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We shouldn’t change the way we play. We

have to carry on as we played against the Swedes for long periods: short, quick passes GERMAN MIDFIELDER JULIAN BRANDT

Germany are a lot stronger than us and

it won’t be easy. But the ball is round, anything can happen, and I believe there will be chances for us. Mexico beat Germany so there is hope for us SOUTH KOREA COACH SHIN TAE-YONG

18WEDNESDAY, JUNE 27, 2018

Brazil under fire

Filip Kostic started the 2-1 loss to Switzerland on the left but could

drop out of the side for Adem Ljajic. Head coach Mladen Krsta-jic is unlikely to make wholesale

changes to his favoured XI.

Kim Win-Moo should keep his place at left-back, with Park Joo-Ho still a doubt.Head coach Shin Tae-yong may keep

with the same XI that lost 2-1 to Mexico, which would see Son Heung-Min set to lead the line.

Jerome Boateng is suspended after his red card against Swe-den, while Mats Hummels is a doubt with a neck problem, but

should recover in time to start alongside Antonio Rudiger.Sebastian Rudy is a doubt after sustaining a broken nose

against Sweden, with Ilkay Gundogan in line to start alongside Toni Kroos in midfield. Mario Gomez could also start in place

of Julian Draxler, which would see Timo Werner start out wide.

Douglas Costa is out with a hamstring injury sustained in the 2-0 win over Costa Rica, with Willian set to keep his place on the right.Danilo, too, is sidelined with a thigh problem, which should see Fagner

keep his place in the side. Renato Augusto and Fernandinho are both pushing for a

starting spot in midfield.

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Group E, June 27Spartak Stadium, Moscow

34SRB 1-0 CRCSRB 1-2 SUI

2BRA 1-1 SUI

BRA 2-0 CRC

FIFA rankMatch 1Match 2

HEAD-TO-HEAD Serbia 2

Draws 7

Brazil 10

Recentmeetings

FIFA World Cup 2018FIFA World Cup 2018Serbia v Brazil

*Per match

WORLD CUP RECORD

18819

1.471.36

BrazilBrazil

20142002

1-01-0

711817

2.110.97

SerbiaSerbia

WinsDrawsLosses

Goals for*Goals against*

» Despite a spirited perfor-mance against Mexico, South Korea fell to a 2-1 loss on Sat-urday and they need to spring a huge upset against Germany and for Mexico to beat Sweden to progress here.

» Germany left it late to grind out a 2-1 win over Sweden on Saturday and are well placed to progress here.

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Possible line-ups: Stojkovic, Ivanovic, Milenkovic, Tosic, Kolarov, Milivojevic, Matic, Tadic, Milinkovic-Savic, Ljajic, Mitrovic

Possible line-ups: SAlisson, Danilo, Silva, Miranda, Marcelo, Casimiro, Pualinho, Coutinho, Willian, Neymar, Firmino

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Group F, June 27Kazan Arena

57KOR 0-1 SWEKOR 1-2 MEX

1GER 0-1 MEXGER 2-1 SWE


HEAD-TO-HEAD S. Korea 1

Draws 0

Germany 2

Recentmeetings

FIFA World Cup 2018FIFA World Cup 2018South Korea v Germany

*Per match

WORLD CUP RECORD

5919

0.972.12

South KoreaSouth Korea

20042002

3-10-1

672021

2.091.14

GermanyGermany

WinsDrawsLosses


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Draws 0

Germany 2

Recentmeetings


*Per match

WORLD CUP RECORD

59

190.972.12


20042002

3-10-1

672021

2.091.14

GermanyGermany

WinsDrawsLosses


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Draws 0

Germany 2

Recentmeetings


*Per match

WORLD CUP RECORD

59

190.972.12


20042002

3-10-1

672021

2.091.14

GermanyGermany

WinsDrawsLosses


South Korea

Germany

Possible line-ups:

