Brazil beat Switzerland 1-0 to qualify early, and Samba Legion World Cup group stage statistics are unmatched
Text/Jiang Shihua
Although Brazil's core player Neymar was unable to play due to injury, the Samba team defeated Switzerland 1-0 to advance the group round with a two-win record. Brazil will face Cameroon, the African Lions, in the third round of the group stage, and as long as they are unbeaten, they will advance to the round of 16 as the first place in the group. More importantly, after winning this match, Brazil's unbeaten record in the group stage of the World Cup has been unmatched.
The only goal of the game came in the 83rd minute when Casemiro blasted a shot from the outside of the left rib of the penalty area. In addition, Vinicius had a goal, but it was ruled offside first, so the goal was invalidated. Brazil narrowly beat Switzerland 1-0 to accumulate six points from the two matches, followed by Switzerland with three points, Serbia and Cameroon with one each. In the final round, Brazil will play Cameroon and Serbia will play Switzerland.
After this campaign, another proud record of the Samba Army has continued, they have been unbeaten in 17 consecutive World Cup group stage games, with a record of 14 wins and 3 draws, and in the history of the World Cup, no team except Brazil can do this! The last time Brazil lost in the group stage of the World Cup was in the third round of the 1998 World Cup group stage in France, when the Samba team lost 2-1 to Norway after qualifying early, and it should be noted that this is also the only defeat in the first phase of Brazil's last 41 World Cup group stage matches, with 32 wins and 8 draws in the remaining 40 matches. This impressive achievement is unmatched in the world.
As we all know, several World Cups since this century, most of them have the curse of the defending champions, that is, the last World Cup champions often have difficulty qualifying from the group in this World Cup, whether it is France in 2002, Italy in 2010, Spain in 2014 or Germany in 2018. Only Brazil in 2006 managed to break through the group and break the curse of the defending champions. In fact, the last time Brazil failed to qualify for the World Cup group stage was back in England 1966. Five-star Brazil, truly breathtaking!
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