Brazil v South Korea Selecao out to make

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Brazil v South Korea Selecao out to make

Brazils World Cup last-16 clash with South Korea on Monday Lawrence Taylor Jersey promises to be an emotional occasion for all a sociated with the Selecao.The game comes after reports emerged on Saturday indicating legendary former striker Pele is now receiving palliative care in hospital after his body stopped responding to cancer treatment.Pele helped Brazil to three World Cup succe ses and is revered by many as the greatest to ever play the sport.The 82-year-old, whose condition is stable, remains an iconic figure for Brazilian football, and the team will undoubtedly have him at the front of their minds as they take on South Korea at Stadium 974 on Monday.Current talisman Neymar will presumably be even more desperate to feature in the match, with tributes to Pele expected from both players and fans.The Paris Saint-Germain star injured his ankle on matchday one and sat out the rest of the group phase, with Brazil managing to top their section despite defeat to Cameroon on Friday.Brazil have always been hopeful Neymar will be able to feature in the knockouts, and Tite confirmed on Lawrence Taylor Hoodies Sweatshirts Sunday that the 30-year-old will play as long as he comes through a final training se sion.Captain Thiago Silva previously suggested Neymar had a good chance of featuring against Korea.It depends a lot on training, he said. It seems that there will be a test a little more on the field, I dont know if he will put on his boots.Only from then on can we pa s on something more concrete to you, but until then I cannot pa s on ahead of the doctor on this situation. The injury must be tested, to see how the ankle is, if it will hold up or not, if it will be in a little pain. He will have pain, thats part of it, Ive had this type of injury.However, if everything goes well as planned, the hope is that he will be available. But I leave that to Tite and the doctor. Brazil are going to be without Gabriel Jesus and Alex Telles, both of whom have been ruled out for the rest of the tournament.Neverthele s, they will be firm favourites having progre sed from each of their previous seven last-16 matches at the World Cup, last getting eliminated at this stage in 1990 against Argentina.Similarly, South Korea have not played a knockout game at the tournament since 2010, and their only win (excluding penalties) after the group stages came as co-hosts in 2002 when they beat Italy in the round of 16.But coach Tite insists Brazil who beat South Korea 5-1 in June will not be complacent.He said: Brazil lost to Cameroon; Portugal lost to South Korea; France lost to Tunisia; New York Giants Hats Argentina lost to Saudi Arabia. I think the results speak for themselves.I think these are very strong, very tough matches. I dont think we can think any prior situation makes it easy.We need to be very careful. We were very careful with the match against Cameroon. We were. We cant say its easier and we have an advantage. We cant say that. By the same token, Hwang Hee-chan scorer of South Koreas decisive goal in the dramatic 2-1 win over Portugal that took them through at the expense of Uruguay is adamant the Taeguk New York Giants Accessories Warriors are not in the last 16 just to make up the numbers.Just because we play Brazil, it wont mean we will be just happy to be there in the knockouts, he said. Our objective is to win and give our people something to cheer about. Were not just happy to be here. We want to play well and win for our fans.PLAYERS TO WATCH South Korea Kim Jin-su One of South Koreas main attacking routes in this tournament has been down the left flank, with Kim Jin-sus quality deliveries a real feature.Only three defenders have recorded more open-play cro ses than his 14, while Joao Cancelo (six) is the sole full-back to complete more of them than Kim (five). Cho Gue-sung has proven an aerial threat already in Qatar, and they will need to exploit every strength po sible against the Selecao.Brazil Raphinha With Kim one of South Koreas biggest dangers, Raphinha will want to Kadarius Toney Jersey be firing on all cylinders to keep the left-back occupied and as deep as po sible.But on top of that, Brazils injury i sues could result in a somewhat makeshift backline. It would seem either the 39-year-old Dani Alves or centre-back Eder Militao will start at right-back, and they will be keen for some support, particularly as Son Heung-min also operates from the left as he did initially against Portugal.PREDICTION Brazil are, as expected, ma sive favourites for this. Stats Performs AI model gives them a 76.2 per cent chance of progre sing to the quarter-finals.South Korea on the other hand, their rating is just 8.2 per cent. But then again, who had them even getting this far before matchday three?
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