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29 minutes ago
This is how Switzerland arrives to face Brazil
By Matias Grez
Embolo decided not to celebrate his goal against Cameroon.
(Photo: FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP via Getty Images)
Switzerland comes into the match against Brazil after a hard-fought win over Cameroon.
Breel Embolo, who was born in Cameroon, scored the Swiss winner in the second half.
The game was certainly hard work at times and Switzerland were lucky that Cameroon failed to convert a number of golden chances to open the scoring in the first half of the match.
Embolo's pace, movement and finishing will surely be enough to give Brazil's defense problems, particularly in the absence of Danilo, who will also be out through injury, while Xherdan Shaqiri is still capable of producing an individual moment of brilliance on your team.
New Manchester City signing Manuel Akanji has proven to be one of the best defenders in the world, with left-back Ricardo Rodríguez always a threat with his crosses and set pieces.
The opening win over Cameroon will have given this Switzerland team a huge confidence boost as they look to qualify from one of the most competitive groups in the tournament, aiming to reach their first World Cup quarter-final since 1954.
29 minutes ago
Brazil seeks to advance to the round of 16 without its star, the injured Neymar
By Matias Grez
Neymar was injured after his first game at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.
The image of Neymar limping off the pitch, his right ankle visibly swollen, left millions of Brazilian fans fearing the worst.
Fortunately for them, the player who has become this generation's talisman will be ready in time to play in the 2022 World Cup round of 16 should Brazil qualify after being diagnosed with a sprained knee. ankle.
Brazil's 2-0 Matchday 1 win over Serbia was far from pretty at times, though Tite's iteration of the Seleção is better known for its pragmatism and efficiency than its aesthetics.
As the second half of the match against Serbia progressed, and Richarlison scored his and Brazil's second goal to seal the victory, the players in the famous canary yellow jerseys began to show flashes of the style that World Cup fans have become accustomed to seeing. throughout the years.
But Neymar's absence for the remaining two games in Brazil's Group G will be a big blow, as the Paris Saint-Germain striker's creativity is crucial for this team to break through defenses.
However, it is also a considerable personal blow for Neymar, whose legacy with the national team will be largely defined by how he and Brazil perform in Qatar.
Now 30 years old, this World Cup will probably be his best chance to lift the trophy.
Despite being just two goals away from equaling Pele's all-time Brazil record of 77 goals, Neymar has never received the same adoration as the Brazilian greats of yore, but victory in Qatar would go a long way to change that.
29 minutes ago
Why do they call Brazil "la canarinha"?
Brazil is, once again, one of the favorite teams to win the Qatar 2022 World Cup.
And it is that not only history supports this team —five World Cups won in its record—, but also its current situation, since it had the best numbers in the South American Football Confederation (Conmebol) qualifiers, even with one game less —the pending against Argentina, which was no longer played.
We are seeing thousands of Brazilians on the streets of Qatar supporting their team, and millions following the World Cup from home to support the
canarinha
.
To all this, have you ever wondered why they call the Brazil team
canarinha
?
The canary yellow shirt is part of the characteristic kit of Brazil.
(Photo: CARL DE SOUZA/AFP via Getty Images)
Although there is no official story about it, it all seems to go back to the 1950s, which included soccer tragedies and glories for the Brazilian team.
Let's start with the tragedy.
In the 1950 World Cup, Brazil was the host and it was expected to be crowned at home, but the so-called "Maracanazo" occurred, the match that Uruguay beat the Brazilians to be crowned world champions in rival territory.
In said World Cup, Brazil did not play with the traditional yellow clothing that we know of them.
Back then, the Brazilian team wore a "predominantly white with blue details" uniform, as explained in the article "Conversa com Aldyr Schlee (part I): local football and border narratives", published in the scientific journal
FuLiA / UFMG
, from the Federal University of Minas Gerais.
In 1953, a year before the next World Cup (Switzerland 1954), a contest was launched for Brazilians to submit their design proposal for a new uniform, since white with blue "did not express the vitality of the country," he adds. the article, which cites the call for said contest.
The contest was convened by
Correio da Manhã
, a Rio de Janeiro newspaper, and received support from the Brazilian Sports Confederation.
The only requirement for the design was that the four colors of the Brazilian flag be used: yellow, green, blue and white.
Aldyr Schlee —writer, journalist, translator, professor, academic, and designer—, who was 19 years old at the time, decided to participate and later his design would win: a shirt with canary yellow as the predominant color that Brazil would wear for Switzerland 1954. This uniform it would become the characteristic of the Brazilian team and it continues to be so to this day.
"Since then, Aldyr Schlee's canarinho
(uniform) —a
Portuguese word that means "canary" in Spanish—has become a strong symbol of Brazilian identity," the article added.
Hence the origin of the (selection)
canarinha
.
In Switzerland 1954, Brazil was not champion, but apparently the yellow uniform was destined for victory, as glory would not be long in coming.
In the 1958 World Cup in Sweden, the
Canarinha
would win their first World Cup;
Curiously, the Brazilians would win the final of that championship wearing blue, since the rival team, the hosts Sweden, played in yellow because they were local.
But Brazil lifted the other four World Cups dressed in yellow: in Chile 1962, in Mexico 1970 in the United States 1994 and in Korea-Japan 2002. The 'canarinha' is a seal of the world's greatest champion.
29 minutes ago
How many goals did Pelé score for Brazil in the World Cups and how many did he win?
Pelé holds the Guinness record for the most World Cups won by an individual.
O Rei,
as he was nicknamed, lifted the cup three times: Sweden 1958, Chile 1962 and Mexico 1970.
The former Brazilian star, considered by many to be the best player in history, participated in four World Cups in total.
In the 14 games that she played representing the
canarinha
, she scored 12 goals in total and made 8 goal passes, according to the specialized page Transfermarkt.es.
He never got a yellow or red card.
Throughout his career he scored 1,281 goals in a total of 1,363 games, including friendlies and unofficial competitions.
In the list of official competitions for elite professional players, Pelé (with 769 goals) is third behind Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi, according to RSSSF.
In Sweden, Pelé's performance was key: he scored the only goal for Brazil in the quarterfinals against Wales, scored a
hat-trick
in the semifinal against France and scored a double in the final against Sweden that ended 5-2, recalls the Guinness page.
Four years later, in Chile, Pelé's participation in the World Cup was severely limited by an injury in the second game that kept him off the field for the rest of the tournament.
He did score a goal in the first game, in which Brazil defeated Mexico 2-0.
Pelé, declared a national treasure of Brazil, won the World Cup again in 1970, the year in which he also won the Ballon d'Or.
The results of the Brazilian in the World Cups have no comparison.
Only 20 other players went on to win more than one World Cup, but none lifted three.
And of those 20, in addition, eight won without having played any game in those cups.
The multi-award winning Pelé
In the year 2000, the International Association Football Federation (FIFA) named him "Player of the Century", together with the Argentine Diego Maradona.
During his career, the Brazilian earned accolades of all kinds and colors, including being designated an "honorary knight" by the late Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom.
His name was also linked to politics: in addition to serving as Extraordinary Minister of Sports between 1995 and 1998, that year a law named after him was approved with the aim of dealing with corruption in Brazilian soccer.
You can find more information about Pelé's career in this article.
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