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Brazil vs Switzerland Prediction & Betting tips
Switzerland is expecting the biggest highlight of the preliminary round in the first match of the World Cup, which should be the biggest challenge at the same time. The opponent in the first group game is no lesser than the five-time world champion Brazil. While the ‘Seleção’ will be looking for compensation after the embarrassing departure four years ago, the Swiss are likely to feel little pressure due to the – at least on paper – hopelessness of the mission. Therefore, priority in the game against Brazil will probably have the defensive in particular, which must withstand the concentrated offensive power around the recovered superstar Neymar.
Although the ‘Nati’ may well be described as defensive, we do not think she will be able to resist Samba football for more than 90 minutes and score at least two goals. Offensively, on the other hand, against a slightly defensive line-up of the Brazilians with a little luck should be a hit in it (as recently against Spain).
Brazil:
Four years ago, the five-time world champion Brazil experienced the biggest shame in their own history. Time to digest the later than, shock of Mineirão ‘known 1: 7 defeat against the eventual champion Germany, the Seleção did not. After the participation in the Copa America 2015 and 2016 were not crowned with success, Tite took over the post of head coach and led the Brazilian national team with extremely sovereign benefits by qualifying for the upcoming World Cup in Russia. After the opening defeat against Chile, Brazil won twelve games and shared the points five times, which in the end meant the clear victory with ten points ahead in the well-stocked South America Group.
In the preparation for the upcoming World Cup finals, the Tite-Elf held harmless and was able to convince. In six friendly matches, the Seleção scored a total of twelve goals in just one goal. In the early stages of the preparation, only the game against England ended in a goalless draw. Against Japan (3: 1), hosts Russia (3: 0) and world champions Germany (1: 0) Brazil could win against it. Both the defensive for Thiago Silva and the offensive for Neymar and Gabriel Jesus were at their best in the recent friendly. A 2-0 victory over Croatia followed a 3-0 victory against Austria last week, when returning superstar Neymar almost played through and scored the highest goal.
Switzerland:
The Swiss national team has been part of the regular circle of World Cup participants since 2004. In Brazil, four years ago, Switzerland made it to the round of 16, where the Argentina national team was one size too big. After all, the decision was only in the extension (0: 1), which also meant the end of the era Hitzfeld. For the qualification for the upcoming World Cup Vladimir Petković took over the sports management. Until the last matchday, the Swiss national team led the qualifying group with European champions Portugal, Andorra, the Faeroe Islands, Latvia and Hungary, but then lost the crucial final game against the European champions with 0: 2. The second place (balance sheet 9-0-1, goal difference 23: 7) led the team from the Alpine Republic in the play-offs, where the Swiss finally prevailed just against Northern Ireland (1-0; 0: 0).
Just like Brazil, Switzerland was harmless in its preparations. In the early stages of preparation, it was initially against Greece and Panama. In both games, the Petković-Eleven always retained the upper hand. While there was a close 1-0 against the Greeks, the 6-0 win against World Cup participant Panama was very clear. The Nati caused a big surprise in early June when they were able to draw Spain 1-1, although La Furia Roja – as expected – burned off an offensive fireworks and dominated the game over the entire season. The task in the last friendly game just under a week and a half ago was a completely different. Against World Cup driver Japan, the Swiss had to design the game themselves, which they succeeded in large parts. At the end of the Swiss sat down after hits from Rodríguez and Seferović by 2: 0.
Brazil vs Switzerland head to head matches
14.08.13 FI Switzerland Brazil 1 : 0
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