Good debut for Brazil with a brace from Richarlison

Brazil’s debut at the World Cup in Qatar has confirmed forecasts that place it as a strong favorite to win the title. It was not easy to debut against a Serbia that sent all of Portugal to the playoffs and, after a fluid first half, Tite’s pressing offensive finally yielded two goals from Richarlison (2-0). The only blemish was the injury to Neymar, who withdrew with a worrying right ankle sprain.

Tite gave no hints about the lineup for Brazil’s debut, but in the moment of truth he did not deceive. He kept his 4-2-3-1 formation with four attacking players, with Neymar as the conductor, assisted by Raphinga and Vinicius on the wings, and with Richarlison as the spearhead.

Milenkovic blocks Vinicius

Dragan Stojkovic showed that he has studied Brazil’s game well and his strategy worked for him in the first half when he deployed one of his three central defenders, Nikola Milenkovic, on the wing to effectively block Vinicius .

The pulse began to look unbalanced when Stojkovic was forced to leave Filip Kostic and striker Dusan Vlahovic on the bench due to physical problems, so his fearsome attack was reduced, leaving Aleksandar Mitrovic and Dusan Tadic as the only reference

Vinicius started the game well offering glimpses of his quality but the pressure from the Serbs forced him to start from afar on chances and he ran out of options to off balance.

Raphinha, the only hole

Brazil, led by a very serious Neymar and focused on his goal of winning his first World Cup, monopolized the ball at all times but, especially in the first half, his attempts disappeared between the pressure and the insurmountable wall of his rival.

It was on the other side, Raphinha’s, where Brazil found the only space in the first half, although the Barça player, the most sacrificed of the forwards in defensive tasks, after a wall with Paquetá, finished very focus.

Brazil is flying

It was clear that this was a game of destruction and after the break Brazil clearly tilted the field. From the first moment, they had spaces against a Serbia who couldn’t keep their pressing line very high and in the first minute Vanja let Raphinha down again after Nemanja Gudelj lost the ball at the top of the area himself gave him .objective.

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Alex Sandro tried it with a whiplash at the post moments before Richarlison, who had gone unnoticed until then, made the Serbian bolt leap with the help of an already flying Vinicius.

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Two goals with the participation of Vinicius

The madridista was involved in both goals, the first with a low shot that was denied by Vanja and Richarlison pushed it into the net. And, in the second, all the credit went to the Tottenham striker because, despite not controlling a pass from Vinicius as he would have liked, he completely improvised to turn and shoot the 2-0 score with a good half scissors.

Casemiro made it 3-0 with a shot on the post, but Richarlison’s superb goal gave Serbia the final victory and capped an outstanding debut for Brazil on its Qatar 2022 debut. A great goal , the best so far of the tournament, which climaxed the first day of the group stage and confirmed the ‘canarinha’ on his way to the sixth star. In the game Spain has just beaten them so far, but Serbia is a stronger opponent than Costa Rica.

Neymar is worried

‘Only’ one setback marred Brazil’s good start: Neymar’s injury. The PSG star took a blow to his right ankle after playing with Milenkovic and was left in tears in the 80th minute due to a swollen foot. The first diagnosis is a sprain whose evolution needs to be followed. The ‘crooked’ prays.

BRAZIL

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SERBIA

Brazil: Alisson; Danilo, Thiago Silva, Marquinhos, Alex Sandro; Casemiro, Paquetá (Fred, 75′); Raphinha (Martinelli, 87′), Neymar (Antony, 80′), Vinicius (Rodrygo, 76′); Richarlison (Gabriel Jesus, 79′)

Serbia: Vanja Milinkovic-Savic; Milenkovic, Veljkovic, Pavlovic; Zivkovic (Radonjic, 57′), Gudelj (Ilic, 57′), Lukic (Lazovic, 65′), Mladenovic (Vlahovic, 66′); Tadic, Sergej Milinkovic-Savic; Aleksandar Mitrovic (Maksimovic, 83′)
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Goals: 1-0, Richarlison (62′); 2-0, Richardson (73′)

Referee: Alireza Fghani (Iran). Yellow cards for Pavlovic (7′), Gudelj (49′) and Lukic (64′)
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Attendance: 88,103 at Lusail Stadium

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