Tonight (21:00, here 11), Brazil will open its way in the 2022 World Cup against Serbia at the Lusail Stadium, to which it aims to return on December 18 for the final match.
The Selecao did not reach the finals in the last four tournaments - the last time was 20 years ago, in which Ronaldo Fenomeno scored twice against Germany.
It was their fifth cup win, and it happened the last time the World Cup was held in Asia.
Is this a sign of what is to come in Qatar?
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Chitza's team arrives in excellent shape, and it is no coincidence that it is the big favorite of most commentators and of all betting agencies.
She won her last seven games, and did not lose in 15 straight.
The balance of goals in this impressive streak: 26 right goals against only two mandatory goals.
But the last two World Cups have been disappointing.
When they hosted the tournament in 2014 - the pressure was too great.
Several key players collapsed mentally, and young star Neymar was injured in the quarter-final against Colombia.
The semi-final will probably never be forgotten - the famous 7:1 defeat to Germany.
Four years later, the ability was not impressive again, and in the quarter-finals, Belgium was simply better - and won.
Neymar came to the World Cup in Russia as the most expensive footballer in history.
PSG bought him from Barcelona for 222 million euros.
And the greater the expectations, the greater the disappointments.
What is remembered about him in the tournament is mainly the performances, the endless rolls on the grass and the handling of the handle and not mainly - the football.
Since then, the striker has been trying to shake off the "impostor" image, and is not entirely successful.
But everyone who sees him this season in his team's uniform knows that he has changed his attitude.
At the age of 30, he realizes that he doesn't have much time left, and that this World Cup might be his last.
from Brazil.
Waiting to get on the grass, photo: AFP
Christophe Galtier, his coach in France, says that the current Neymar is in the best form of his career.
And he is right.
His numbers are amazing: 15 goals and 12 assists in all competitions, that is, involvement in 27 goals in 20 games!
But as mentioned, these are not only the gates - but the approach.
The actor has grown up.
He is hardly involved in provocations or predictions, helps in defense and puts in much more effort than before.
Since he arrived in Qatar he has not said a word in public, but uploaded to social media a photo of six stars, not five, next to the Celso logo.
The message was clear.
Neymar comes to the World Cup with 75 goals in the national uniform.
He needs only three more to overtake Pele and become the team's all-time leading scorer.
And although there is no sane person who would say that he is a great player, he will probably achieve this record.
But with all due respect to the individual records, Neymar knows that history will judge him only by his achievements in the team and the national team.
And who knows, maybe this will be the greatest season of his career: first winning the World Cup, and then the Champions League.
Winner ratio for Brazil's victory 1.40, for a draw 4.20 and for Serbia's victory 6.80
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