Who will step up for Brazil in Neymar’s absence? (1:18)Luis Miguel Echegaray reflects on Brazil’s scoring depth with Neymar out with an ankle injury. (1:18)
DOHA, Qatar — Casemiro‘s 83rd minute winner was enough to book Brazil‘s spot in the knockout stages of the 2022 World Cup thanks to a 1-0 win over Switzerland at the Stadium 974 on Monday. But for so much of the match, Brazil looked like they were missing the creativity offered by their absent star man Neymar as they continually tried to break down Switzerland’s resolute defence only to come away empty handed. The first half was nervy and quiet, one of the rare moments which roused the crowd was the short power outage in the 43rd minute.
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