Brazil in the second round after losing the Swiss

Brazil will face Switzerland today at 10 pm Bangladesh time in Doha. From this (G) group, Serbia shared the points with Cameroon in this afternoon’s 3-3 draw. The equation of this group became more clear.

Before that, let’s have a look at the past history of Brazil-Switzerland encounter. The two teams have met 9 times since the 1950 World Cup. Brazil won 3 times, Switzerland won 2 times. The remaining 4 matches have been drawn. But Brazil never won the World Cup against Switzerland.

In the 1950 World Cup, Brazil drew 2-2 with the Swiss in the group stage. In the last World Cup after 68 years, Tit’s team drew 1-1 after facing Switzerland again in the group stage

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Brazil’s last win against the Swiss was a 2-1 friendly in 2006. This means that even though Brazil won the first match by a landslide, there are still some worries against the Swiss. The five-time world champions have never won a World Cup against a team they have never won before. The memory of the last victory was also more than two ages ago.

Brazil in the second round

Now let’s look at the point table of ‘G’ group. Brazil tops with 3 points in 1 match after winning against Serbia. Despite not conceding any goals in the first match and conceding 2 goals in the opponent’s net, Tit’s team is ahead of the rest in the group with a goal difference (2). Switzerland won their first match against Cameroon 1-0. Switzerland is second with 3 points. Even in goal difference (1) their position is after Brazil. Cameroon is third with 1 point in 2 matches and is also third on goal difference (-1). Serbia is fourth with the same points as the African country. The Eastern European country is behind in goal difference (-2).

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Brazilian defensive midfielder Casemiro
Now let’s look at the equation for this group to reach the second round. If Brazil wins today, Qatar will secure the second round of the World Cup. How—let’s take a look at that calculation. Let’s say, Brazil will win against the Swiss today. Brazil will have 6 points. Then the match against Cameroon will only be in the hands of Titer’s team.

And the Swiss will play the last match against Serbia. If the Swiss win this match, Brazil and Switzerland will reach the last sixteen. Even if Brazil loses against Cameroon, it will not stand in the way of advancing to the second round. Because Brazil with 6 points will be among the top two teams in the group and the top two teams from each group will qualify for the second round.

Brazil in the second round what’s gone happen?

Now let’s look at it differently. If Brazil loses today! Then Brazil will have to look at the last match. Even with a draw with Cameroon in that match, Brazil can advance to the second round with 4 points.

Matters could be further complicated if the Brazil-Switzerland match today is a draw. Then both teams will have 4 points. And if the Swiss and Brazil lose in the last match, the points table will accumulate. Everyone’s collection will be equal to 4 points. Then the goal will come as the difference. However, if Brazil and Switzerland win their last match by drawing today’s match, no equation can prevent these two teams from advancing to the second round.

But Brazil will definitely not calculate these equations. If they win today, since it is the second round, the goal of Tit’s team will be to win.