Cho, Y. Lee, Jang, Y. Kim, M. Kim, Ju, Ki, Moon, J. Lee, Hwang,

Son

Possible line-ups:

Neuer, Kimmich, Sule, Hummels,

Hector, Gundogan, Kroos, Muller, Draxler, Reus,

Werner

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Group F, June 27Ekaterinburg Arena, Yekaterinburg

15MEX 1-0 GERMEX 2-1 KOR

24SWE 1-0 KORSWE 1-2 GER


HEAD-TO-HEAD Mexico 2

Draws 3

Sweden 4

Recentmeetings

FIFA World Cup 2018FIFA World Cup 2018Mexico v Sweden

*Per match

WORLD CUP RECORD

161425

1.091.69

MexicoMexico

20092005

0-10-0

171318

1.581.48

SwedenSweden

WinsDrawsLosses


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Group E, June 27Nizhny Novgorod Stadium

6SUI 1-1 BRASUI 2-1 SRB

23CRC 0-1 SRBCRC 0-2 BRA


HEAD-TO-HEAD Switz. 1

Draws 0

C. Rica 1

Recentmeetings

FIFA World Cup 2018FIFA World Cup 2018Switzerland v Costa Rica

*Per match

WORLD CUP RECORD

127

161.371.74

SwitzerlandSwitzerland

20102006

2-00-1

548

1.001.53

Costa RicaCosta Rica

WinsDrawsLosses


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Draws 3

Sweden 4

Recentmeetings


*Per match

WORLD CUP RECORD

161425

1.091.69

MexicoMexico

20092005

0-10-0

171318

1.581.48

SwedenSweden

WinsDrawsLosses


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Draws 0

C. Rica 1

Recentmeetings


*Per match

WORLD CUP RECORD

12716

1.371.74


20102006

2-00-1

548

1.001.53


WinsDrawsLosses


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Draws 3

Sweden 4

Recentmeetings


*Per match

WORLD CUP RECORD

161425

1.091.69

MexicoMexico

20092005

0-10-0

171318

1.581.48

SwedenSweden

WinsDrawsLosses


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Draws 0

C. Rica 1

Recentmeetings


*Per match

WORLD CUP RECORD

12716

1.371.74


20102006

2-00-1

548

1.001.53


WinsDrawsLosses


Mexico

Switzerland

Sweden

Costa Rica

Possible line-ups: Ochoa, Alvarez, Salcedo, Moreno, Gallardo, Guardado, Herrera, Layun, Vela, Lozano, Hernandez

Possible line-ups: Sommer, Lichsteiner, Schar, Akanji, Rodriguez, Behrami, Xhaka, Shaqiri, Dzemaili, Zuber, Gavranovic

Possible line-ups: Olsen, Lustig, Lindelof, Granqvist, Augustinsson, Claesson, Larsson, Ekdal, Forsberg, Toivonen, Berg

Possible line-ups: Navas, Acosta, Gonzalez, Duarte, Gamboa, Calvo, Guzman, Borges, Venegas, Ruiz, Urena

Mexico boss Juan Carlos Osorio could retain the same XI that started the 2-1 win over South Korea.That would see Edson Alvarez start at right-back and Carlos Salcedo feature at centre-back.

Mario Gavranovic made an impact from the bench against Serbia, providing the assist for Xherdan Shaqiri’s late winner, and should start at Haris Seferovic’s ex-pense in attack. Other than that, Vladimir Petkovic is unlikely to make wholesale changes to his XI.

Sweden head coach Janne Anders-son has no injury concerns here.

Francisco Calvo could come in for Bryan Oviedo on the left from the XI that started the 2-0 loss to Brazil. However, we’re unlikely to see wholesale changes from Costa Rica.

Javier Hernandez

Granit Xhaka

Emil Forsberg

Bryan Ruiz

Reuters | Sochi, Russia

Brazil may have been one of the big disappoint-ments so far at the Rus-

sia World Cup, but the pres-sure is on their opponents Serbia in their final Group E match in Moscow today.

