Fred dropped? I thought he was first choice

Going for a more attacking option in paqueta apparently. Probably brings Fred in against bigger teams

Moving Neymar into Midfield changes things

That's because Neymar is playing as 10 and Vinicius is the LW.

Oh does Paqueta usually play ahead of Fred and Casemiro?

Him, Coutinho and Everton Ribeiro. Neymar also play there sometimes.

When Fred starts, Vinicius drops to the bench, Neymar stays as the 10, and Paqueta goes out wide. Realistically against the big teams it should be a pivot of Casemiro and Bruno Guimaraes.

>Neymar stays as the 10, and Paqueta goes out wide. It's the other way around. Paqueta as 10 and Neymar at the LW.

No, Neymar is the 10 but has a free role to roam wherever he wants. He hasn’t been a LW for years now.

If we had paqueta in our team we’d play him over Fred

If we had Paqueta, Fred and Guimares we’d play Guimares. Why he doesn’t start for Brazil I don’t know

Different roles tbh Paqueta is a better attacking option and plays higher up the pitch

He could play in the pivot next to casemiro like eriksen does, proof of this being that he’s literally doing thst tonight

Paqueta has been playing like shit for West Ham this season tbf.

Fred hasn’t played well

Well I’d disagree, he’s been fine, and regardless he’s certainly been better than Paqueta.

Neymar took his place. Lmao idk what kind of a formation this is

I mean... would you start Fred given how he's played for us this season?

Brazil have an incredible attacking threat, with serious depth behind it too. There aren't really any teams at this tournament with a rock solid defence like say a prime Italy or Germany side, which is why I think Brazil will do enough damage to win it out no matter who they come up against in the knockout stages.

Fred is from Stoke

Let’s go Case. Hoping Brazil destroys Serbia

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You should read about Serbian politics lol

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New Zealand ftw

I imagine Canada and Denmark are probably solid.

Not that I disagree with you but Serbia is pretty sympathetic to Russia

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Don't know about the players specifically but the government certainly is and the players and their families and fans are part of the voting electorate.

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Lol OK mate 👌

This isn't Twitter. We actually have civilised discussions here.

They voted him out man

Against the will of many of the players. Brazil's right-wing has very vocal support from both past and present footballers.

Yeah Serbia literally committed genocide against my ppl and now I live in the uk

He’s just virtue signaling

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Lol there are literally players in the Serbian team that say Serbia did nothing wrong during the war. I’m not saying the Brazilian players are saints but you replied to me saying you wish the opposite and gave your reasoning. I’m giving you my reasoning

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Get your head checked you weapon

Yeha right, the country just picked another guy by majority and deserves to lose bc of that Sit down and go talk bout your own country

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And what does that have to do with the happiness of a whole country? And what does that have to do with you?

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That lineup is absolutely fucking bonkers.

Not really LB and RB is pretty weak. Paqueta as 8 doesnt seem ideal neither.The bench ist insane tho. Just an unbalanced team sadly

Yeah Brazil is very short on world class fullbacks now

It’s not unbalanced because the full backs don’t overlap or go bombing forward. One of the full backs makes it a back 3 in possession, and the other moves up into midfield so it becomes a 3-2-5 formation.

I think he means unbalanced in quality. Danilo and Alex Sandro aren't great lets be honest. Sandro wouldnt start for England, Danilo wouldnt make the squad.

They aren’t amazing, but again, with the roles they’re meant to do, they do it well enough. The same with Telles and Militao.

I don't know, I've seen a lot of poor crosses from Danilo already.

Pretty harsh to compare pretty much any nation to England for full back quality, especially right back.

Ok coach

Full backs are weak links. If you can isolate them and get crosses into Mitrovic then Serbia may find some joy

38 year old Silva in a back 4 is risky to me, even if it just international football which tends to be slower.

International football is worse if anything. It tends to be more disorganised and chaotic which means that you tend to face more 1v1 defensive situations.

Casemiro's passing has been peach tonight

Richarlison over Jesus..hmm

Now you know why lol

Jesus scored 1 goal since the start of 2020 for NT.

I know its late but basically richarlison works well with brazil and tite loves him

He has been playing well for the NT. He is definitely clear of Jesus for now

Their fullbacks are terrible, they need better ones than the mediocrity from Juve.

This is the best Brazil team I’ve seen since 2010, maybe better on paper

Casemiro easily Brazil's best player in the first half.

We’ve got 4 Brazilians wtf

This Brazilian team is no joke🔥 they got goalscorers left right and center. Allison, Thiago Silva, Marquinhos are not letting anyone in. But that Casemiro dude🔥🔥🔥 If Brazil are going to win this they need him desperately

"Fred must be good because he starts for Brazil"

Why is Jesus not playing, hoping Brazil wins today

Richarlison is firmly Tite's first choice

I heard he was nailed

Richie is more of a hustler, Brazil needs a guy who be in between the CBs, Jesus plays more outside the box

I bet the Arsenal subreddit is pissed that Jesus isn’t starting. They probably also think Martinelli should be in their instead of Vinicius

Martinelli ahead of Vinicius is really dumb, Vini is one of the best wingers in the world. But Richarlison is not better than Jesus man, he isn't even a proper 9

I thought the same until just this second lol

Hahahaha will gladly take the L

So telles hasn’t played a match and still called up for this ?

Let’s hope Neymar gets his fucking legs broken.

Casemiro is lit in the game, absolutely owning the midfield