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Group A - Qatar | Ecuador | Senegal | Netherlands
Group B - United States | England | Iran | Wales
Group C - Mexico | Poland | Argentina | Saudi Arabia
Group D - Australia | Denmark | Tunisia | France
Group F - Canada | Croatia | Morocco | Belgium
Group E - Spain | Germany | Japan | Costa Rica
Group H - Ghana | Portugal | Uruguay | South Korea
Country: Brazil
Nickname: A Seleção
Last World Cup Appearance: 2018 (Quarter Finals)
Previous World Cup Appearances: 1930, 1934, 1938, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018
World Rank: #1
Star Players: Vinicius Junior, Neymar, Fabinho, Antony, Marquinhos
Brazil have qualified for every single World Cup tournament since the first tournament way back in 1930. They're the most successful team in the history of the World Cup with five tournament wins. With such a rich history and an eternity of depth in their squad, Brazil are always going to be among the favourites to win the World Cup.
Heading into Qatar, Brazil will be looking to avenge last year's Copa America defeat to their hated rivals Argentina. At the 2018 World Cup they lost to Belgium in the quarterfinals after a semi-final loss to the Netherlands in 2014.
Brazil however absolutely pummelled their way through qualifying by going undefeated through 17 games. They won 14 of them, drew three, and scored 40 goals whilst only conceding five.
In a group alongside Switzerland, Serbia and Cameroon they'd be expected to cruise through the group stages and into the knockouts.
World Cup Group: Group G - Brazil, Serbia, Switzerland and Cameroon.
Prediction: At a glance, the Brazilian squad can be considered one of the best in the world. The depth is also out of this world and why they're going to be a true tournament team. Compared to their previous few World Cups it's the injection of youth which will make Brazil more deadly than yesteryear.
Vinicius Jr., Neymar, Antony, Rodrygo and Gabriel Jesus up front are all deadly in whatever combinations we'll see. There's also Premier League forwards Richarlison and Raphina who add amazing depth for the long tournament.
Marquinhos and Éder Militao are both strong and quick and will form one of the best centre-back pairings at the tournament. Flanking them will be superstars Alex Telles, Alex Sandro or Danilo. It's a coin toss as to whether Liverpool's Alisson or Man City's Edersen will play in between the sticks.
The midfield will likely be Manchester United's Casemiro and Fabinho, but Fred and Newcastle's Bruno Guimaraes are also in the mix.
You can bet that Brazil will dictate the pace of play in most games. They'll dominate possession and play a very attacking-minded style of football full of flair and trickery. It will take a superhuman, perhaps lucky, effort to beat Brazil.
I can't fault the current Brazil team especially when you compare them to their World Cup teams of the last decade. I think they'll however fall just short which will ultimately come down to crucial moments in the big games. It'll probably be an unlucky penalty shootout that eliminates them.
Semi Finals
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I think Brasil will go far in the World Cup, together with Argentina, they are the best team right now. This World Cup smells like America, it is time to end the string of European victories. Grettings!
By far my favourite team in the world cup. Brazilians and football are one, they love the sport so much that it feels like their culture.
I'm expecting them to do very well, I know Neymar, Vinicius jr, Coutinho and more, will surely give other teams a lot of problems.
Cheers.
One of the biggest questions in the next World Cup is who will stop this team
They have a complete team ... and it seems that all the candidates are most afraid of facing Neymar's friends and the goal is to avoid them...
I see they have a perfect chance for a sixth star
The quality and depth of this team is a scare to every other team going to these tournament. A big sorry to whoever will be unlucky enough to try and stop them.
This team is like a well oiled machine in full flow, filled to the brim with needed gas but with a faulty brake system. I see them as finalists and perhaps, eventual winners.
I think this will be Richarlison's world cup this guy has been on fire in the last few weeks, and the more you look at them the sharper this Brazilian teams looks looking forward to november, players like Paquetá that can go unnoticed I think they will give us much to talk about this end of the year!
Undoubtedly the Brazilian team is the top candidate to win this World Cup, it is full of stars of the best leagues in the world, now it is valid to analyze the decisions of the technical team, and I mean when it comes to move their chips off the boat in each game because for sure they will advance to the final stages, then we will see if this team really deserves the World Cup.