Brazil, whose only defeats by the Balkan side came against the old Yugoslavia in 1930 and 1934, need just a draw to secure qualification for the last 16.

For Serbia, who will want to be masters of their own fate, a win would guarantee their progress, although a draw could see them through if the Swiss are beaten by Costa Rica by more than one goal in the other group game.

Brazil come into the game under fire at home after poor performances in their first two games.

They were subdued in their 1-1 draw against Switzerland and had to wait until injury

time to finally secure the goals and the win against a limited Costa Rica side.

Full back Fagner believes the pressure is a result of their own spectacular showing leading up to tournament, a period in which they lost only one match in 21, scoring 47 goals and conceding just five.

“I believe that because of all we did in the qualifiers and friendlies there is a huge expectation that we win our games,” Fagner said.

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Nickname | El Tri

Nickname | Die MannschaftNickname | Asian Tigers

Nickname | Red Crusaders

Nickname |The Blue-Yellow

Nickname |Los Ticos

Age 23

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Team profiles*

1 draw3 wins 4 winsLast 5 matches

Wednesday June 271800 GMT

SpartakStadiumMoscow

2 losses

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FIFA ranking34 2

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SERBIA BRAZIL

CoachCoach

I believe that because of all we did in the qualifiers and friendlies there is a huge expectation that we win our games. Our

opponents prepare well to neutralise us, but I think as games go on we will create chances

BRAZILIAN RIGHT BACK FAGNER

IWe are A Seleção. We can’t choose our opponents and will

always play for the win and to be the leader of the group

BRAZIL DEFENDER MIRANDA

Serbia’s Nemanja Matic

Newcomers to carry GermanyReuters | Vatutinki, Russia

Germany look set to rely on players who did not win the

2014 World Cup to carry them past South Korea in their final Group F match today and into the knockout stage.

A shock 1-0 opening loss to Mexico was followed by a last-gasp 2-1 victory over Sweden, with players like Marco Reus,

Sebastian Rudy and Julian Brandt providing much of their spark in the latter.

The world champions now need to beat South Korea by two goals or more to guarantee they qualify, or they must better Swe-den’s result in the other group game against Mexico to secure a top two finish.

The South Koreans, after two defeats, would have to beat Ger-

many by more than two goals while hoping Sweden lose to Mexico to have any chance of advancing.

“We have a lot of alterna-tives, that is the structure of our squad,” said Germany coach Joachim Loew.

Loew had already benched World Cup winners Mesut Ozil and Sami Khedira after their first game and will add

even more players who were absent in 2014 to his next line-up against South Korea today.

The Germans have so far failed to live up to their expec-tations as title favourites and were it not for those players hungry for World Cup success, they might already have been booking their return flights to Frankfurt.

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2BRA 1-1 SUI

BRA 2-0 CRC



Draws 7

Brazil 10

Recentmeetings


*Per match

WORLD CUP RECORD

188

191.471.36

BrazilBrazil

20142002

1-01-0

711817

2.110.97

SerbiaSerbia

WinsDrawsLosses


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2BRA 1-1 SUI

BRA 2-0 CRC



Draws 7

Brazil 10

Recentmeetings


*Per match

WORLD CUP RECORD

188

191.471.36

BrazilBrazil

20142002

1-01-0

711817

2.110.97

SerbiaSerbia

WinsDrawsLosses


» Serbia fell to a 2-1 loss to Switzerland after going 1-0 up on Friday and they need to win to secure a last-16 spot. However, they come into the meeting with Brazil as underdogs.

» The Selecao left it late to beat Costa Rica 2-0 on Friday, but they can’t rest on their laurels in this one. They do just need to avoid defeat to confirm a last-16 spot, though.

» Serbia will likely come out all guns blazing, but Brazil’s quality should shine through in the end and help them to victory.

Fact box

Neymar

Son Heung-min Toni Kroos

Nickname | The Eagles Nickname | The Selecao

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