Brazil v Switzerland: Key moments as Brazil progress to last 16
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90+4' Rodrygo (Brazil) finds himself free inside the box and pulls the trigger, but his effort is brilliantly stopped by one of the defending players. Brazil have been awarded a corner kick.
90+4' Granit Xhaka (Switzerland) gives away a foul for a fierce tackle on an opponent.
90+3' Renato Steffen (Switzerland) tries to slide the ball through to a teammate but it's well blocked by a defender.
90+1' The attendance is 43649.
90' 6 additional min. will be played.
89' Alex Telles (Brazil) sends in a lofted cross from a mid-range free kick, but his poor effort goes out of play.
88' Nico Elvedi (Switzerland) makes an overly-aggressive challenge and Ivan Barton blows his whistle for a foul. Brazil win a free kick.
87' Rodrygo (Brazil) decides to take a short corner instead of crossing into the box.
87' Rodrygo (Brazil) produces a good strike towards the roof of the net, but the goalkeeper shows great reflexes and dives to keep the effort from hitting the net. Corner kick. Brazil will have an opportunity.
86' Tite has decided to substitute Alex Sandro and he is replaced by Alex Telles (Brazil).
86' Here comes a substitution. Fabian Frei (Switzerland) is brought on as a substitute for Silvan Widmer.
83' 1 - 0 What a goal! Rodrygo plays it to Casemiro (Brazil), who finds himself unmarked inside the box and slots a first-time shot past Yann Sommer into the right side of the goal. 1:0.
76' Murat Yakin prepares a substitution. Djibril Sow is replaced by Michel Aebischer (Switzerland).
76' Substitution. Breel Embolo walks off the pitch and Haris Seferovic (Switzerland) comes on as a substitute.
73' The manager makes a subsitution with Antony (Brazil) coming on for Raphinha.
73' Tite decides to make a substitution. Richarlison will be replaced by Gabriel Jesus (Brazil).
66' The referee looks satisfied after his VAR review and duly disallows the goal for offside. The Brazil players look gutted.
66' Hold on! There’s a VAR review to see whether there was an offside in the build up to the goal. The referee is checking now. The Brazil players aren’t happy.
64' 1 - 0 Goal! Casemiro slips a clever pass through to Vinicius Junior (Brazil), who moves inside the box and sends a measured shot beyond the keeper and into the bottom right corner. 1:0.
58' Murat Yakin has decided to introduce fresh legs, with Edimilson Fernandes (Switzerland) replacing Ruben Vargas.
58' The referee stops play so that a substitution can be made and Renato Steffen (Switzerland) replaces Fabian Rieder.
58' Substitution. Fred will be replaced by Bruno Guimaraes (Brazil).
52' Ivan Barton shows a yellow card to Fred (Brazil) for his blatant foul.
50' It must be a yellow card. It is. Fabian Rieder (Switzerland) receives the caution after an awful tackle.
46' Half-time substitution. Tite decided to make a change. Lucas Paqueta (Brazil) is replaced by Rodrygo.
46' The game restarts for the second half.
45+1' That is it for the first half after the referee blows his whistle and the players head to their respective dressing rooms.
39' Ruben Vargas (Switzerland) goes on a solo run, but he fails to create a chance as an opposition player blocks him.
38' Half-chance! Raphinha (Brazil) plays a pass into the box, but Yann Sommer reacts well to snuff out the attack.
38' Raphinha (Brazil) quickly takes the corner kick with a short pass.
37' Eder Militao (Brazil) pulls the trigger and strikes the ball towards goal from long-range, but his effort is blocked by one of the defenders. Brazil force their opponents to concede a corner.
34' Vinicius Junior (Brazil) is adjudged to have been offside when making his run.
33' Brazil are playing possession football and controlling the game at present. They are exchanging inch-perfect passes from player to player, making it difficult for the opposition to win the ball.
27' Vinicius Junior (Brazil) gets on the end of a pass and produces a promising first-time shot towards the left side of the goal. His effort is blocked by Yann Sommer with a brilliant diving save! Brazil force a corner. They send men into the box.
1' The first half of this match is about to start.
Match preview
For pre-tournament favourites Brazil, overcoming a dogged Serbia 2-0 in their World Cup opener marked a perfect start to their Group G campaign. It wasn’t all good news, with Brazil boss Tite watching on in anguish as star-man Neymar limped off in tears in the closing stages, though the Seleção coach remains confident he will play again in the World Cup, and given Brazil have reached at least the quarter-finals in the last seven World Cup editions, he should have plenty of recovery time.
Going that far in a highly-competitive competition is by no means a guarantee, but the record five-time World Cup winners can now all-but wrap up their progression to the knockouts with a victory over Switzerland. Despite the 14-place gulf in the FIFA rankings that victory is by no means assured, given Brazil have won just three of nine historical head-to-head clashes (D4, L2), though with the most wins (74) and goals (231) in World Cup history, you wouldn’t bet against Tite’s men ending that mini-hoodoo in style.
Switzerland will be aiming to wrap up their own progression to the round of 16 as an early Christmas gift however, after beating Cameroon 1-0 to open their campaign. While Brazil are famed for their ‘samba’ style, expect Switzerland to give as good as they get, with Breel Embolo’s winner in that victory finishing off a 13-pass move, which was the most passes preceding a Switzerland World Cup goal since 1966!
Such a goal and victory only proceeded to back up Murat Yakin’s claim that his side are “the best Switzerland national team that has ever existed”. That will certainly be put to the test against FIFA’s #1 ranked side, but having already dispatched top-ten ranked Portugal and Spain in the UEFA Nations League this year, the Swiss have proved they can rub shoulders with international football’s elite.
Players to watch: Wearing Brazil’s famed number nine shirt, Richarlison joined an exclusive club of just eight Brazilians to have scored two or more goals on his World Cup debut after his double against Serbia. Of similar importance to Switzerland, Xherdan Shaqiri has played a part in 12 of their last 24 goals across their last four major tournaments (G8, A4).
Hot stat: Seven of Brazil’s last eight victories have arrived by more than a one-goal margin.
World Cup trivia: Brazil’s Jairzinho is the only player to have scored in every one of his nation's games at a World Cup tournament including a final, with his seven goals across six games at Mexico ‘70.
