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Brazil and Serbia both have hopes of reaching the World Cup Round of 16 as they face the Group E final on Wednesday.
Brazil is enjoying a spectacular victory over Costa Rica, where it has scored twice in stoppage time to get all three points. Serbia, meanwhile, fell on Switzerland in a heartbreaking way by conceding a late goal to Xherdan Shaqiri, which has hindered his hopes of getting through. If the Serbs can dominate Brazil, they will pbad, although there are still other ways to progress, depending on what happens in the group final against Costa Rica. After the dramatic elimination of Germany following a defeat against South Korea, Brazil will certainly be warned, hoping to avoid the same fate as the champions who are no longer in title.
Gabriel Jesus pressed early for Brazil, getting freedom on the left only to be denied by goalkeeper Vladimir Stojkovic in the fourth minute.
Brazil suffered a huge setback in the 10th minute when superstar Marcelo was sent off with an injury. He was replaced by Filipe Luis.
Brazil continued to push despite Marcelo's absence, and Neymar almost hit in the 25th minute. Gabriel Jesus managed to get the ball through a defender, where Neymar was clinging to the goalpost. He swarmed trying to slide it into the far post at a sharp angle, but Stojkovic had enough hand to rock it.
Brazil took advantage in the 35th minute, and it came from Paulinho. The Barcelona midfielder had a great pbad from his team-mate Philippe Coutinho and lobbed a low lob over Stojkovic to put the score at 1-0. Given that Switzerland had taken the lead in Costa Rica, Brazil needed this goal to stay at the top of the group. With the way things were going at that time, Serbia was outside.
Neymar almost made a sensational score of 2-0 in the second minute of the first half. He had the space needed to shoot a curling shot from 20 yards and almost almost chose the opposite top 90, only to have it wide-looped from the post.
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Here are the queues for both teams:
Here are the alignments for both sides:
SERBIA
Goalkeepers: Vladimir Stojkovic (Partizan Belgrade), Predrag Rajkovic (Maccabi Tel-Aviv), Marko Dmitrovic (Eibar)
defenders Aleksandar Kolarov (AS Rome), Branislav Ivanovic (Zenit St. Petersburg), Dusko Tosic (R & F Guangzhou), Antonio Rukavina (Villarreal), Milos Veljkovic (Werder Bremen), Milan Rodic (Red Star Belgrade), Uros Spajic ( Krasnodar), Nikola Milenkovic (Fiorentina)
Midfielders: Nemanja Matic (Manchester United), Luka Milivojevic (Crystal Palace), Sergej Milinkovic-Savic (Lazio), Marko Grujic (Liverpool), Adem Ljajic (Turin), Dusan Tadic (Southampton), Filip Kostic (Hamburg SV), Andrija Zivkovic ( Benfica), Nemanja Radonjic (Red Star of Belgrade)
forwards: Aleksandar Mitrovic (Newcastle United), Aleksandar Prijovic (PAOK Thessaloniki), Luka Jovic (Benfica)
director: Mladen Krstajic
BRAZIL
Goalkeepers: Alisson (Roma), Ederson (City of Man), Cbadio (Corinthians)
defenders: Danilo (City of Man), Fagner (Corinthians), Thiago Silva (PSG), Miranda (Inter), Marquinhos (PSG), Pedro Geromel (Gremio), Marcelo (Real Madrid), Luis Filipe (Atletico Madrid)
Environments: Casemiro (Real Madrid), Paulinho (Barcelona), Fernandinho (Man City), Renato Augusto (Beijing Guoan), Philippe Coutinho (Barcelona), Fred (Shakhtar), Willian (Chelsea)
Moving forward: Neymar (PSG), Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), Gabriel Jesus (City Man), Douglas Costa (Juventus), Taison (Shakhtar)
director: Titus
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