Casemiro’s shell send Brazil to the second round
video goals:Brazil – Switzerland -Played on 11/ 28/ 2022
The Brazilian national team snatched a difficult victory against its Swiss counterpart, 1-0, in the match that brought them together today, Monday, at Stadium 974, in the framework of the second round of the World Cup group stage.
Casemiro scored the only goal of the match in the 83rd minute.
With this victory, Samba raised its score to 6 points at the top of Group G and officially qualifies for the round of 16, while Switzerland’s balance is frozen at 3 points in second place, and the struggle for deciding the second card from the group remains between Switzerland, Serbia, and Cameroon.
The beginning came quietly from both sides, amid the confinement of play in the middle of the field and on the wings, and relying on the many passes between the feet of the Brazilian players, on the other hand, the Swiss team retreated and tried to close the spaces in front of the samba players.
In the 12th minute, Lucas Paqueta, the Brazilian star, passed a ball in a wonderful way (with the heel) that hit the Swiss defense, to reach Richarlison on the right side inside the area, and pass it to Vinicius Junior in front of the goal, but Vidmir, the Swiss defender, intervened wonderfully to keep the ball away from in front of his own goal.
The first attempt in the match was in the 27th minute, after an excellent pass from Rafinha from the right, to the far left side of the area, to be met by Vinicius, who was completely uncensored, with a shot towards the goal, but goalkeeper Sumer shone and pushed it to a corner.
After 3 minutes, Rafinha launched from the right wing of Brazil into the midfield in front of the penalty area, to fire a powerful shot, but it reached easily in the middle of the goal, into the arms of Sumer.
In the 44th minute, the Brazilian national team got a corner that Rafinha executed from the right side, inside the penalty area, and Thiago Silva, defender and captain of the samba, met with a header that hit one of the Swiss defenders and passed by the goal for a new corner.
At the start of the second half, Brazil coach Tite made his first substitutions, leaving Lucas Paqueta and pushing Brodrigo, in an attempt to increase the offensive effectiveness of t he yellow team.