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South America will meet Asia when Brazil and South Korea clash at 20:00 CET at Stadium 974 -Ras Abu Aboud in the final 16 knock-out round of the Qatar World Cup on Monday. The winner of tomorrow’s fixture will go on to face either Japan or Croatia in a quarter-final.
Tomorrow’s tie will mark the first-ever competitive meeting of these two sides, but they have met on eight occasions in friendlies, where Brazil have recorded wins in six of seven games. The most recent clash between the nations occurred in June and saw Brazil storm to a 5-1 victory.
Brazil team news: Jesus, Sandro and Danillo uncertain
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The Samba soccer side opened their World Cup campaign with two wins, beating Serbia 2-0 and dispatching with Switzerland by a goal to nil. however, Tite’s side have not looked to totally convincing as of yet and an albeit much-changed side fell to a 1-0 final group game defeat to Cameroon last Friday.
Brazil’s star-man Neymar Jr. succumbed to an injury in the game against Serbia but he may recover from his ankle to feature deeper into the competition if his side can continue to advance. The team are certainly not short of star power in his absence.
Tottenham Hotspur forward Richarlison netted two spectacular goals versus Serbia to secure three-points and his attacking partners, consisting of Barcelona’s Raphina and Real Madrid’s Vinicius Junior, pose a constant threat to opposition defences, even if they have yet to score themselves. Tite will likely play the 4-3-3 formation he began with against Switzerland after Neymar’s injury, and he will expect his attacking three to be more potent than in the two previous games.
In midfield, Lucas Paqueta has provided the attacking impitus for the Brazilianss while Rolls-Royce midfielder Casemiro keeps things, ticking. The Man Utd player netted his country’s third goal of the group stages when he got an 83rd minute winner against Switzerland.
The side have looked composed at the back with Marquihnos and Thiago Silva in central roles although fellow center-back Eder Militao has looked slightly out of place s he fills in at right-back for Alex Telles. One concern for Tite may be injuries, as Jesus, Sandro and Danillo may also not be fit for tomorrow’s game.
South Korea team news: No fresh injury concerns
South Korea finished second to Portugal in group H with four points. They opened with a 0-0 draw with Uruguay but were defeated 3-2 by Ghana in their second game. They did recover, however, to put two goals past Portugal to secure progression to the knock-out stages in Qatar.
Sergio e Castro Costa’s outfit have primarily played 4-2-3-1 as they did in their first two games but played a 4-3-3 lineup in their win over Portugal.
Spurs’ Son Heung-min is undeniably South Korea’s star man and their talisman leads the line for his side up front. however, it is Korea’s other attacking players that have gotten the vital goals for the nation so far.
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors striker Choe Gue-sung netted a brace of goals in Korea’s loss to Ghana. It was Kim Young-Gwon who responded to Portugal’s early goal to equalise and Wolverhampton Wanderers’ Hwang Hee-chan struck in the 91st minute to send his side into the last 16 of the World Cup.
Brazil v South Korea Predicted Lineups
Brazil: Alisson, E. Militao, Marquinhos, T. Silva, A. Telles, Fred, Casemiro, L. Pacqueta, Raphina, Richarlison, V. Junior.
South Korea: S. Kim, M.H. Kim, K. Kwon, Y. Kim, J. Kim, I. Hwang, W. Jung, K. Lee, J. Lee, G.S. Cho, H. Son.
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