World Cup 2022: first samba for Brazil, which trembles for Neymar

It is carried by a fervor, the din of the streets, the souk or the subway, and already by a heat wave attack, with in the center the radiation of Richarlison.

The Brazil team got out of Serbia's five-man defense to fully enter their World Cup as the favorite at the Lusail stadium, that of the final, as we come to scouting, and patiently win their first points in this tournament.

The meeting will have been dominated above all by the yellow waves breaking from the morning on the Doha Corniche to the bleachers of this architectural jewel (88,103 spectators this Thursday), outside and inside, to form an immense yellow tide, in joy and no dancing.

With Brazil, it's always the same, the World Cup finally begins, unless it's the Auriverde who give it its legitimacy.

The supporters of Lula's country bring the necessary sparkle to the competition.

With his offensive quartet - Neymar in number 10, escorted to the right of Raphinha, to the left of Vinicius and in front by Richarlison, the first scorer -, Tite's selection was bogged down for a long time in the Serbian wall erected in two curtains, the second of which was the hardest to unlock.

Vanja Milinković-Savić, the Torino goalkeeper and little brother of his attacking partner, watched in the event of an opposing breakthrough.

This kind of match, we have seen it a hundred times.

It is enough to wait for the valiant resistance fighters, the Serbs in this case, to give in physically or end up forgetting themselves, for the game to change in nature.

A little of that and a lot of Vinicius, maddening in the second half, and voila.

Vinicius and Richarlison pulverized the Serbs between them

If Richarlison took back with precision, address and spontaneity a strike from the Madrid striker on his first goal, his double is already part of the legend of the World Cup because it is a masterpiece.

Still served by Vinicius – from outside the right – the Tottenham striker first controlled his left foot, pivoted on himself, to slam a return from the right which will improve his aura.

Where Neymar (out with an ankle injury) and especially Raphinha were not exactly up to expectations, Vinicius and Richarlison pulverized the Serbs between them, one with his percussion and technical softness, the other by his finish including this brilliant and stunning goal.

With England, Spain, France and Portugal, Brazil did not miss their debut in Qatar, fully assuming their status as favorites in Doha.

After this inaugural match, he remains so, considering that like the other selections mentioned for a last four and credible in the role, he will still improve, relax, find a better fluidity in the game, especially in his transition phase. between midfield and attack.

In short, it is possible that he will soon be scary when he only agitates the threat even if it will be necessary in the hours to come to hear from Neymar.

Without him, it wouldn't be the same story or the same promises.