Pre-tournament favourites Brazil face Switzerland in a Globe Cup Team G clash on Monday at Stadium 974.
With a definite win in their opening fixture, Brazil met those expectations placed on them prior to the finals.
Brazil's first opponents, Serbia, were highly liked to be among the dark horses at this event, however a leading efficiency from the Selecao made them look really ordinary.
Total dominance from first whistle till last compensated Tite's side with a 2-0 success over the Balkan country, thanks to a Richarlison double in the 2nd fifty percent.
After some conversation in both the Brazilian and British press regarding whether Richarlison validated a start given his mixed beginning at Tottenham Hotspur, the forward answered his doubters and put on the sort of display screen which led Spurs to invest ₤ 60m to prise him from Everton.
His remarkable 2nd goal lit up the Lusail Arena, the exact same venue he and Brazil will certainly want to return to for the last in three weeks' time, as well as based on their display on Thursday, they have a great chance of doing so.
That win secured a 8th succeeding victory for the five-time Globe Cup champions, and also they continue to be unbeaten because their defeat in the 2021 Copa America last.
Those eight victories have actually seen them rack up 28 goals, and despite the fact that they just managed two versus Serbia, it must have been a great deal much more.
Serbia were privileged Brazil wasted several opportunities which Vanja Milinkovic-Savic in goal got on type, as they racked up 24 shots and comfortably kept the Europeans peaceful.
Switzerland were far more efficient in their opening day gain Cameroon, getting the job done in spite of not setting the competition alight.
Yann Sommer was extremely seldom checked either, which can be put down to a combination of Cameroon's absence of quality and also the strong structures of the Swiss side.
Brand-new manager, very same efficiency, yet a various system under Murat Yakin now sees Switzerland play with a back four as opposed to Vladimir Petkovic's recommended system of five-at-the-back.
Yakin will certainly have been delighted with the win and also a clean sheet, as it was just the 2nd time in their last 10 fixtures that they have taken care of to lock out the resistance, however a number of those games did come against high quality resistance in the Nations League.
They did concede simply once in their last six qualifiers after Euro 2020 when Yakin came in though, so there is no doubting they will make it tough for Brazil, like they did in the last Globe Cup when they held them to a 1-1 draw.
Thursday's win saw them videotape a 4th successive success in affordable components currently, a run which has actually seen them beat Spain and also Portugal, so to make it 5 versus Brazil would truly make everyone stay up and also discover.
It was an emotional minute for Swiss demonstrator Breel Embolo in their opening component, as he racked up versus the country of his birth, showing respect for Cameroon with an extremely muted party on the biggest stage of all.
The big information appearing of the Brazil camp in the aftermath of the Serbia video game is that Neymar will miss the remainder of the team stage after enduring an ankle ligament injury in the latter phases of the match.
Taking into consideration that the Paris Saint-Germain player is offered a complimentary role for his national side, Tite might require to make some tactical adjustments with him missing, so it can offer a possibility for midfielders like Fred to find in.
Right-back Danilo will certainly likewise miss the rest of the team stage with a similar injury, possibly unlocking for Dani Alves to show up in a World Cup suit for the first time since 2014.
Genuine Madrid's Eder Militao is most likely the more likely male ahead in on the right-hand side of support though.
The adjustment in development for Switzerland implies there is no longer room for Fabian Schar to begin as a 3rd centre-back, with the duo of Nico Elvedi as well as Manuel Akanji preferred over the Newcastle United man.
Denis Zakaria was not also brought off the bench given he has had a hard year with both Juventus and Chelsea.
There were no major surprises in Yakin's choice general however, and also he is unlikely to alter much for this fixture.
Brazil possible starting lineup:
Alisson; Eder Militao, Thiago Silva, Marquinhos, Alex Sandro; Casemiro, Fred, Paqueta; Raphinha, Richarlison, Vinicius Junior
Switzerland possible beginning lineup:
Sommer; Widmer; Akanji, Elvedi, Rodriguez; Freuler, Xhaka, Sow; Shaqiri, Embolo, Vargas
We say: Brazil 1-0 Switzerland
Switzerland will certainly be pragmatic as well as are most likely to do a better job than Serbia did of playing defensively against every one of Brazil's gifted enemies.
Much of this Swiss side played in the meeting of both countries at Russia 2018, yet Brazil look even more awesome this time around as well as needs to edge it.