Betting Scenario for Brazil in the World Cup

As always, IMO it's possible to benefit from huge handicaps against Brazil, buying the smaller side and holding for a few minutes then hedging, or waiting until BR is behind in the score and buy them in a more comfortable situation. All the issues that were carefully discussed over the last post were confirmed in their first fixture today. Keep an eye on my posts and learn more about the deepest details of the Brazilian team in this World Cup within Asian Handicap world and beyond

Brazil VS Switzerland Match Review

The match has divided in 2 parts, the first one we had Brazil attacking a lot and having the possession of the ball, which allowed them to play in a very similar way comparing to their through WC qualification. However, after the beautiful long shot of Coutinho, Brazil behaved in a much different way.

This situation during 1x0 time until FT was very important to illustrate a lot of what I had predicted in my post before kick off.

Brazil simply had few opportunities to practice this kind of moment when you need to attack and focus on using the spaces your adversary is going to give you naturally. The Swiss side however was every cool and didn't open up in a dangerous way. I think some of the criticism I had about the formation was very easy to be spotted during this match.

The striker situation for instance. In a given moment, Willian crossed to the box like there was someone tall enough to score a header goal. No, there wasn't.

Altough we witnessed the qualities of the 4 fast guys WHEN they had the ball (Neymar, Coutinho, Willian, Gabriel Jesus) some of the virtues Brazil will forcedly need to progress during WC were nearly absent, such as the ability to attack and keep balance in the wings.

The number of times we saw Shaqiri progress completely unmarked during second half is something that can cause major problems against more solid sides, or even Shaqiri himself back in his prime years.

FINAL SCORE ANALYSIS

Brazil was probably better when attacking than the Swiss side, but my analysis is focusing at spotting virtues and potential flaws for the big picture and bigger matches to come. 1x1 was probably slightly unfair but it's the kind of result that injects a huge dose of sobriety which Brazil might benefit from in the coming rounds.