I'm starting to think Fred isn't a great Neymar replacement.
Day 9: Cameroon vs Serbia | South Korea vs Ghana | Brazil vs Switzerland | Portugal vs Uruguay
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It's an upgrade, get outta here with that nonsense!
Brazil are sorely missing Neymar.
Shows you how big a miss Neymar is. There is literally no creativity in this Brazil team. Struggling to get both Vini & Raphinha in the game.
Every single game I've seen Switzerland playing in have been shite. I hope that Brazil score first.
Don't they have anybody better than Fred? It's like playing with 10 men.
dire match so far....no reason to have basically 3 defensive mids playing against the swiss
need to get a more attack minded #10 on the pitch or just add another forward like how they use Neymar
need to get a more attack minded #10 on the pitch or just add another forward like how they use Neymar
How come Tites doesn't rate Brunos passing ability?
Swiss can actually be more adventurous and ambitious.
Had Neymar ever scored against Crystal Palace? I rest my case
Think the first two games used up all the excitement for today 
Because he is off by one letter.
Lights out haha
Why are people still surprised by this? It's been happening all tournament.
not 12 mins
Very happy that our very own Remo Frueler is dealing with the United /Brazil midfield - bodes well for the first match back.
Someone pressed the wrong button there
Well it wasn't 12 minutes that game either
Some Lukaku-esque touches on display from us today
Does Antony not get any game time for Brazil? I don't find Raphinha that impressive himself.
Kinda feel Brazil would play better with the players they have in attack on the bench, especially Jesus and Martinelli.
Fred has no business on this pitch
The casual bot fans on SM actually believe his injury increases their chances.
Tits a crap manager
good goal the other day but Richarlison is not it
Rodrygo for Fred and drop Paqueta deeper.
This game needs Rodrygo.
This game needs Rodrygo.
Their lineup is pretty underwhelming from an attacking perspective today. You have a centre-back playing right-back, two defensive midfielders, another midfielder who hasn't impressed for West Ham, Raphinha hasn't set the world alight at Barcelona, and their starting striker is a rotation player at Spurs where he plays on the wing. There's a lot of attacking weight on Vinicius' shoulders.
This is just how he is, if he doesn't score he really doesn't contribute much else.
Fixed
Agree
The professor needs to make some changes. Hoping to see Antony in the 2nd half
I always find the praise for him baffling.
Classic Switzerland. Suck all the life out of the game. That said, we haven't done much with the opportunities we've had. Very wasteful again.
I agree. It was a very underwhelming lineup when I seen it and it’s proven to be the case so far. Very defensive.
I thought with Neymar injured they would have brought in a like for like attacking replacement for him which looking at their bench, they aren’t short of.
Raphinha has taken on players more times in this half than Antony at his whole Utd career so far
It's the first time I'm watching this Brasil side at the WC and they're not showing something that interesting. The only team that surprised me is Spain, but again they couldn't score more than once against Germany who even had the winner at the end.
But I feel this Brazil team wouldn't beat Spain, unless some magic moment from either Vini or Neymar happens
Better to play like this now then later.
Switzerland win 1:0.
At least they’re good footballers
I love Fred, but it's probably for the best to have some kind of klaxon that goes off every time a teammate voluntarily gives him the ball in their own half.
I’ve got this at 0-0 in our score prediction league.
Raphinha has been the best of the front three IMO.