions since August, he has contributed goals and assists in nearly every match. In Tite’s tactics, Neymar sometimes played as a left winger and sometimes served as a free man in the frontcourt, leading the Brazilian team’s attack through position changes.
Compared to the previous two World Cups, Neymar has more helpers around him. Richarlison, who plays for Tottenham in the Premier League, is lacking in goal scoring at the club, but is in top form for his country and is the most goalscoring player in the Brazilian squad this year, with the exception of Neymar. enriched the team’s tactical options. The 22-year-old Real Madrid winger Vinicius has become a world-class star. With tremendous breakthrough and impact, he will usher in his first away World Cup and is one of the most watched stars at this World Cup. There are also Rafinha, Rodrigo, Anthony, Jesus… They are basically the main players of the biggest European giants, with a reasonable age structure and different playing styles.
The formation of the forwards is in the spotlight, and the Brazilian team’s midfield and defense configuration is no different. The team has Casemiro, Fabinho, Guimarães and Paqueta, four leading midfielders who have played in the Premier League, to escort the luxurious attacking group. On the defensive line, the 38-year-old Thiago Silva is still immortal, he is still an indispensable central defender for Chelsea and the spiritual leader of the “Samba Legion”. The 24-year-old Militao and 28-year-old Marchinhos are in good shape and together they have built a world-class defense line combining “old, middle and young”. In addition, the goalkeeper position has two world-class goalkeepers, Alisson and Ederson, who are the main players of Liverpool and Manchester City. With the implementation of the “five substitutions” rule in this World Cup, Tite can make the most of the team sufficient resources Personnel reserve.
From a training point of view, the Brazilian team is slightly insufficient in the role of full-back, Alves was selected in the squad at the age of 39. he is also in Brazil and has caused great controversy. In this regard, Tite said: “Alves is a technical and tactical complement. His technical level and his personal skills are outstanding. He can be an organizer and a liaison.”
The Brazilian team is strong and aims for the Scudetto, but the opponents in group G are not easy to save. In Group G with Brazil there are also Serbia, Switzerland and Cameroon. Both the Swiss and Serbian teams, the two European powers, have a certain ability to twist the game, and at the World Cup in Russia four years ago, Switzerland and Serbia were in the same group as Brazil. The fate between these three teams is not insignificant.
Four years ago the Brazilian team won 2 and 1 draw with 7 points and qualified first in the group. This time the “Samba Army” absolutely wants to repeat the same group classification.
In the last World Cup, there will always be a situation where the heat has to die. A big favorite team, with great attention, also has to bear enormous pressure. It is foreseeable that the Brazilian team’s road to the championship started from the group stage, and it was not a peaceful performance.
Twenty years have passed and the World Cup has returned to Asia, the goal of the Brazilian team has never changed: to achieve six-star glory. This time, can their dreams come true in Qatar in winter? (Xinhua News Agency reporters Wang Chunyan and Wei Jingyu)
World ranking of the Brazilian national team
Brazil national team is currently number 1 in the world (FIFA update in October 2022)
History of the Brazilian national team
Results of the last 10 matches of Brazil
The graphic trend of the Brazilian team’s record in the last 40 games
Original title: Qatar World Cup Top 32 Tour | Impacting the six-star glory, can the “five-star Brazil” avoid the heat and die?
Responsible editor: Zeng Shaolin
