The situation before the match was clear: the winner of this duel is at the start of the round of 16 of the World Cup, as Cameroon and Serbia drew 3-3 in Monday’s first match of Group G. Both Brazil and the Switzerland had won their first match (Brazil 2-0 against Serbia and Switzerland 1-0 against Cameroon). In their final match of the preliminary round, the Brazilians will face Cameroon on Friday. The Swiss also have good chances and are fighting in their last group match against Serbia for the round of 16.
Brazil started the match against Switzerland in a slightly more defensive formation following Neymar’s injury. The PSG star, who injured his right ankle in the opening 2-0 win against Serbia, has been replaced by Manchester United’s Fred, who made his World Cup debut. Furthermore, Eder Militao started in the unusual position of right-back for Danilo, who was also injured and was out with a ligament injury.
The best of Brazil – Switzerland
Brazil qualified early for the round of 16 at the World Cup in Qatar. Without the injured Neymar, team boss Tite’s team celebrated a 1-0 (0-0) win against Switzerland in the main match of Group G on Monday, the second matchday, and thus their second victory.
Swiss coach Murat Yakin has only changed sides one place since the 1-0 draw with Cameroon. For Xherdan Shaqiri, who felt a slight pull in his thigh, young Fabian Rieder surprisingly started up front. Furthermore, Switzerland had to do without Salzburg’s Noah Okafor. The 22-year-old suffers from muscle problems in his thighs.
Balanced match at the start
In front of 43,649 spectators at the 974 Stadium in Doha, a match similar to the Brazilians’ debut against Serbia (2-0) took place. The Brazilians took control early on and attacked in the early stages, but the brave Swiss held on well. In terms of play, however, it wasn’t dangerous, both teams made small mistakes such as in reception or in duels. The teams generally relied on a confident defense early on, so there were no scoring chances for the time being.
Richarlison, the winner of the match against Serbia, made his appearance in the 12th minute. Lucas Paqueta got into the striker’s path, but his pass to Vinicius Junior was too short, Switzerland managed to clear. Just a minute later, Richarlison came back into focus, but tripped the ball in the penalty area.
Vinicius Junior with his first big break
The match was then balanced, the dynamics were still lacking. Only in the 27th minute did the game end dangerously. After a diagonal from Raphinha, Vinicius Junior was alone in the penalty area, he tried to take control from close range, but didn’t hit the ball well, goalkeeper Yann Sommer managed to clear the corner. Brazil had their next chance in the 31st minute through Raphinha, who tried a long-range shot from around 25 metres. Goalkeeper Sommer managed to get the ball safely.
Dangerous finish by Vinicius Junior (27th minute)
After a diagonal from Raphinha, Vinicius Junior suddenly takes the ball alone in the penalty area and shoots it on the fly. But goalkeeper Yann Sommer was on the post from the short corner.
The “Selecao” had established themselves after about 30 minutes of play in the Swiss half of the field, looking for a gap in defense around sixteen, but the Swiss back four was good. Yakin’s team, however, had difficulty building up the game, so it was only in the 39th minute that the Swiss managed his first time in front of the Brazilian goal. Ruben Vargas almost made it to the end, but Brazil was able to prevent it.
The floodlights in the stadium went out just before the break and it got dark. However, just eight seconds later, play could be restarted. The failure of the mini-projector had no particular effect on the game: the ball was just out of bounds when the score was 0-0 as Brazil took a corner kick. Shortly thereafter, the teams from Brazil and Switzerland went into halftime without a goal.
Canceled Brazil’s lead goal
Shortly after the break, the Swiss made themselves dangerous for the first time. Granit Xhaka used Silvan Widmer with a long diagonal, which went into the box from the right side. However, his cross for Vargas was rejected (54′). The game then picked up speed, both teams having more kills and chances to score. In the 56th minute Vinicius Junior carries the ball from the left to Richarlison, who arrived too late for the ball (56′).
Goal disallowed for Brazil (64th minute)
Vinicius Junior was too early to celebrate his first goal at the World Cup – it didn’t count.
In the 64th minute Vinicius Junior, who scored from Casemiro’s assist, only briefly delighted in his first goal in a World Cup. Because after a check by the VAR, the first goal of the Brazilians was disallowed because Richarlison was previously offside. After a few minutes of disappointment, Coach Tite’s team recovers and increases the pressure, even from the bench. Tite brought almost everything he had in attack: Gabriel Jesus, Antony and Rodrygo came into play.
Casemiro makes the decision
The Brazilians finally scored the acclaimed winning goal in the 83rd minute with minutes left in the game. The attack came from the left, Rodrygo served Casemiro in the centre, who shot with a backhand into the penalty area. His half volley was deflected slightly by Akanji and landed in the right corner. For Casemiro it was the first goal in a World Cup.
Goal for Brazil
Casemiro scores the decisive goal in the 83rd minute following a pass from Rodrygo.
The Brazilians then seemed stimulated by the opening goal. “Selecao” dominated the match in the final minutes, repeatedly entering the Swiss penalty area, but the Brazilians failed to score another goal.
votes on the game
Murat Sure (Switzerland coach): “Of course you can’t be satisfied. But the opponent is Brazil, who we controlled for 80 minutes. We should have been more courageous, but at the crucial moment we weren’t calm and couldn’t keep the ball. The pass decisive did not arrive”.
“Maybe we’ve been a bit too controlled instead of looking for risk. The game plan worked very well, but in the end we couldn’t get out of it. “Shaq” (Shaqiri, sick) was missing, which can bring some genius. Okafor (injured) was also missing with his speed.”
casemir (Brazil goalscorer): “We knew it wasn’t an easy group and that the Swiss had a lot to offer. These aren’t good games, it’s the little things that count. This time I had the ball straight, but the most important thing is that we won”.
Xhaka granite (Captain of Switzerland): “It was a good performance in terms of combat. Brazil has great qualities, we have to be honest about that. We did well with grit and team spirit. We are a bit disappointed, a draw would not have been stolen. As a team today it went almost better than against Cameroon, perhaps we could have done something more cheeky, but this is Brazil.”
FIFA World Cup 2022, Group G, Matchday Two
Brazil 1-0 Switzerland (0-0)
Doha, Stadium 974, 43,649 spectators, SR Barton (SAL)
Tor:
1:0 Casemiró (83.)
Brazil: Alisson – Militao, Marquinhos, Thiago Silva, Alex Sandro (86./Telles) – Casemiro – Paqueta (46./Rodrygo), Fred (58./Bruno Guimaraes) – Raphinha (73./Antony), Richarlison (73./ Gabriel Jesus), Vinicius Junior
Swiss: Summer – Widmer (86./Frei), Akanji, Elvedi, Rodriguez – Freuler, Xhaka – Rieder (59./Steffen), Sow (76./Aebischer), Vargas (59./Fernandes) – Embolo (76./Seferovic ) ). )
Yellow cards: Fred or Rieder
The best: Vinicius Junior, Casemiro and Akanji, Xhaka
