Richarlison with get MotM but Casemiro was the best player on the pitch today.
Day 5: Switzerland vs Cameroon | Uruguay vs South Korea | Portugal vs Ghana | Brazil vs Serbia
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16 forced turnovers for Casemiro. No idea what that means but we cooking
With all the attention on the attackers, defense may even be a bit underrated. So much experience and skill there. I'm loving it
Still for me Casemiro is MOTM.
Yep ... Deserved what they got. Obviously takes a lot of courage to try and force the issue against Brazil, but at least you expect them to try and play
Have you seen the state of that group?
Too obvious
I know you lot love him and Imma catch flack for this but Antony doesn’t look anything special. Not in the games I’ve seen him play for United. And here he looks a level below the other forwards as well.
You're not wrong in thinking so. The catch is that he's discouraged from dribbling and taking the high risk shots at United, so you'll see a far more conservative version of Antony for a while than his flamboyant counterparts. Also, he came on with clear instructions to keep things calm, so there's that. There is a genuine worry that it's not just a switch - the ability to dribble or the confidence to do so.
Hope he gets more time and more freedom in the WC that he can bring back to the club.
From what I saw, not particularly entertaining but Brazil looks good. Controlled the game in all aspects, tough team to beat with a lot of options.
Agreed. Don't want to get ahead of myself but a potential QF between Brazil and Spain could be the match of the tournament.
Hopefully in such a scenario, the inexperience in Spain's midfield is exposed.
They got trashed by Brazil, nothing to be ashamed of.
Also Croatia barely scrapped their qualifiers group losing the direct spot to Iceland, and reached the final last WC...so i don't think it's a symbol of anything.
If any team can, it’s this one. Ridiculous attacking riches. What a far cry from the last World Cup.
Think in recent years they were always great attacking wise, but a bit of a soft touch if you got at the defence. Think Thiago Silva is majestic and Casemiro is brilliant in front of them.
Someone's going to have to put in a very good performance to stop Brazil winning this, insane depth they have in most areas.
Looks like they’re going to be the team to beat. I don’t even think they got out of first gear. Serbia offered nothing attack wise though.
In the past no but this year, absolutely, they have the best attack by miles in the tournament.
Which game were you watching? There were some beautiful moves from the Brazilians, today. Did you see the second goal or Casemiro's shot hitting the bar? The link-up play between the forwards?
So Neymar is fecked?
That effortless attempt by Casemiro. I can't wait till he bags a screamer for Utd
I think Thiago Silva was the best. A truly incredible CB and footballer.
Do you realise they have half the population of South America and account for over 50% of its GDP?
Of course they invest a lot more. The anomaly would be them being less dominant.
Football hits different when Brazilians arrive and are in the mood.
Yeah they’ve basically got 2 forward lines that are as good as any other. Kinda crazy
We should only buy Brazilians from here on, love their style
I mean we already have 3 of them.
Neymar, Rodrygo, Vinicius, Richarlison, Jesus, Antony, Martinelli
vs.
Kane, Sterling, Saka, Rashford, Foden, Grealish, Wilson
I don't think England's attack is far off.
vs.
Kane, Sterling, Saka, Rashford, Foden, Grealish, Wilson
I don't think England's attack is far off.
Is Telles nothing to you?!
If only all games had this offensive tenacity
I can see France doing their boring France thing and beating them on the counter. Brazil vs. Spain is what I really want to see, god that would be tasty.
Brazil impressive without being over impressive.
Casemiro my motm despite Ricarlison getting 2.
Casemiro my motm despite Ricarlison getting 2.
Wouldn't shock me if that's the final unless they can meet before. Still a chance Brazil-Portugal could occur aswell.
Glad the manager didn't bother. Tremendous goal.
I know you lot love him and Imma catch flack for this but Antony doesn’t look anything special. Not in the games I’ve seen him play for United. And here he looks a level below the other forwards as well.
This is his first game back from injury to be fair, he's been great for us though, always provides a goal scoring threat from the right and has produced important goals for us this season.
Yeah, but they face Harry Maguire and not Thiago Silva.
No worries mate, I don't love him.I know you lot love him and Imma catch flack for this but Antony doesn’t look anything special. Not in the games I’ve seen him play for United. And here he looks a level below the other forwards as well.
That's what I said, literally.
I think they might be only around 3-4 countries in the whole world who invest as much or more than them in Football : Germany,Spain,France and England.
Some people just think that because it's a third world country, these "poor" guys do what they can with their resources.
Unbelievable the BBC didn’t mention Casemiro post match once but did Fred 
They also face Danilo and Alex Sandro instead of Shaw and Walker/Trippier.
I had this nightmare last night. fecking France.