2022 World Cup, Brazil Vs Switzerland: Casemiro's Sensational Goal Makes Selecao Move To The Top 16

Casemiro's goal brought Brazil to beat Switzerland in the second match of Qatar's 2022 World Cup group stage. (Photo: Twitter/Lucas Figueiredo/CBF)

JAKARTA - The Brazilian national team has joined France in advancing to the last 16 rounds of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. Selecao became the second team to reach the knockout round after winning 1-0 against Switzerland at Stadium 974, Tuesday, November 29, early morning, eastern Indonesian time.

With the addition of these three points, Brazil leads Group G with six points. While Switzerland is in second place with three points.

If Brazil has definitely qualified, Switzerland will still have to wait for the results of the last match to find out their fate.

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In the counter-match, Brazil appeared without Neymar. The coach, Tite, played the trio Richalison, Vinicius Junior, and Raphinha up front. They made several threats on goal against Switzerland

A new golden opportunity was obtained in the 27th minute. Unfortunately, Vinicius, who was standing free without an escort, failed to break into Yan Sommer's goal.

The ball from his right foot after receiving the ball from Raphinha was still able to be blocked by Sommer.

Not long after, Raphinha made the threat. The hard kick from outside the Barcelona player's penalty box led right to the goal.

However, the ball was still able to be secured by Sommer who appeared swiftly under the crossbar.

Brazil continued to press the Swiss defense. Unfortunately, not a single goal was created until the break.

In the second half, Switzerland no longer defended much. Murat Yakin's troops dared to come out to suppress the Brazilian defense.

While Selecao did not stop trying to score the first goal in this match.

The deadlock was broken in the 64th minute. Vinicius actually succeeded in breaking into the Swiss goal after receiving the ball from Casemiro. However, the goal was disallowed by the referee after receiving input from the VAR because it had already been offside.

Seeing that the front line was less enthusiastic, Tite added two new forces. Gabriel Jesus and Antony played in the 74th minute to replace Richarlison and Raphinha.

Brazil finally scored in the 83rd minute. This goal was spelled out very beautifully with a perfectly designed process.

Starting from Vinicius' movement, the ball was then given to Rodrygo. The Real Madrid player had one touch to feed Casemiro.

The Manchester United player immediately kicked off the first time to beat goalkeeper Yan Sommer.

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Winning 1-0 did not make Brazil stopping their attacks. Selecao continued to attack the Swiss defense in the remaining time of the game.

Despite having a number of opportunities, Brazil was still unable to add to the advantage. While Switzerland can only accept defeat in this match.

Lineup:

Brazil (4-3-3): Alisson Becker; Eder Militao, Thiago Silva, Marquinhos, Alex Sandro; Fred, Casemiro, Lucas Paqueta; Raphinha, Vinicius Junior, Richarlison

Switzerland (4-2-3-1): Yan Sommer; Silvan Widmer, Nico Elvedi, Manuel Akanji, Ricardo Rodriguez; Remo Freuler, Granit Xhaka; Djibril Sow, Ruben Vargas, Fabian Rieder; Breel Embolo