Without his maximum figure neymar (injured)Brazil beat Switzerland 1-0 in the Stadium 974 of Dohaby second date of Group G of World Cup Qatar 2022.
The only goal was scored by Casemiro near the end and the victory gave Tite’s team a pass to the round of 16 of end.
The Swiss team will fight the next Friday for the second ticket to the next phase in view of his pair of Serbian.
In an even a priori process and with Switzerland well planted to supply Embolo, its only net attacker, the beginning had a couple of reckless interventions by goalkeeper Alissonperhaps to instill confidence in his colleagues, in case it was necessary.
Brazil had to break the neat lines of the team led by Murat Yakin to be able to prosper in attack, which he achieved at times with the elegant left foot of Lucas Paquetawho dispatched fast passes and triangulations first class in search of Vinicius and the scorer Richarlison that, like sharks, seemed to perceive blood every time it approached the rival area.
But with little, Switzerland bothered those of Titeto such an extent that the first chance of risk came from the right just after about half an hour at the feet of Viniciuswho bitten after being perfectly set up by Raphinha, which allowed Sommer to clear. On the next playOwn Raphinha tested from outside the area the good reflexes of the experienced Swiss goalkeeper.
Brazil was already tilting the field and moved the ball from one end to the other, as the Swiss fell back and their offensive raids -with little participation of the mastermind and captain Granit Xhaka, plus the isolated appearances of the left back Ricardo Rodríguez, who did not always get along with Ruben Vargas- they were rather discreet.
To her rhythm, the Verdeamarela played and played in search of a loophole to arrive with danger in the middle of a block of red jackets. After a brief drop in the stadium’s power supply, a blink indeed, a weak first half came to an end.
In the start of the complement, the Central European team seemed to cheer up a little more Against a Brazil that was taking risks and -already with Rodrygo on the field- he warned from the right with Vinicius and his sharp delivery to the heart of the area that Richarlison was unable to connect.
Switzerland seemed well planted, but after a recovery in his own field Brazilian power seemed to appear with two taps and a magnificent definition of ViniciusEven though later the VAR annulled the goal for offside.
Tite was impatient to the rhythm of the Brazilian bias and introduced changes in search of more oxygen and fresh legs for the same game idea.
And the pitcher goes so much to the fountain that at the end the goal appeared with a sword from Casemirothe midfield lion, that left Switzerland empty-handed and Brazil at the top from Group G.
