Brazil Proves Why They Are The Favourites To Win The Wold Cup

It took over an hour before Brazil found the back of the net to open their goal account in the 2022 FIFA World Cup. Tottenham forward Richarlison’s close-range finish finally brought Brazil their much-anticipated lead.

As if that wasn’t enough for Richarlison, he came back and scored a beauty that lit up the Lusail Stadium in Qatar. A stunning strike on the turn that arrowed beyond the Serbian goalkeeper to double their lead.

Defensively, the Brazilians were strong as they extended their unbeaten run in World Cup openers to 20 games. Winning 17 matches and drawing three.

Brazilian Stats

• Brazil have not lost their opening game in the last 20 editions of the World Cup, coming victorious on 17 occasions and playing a draw three times.

• Serbia had no shot on target in this game, joining three other sides to not have a shot on target in the 2022 World Cup

• Serbians fouled Neymar nine times in this match, which resulted in an injury on his right ankle.

• Vinicius Junior had been involved in 50 percent of Brazil’s 16 shots in this match.

• Vinicius Junior had four shots and created four chances in this match.

Siphamandla Lindwa

Siphamandla Lindwa is a sports writer and a publisher for Bet Central at Bet.co.za. He obtained a B-Tech in Sports Management from Tshwane University of Technology. When not writing sports content, Sipha scouts talent and networks for his future Sports Management agency.