Richarlison put shine on Brazil’s debut this Thursday in the Qatar-2022 World Cup with the scoring of two goals in the victory against a tough and seasoned Serbia, one of them in a magnificent volley definition.
The Tottenham striker from England, who plays his first World Cupcracked the Balkan defense in the second half with a doublet (62 ‘and 73’), the first taking advantage of a rebound from the rival goalkeeper and the second goal with an authentic acrobatics, a phenomenal scissors that sealed the South American victory.
With this, Brazil, one of the favorites for the title, he was at the top of the Group G. follows him Swiss, who beat 1-0 Cameroon earlier.
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without a neymar lucid, who left the field (79 ‘) after a blow, the 25-year-old ‘9’ rescued a ‘Canarinha’ who suffered especially in the first half to deactivate the strong defensive system raised by Dragan Stojkovicresistant until minute 62 in part due to the goalkeeper’s reflexes Vanja Milinkovic-Savic.
Both teams collided in the stunning stadium Lusail, almost fully occupied (capacity for 88,966 people) and that will host the final of the tournament on December 18, with the majority of ‘verdeamarelas’ shirts.
On the second day, Monday, Brazil will face Swiss in a clash of winners at Estadio 974. Serbian Y Cameroon, meanwhile, they will clash to stay alive the same day, although earlier, at Al Janoub.
– Difficult opponent –
Without complexes or fears and playing “smart football”. In the first time, Serbia fully complied the slogans launched by his coach one day before the debut in the first World Cup held in an Arab country.
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The ‘Águilas’ bothered the five-time champions and their offensive formation too much, in which casemiro He was the only holding midfielder, backed by a man with a creative profile like Lucas Paqueta.
It had little to do with the choice of tite by a team that came out to propose with the difficulty they found to develop their game: between the Serbian physical strength and Stojkovic’s approach they cut the Brazilian circuits.
– Flight of the ‘Dove’ –
Serbia’s bet to line up a single man in point, Aleksandar Mitrovicleaving his attack partner on the bench, dusan vlahovicallowed him to take over the midfield and mortify Brazil.
Although the task was incomplete, because Alisson he was a mere spectator due to the defensive sacrifice of Mitrovic and the captain dusan tadic.
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The rear guard, however, had cracks at the beginning of the second half, especially due to the fight between raphinha Y Vinicius Jr. in the bands.
When Milinkovic-Savic’s hands did not silence Brazil’s goal attempts, the Torino (ITA) goalkeeper had the sticks helpas in two distant shots of Alex Sandro (60′) and casemiro (81′).
But in the single bounce that he gave in the game, to a shot from Vinicius after a play of neymar, was taken advantage of by the right leg of richarlison to the relief of a Brazil that upon returning from the locker room was more incisive.
Then I would have more activity, and a stretch only useful to beautify the scissors of richarlisonwho received a pass from ‘Vini Jr.’ with his left foot, turned and hit a right hand to score a goal that will surely fight for the podium of the most beautiful World Cup in Qatar.
