Football. ua presents the announcement of the 2018 World Cup match between Brazil and Switzerland.
"Pentacampones" will start their way at the World Cup with a difficult match against the team of Switzerland.
Brazil - Switzerland Group E, 1st round, June 17, 21:00, Rostov-on-Don, Rostov Arena.
Broadcasting the match on Inter.
Brazil is the main favorite of the World Cup according to the version of all authoritative bookmakers and it is from today that the Tite team will begin to confirm its reputation. The first barrier - the team of Switzerland, which easily withdrew from its group in the qualifying stage, losing first place to the Portuguese team only because of additional indicators.
Brazilians have an incredible attacking potential and the composition of this team can be envied by any coach. Neimar, Coutinho, Jesus, Willian - these are the players who would be the leaders of the attack in any team. And today they will enchant at Rostov Arena. Stop technical Brazilians - an incredibly difficult task. Swiss today will be very difficult, but to write off them from the accounts ahead of time is definitely not worth it.
In the composition of nominal guests strong players are collected, which are able to surprise. Especially the Swiss are famous for their discipline and organization of the game. And in games against similar rivals like Brazil, such factors usually come to the fore. Petkovic's wards will concentrate all their attention on defense and will play on counterattacks, while the Brazilians for sure from the very first minutes will begin to weave laces around the possessions of Sommer.
With the staff of both coaches, everything is fine. True, Tita has one problem. At one of the trainings, injury was received by midfielder Fred, who most recently moved from Shakhtar to Manchester United. Kazemiro bedded in a tackle against the already "ex-miner" and caused that injury. There were fears that this damage could deprive the player of the chance to go to the World Cup, but these fears were not confirmed - the injury was not too serious. At the same time, his participation in today's match is ruled out.
Approximate compositions:.
Brazil: Alisson - Danilo, Silva, Miranda, Marcelo - Paulinho, Kazemiro, Coutinho - Willian, Jesus, Neymar Switzerland: Sommer - Lichtsteiner, Cher, Akandzhi, R. Rodriguez - Beramy, Jaca - Shakiri, Froyler, Zuber - Seferovich Will not play: Fred (Brazil) Interesting facts:
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- Brazil did not miss its own goal in 8 of the last 10 matches.
- Switzerland did not miss its own goal in 7 of the last 9 matches.
- Brazil does not lose during the last 17 fights.
- Switzerland did not lose in the last 13 of 14 matches.
- This is the first meeting of rivals in the world championships since 1950.
- Brazilians after World Cup-1934 do not lose in starting matches.
forecast 2: 1.