Brazil played Switzerland in Matchday 1 of Group E.
A match which was almost a repeat of Germany vs Mexico, bar the constant counter-attacking play of the South American side, Brazil were held to a 1-1 draw by Switzerland. The Samba boys landed in Russia as favourites to lift the World Cup trophy. However, just like Germany in the match before.
The first half of the game was quite uneventful, even as FC Barcelona star Philipe Coutinho gave Brazil the lead with his trademark long range goal. However, contrary to expectations, Brazil hardly created any chances as their attacking line often lost possession.
Seven minutes into the start of the second half, Switzerland grabbed on to one of the easiest chances in the game when Xherdan Shaqiri’s seeming cross was headed into the goal by Zuber. With the score at 1-1, Brazil continued to dominate possession but could hardly pose any attacking threats. The South American team lacked the fluidity, especially during their offensive play.
Switzerland’s defensive game was on point as they ensured the tightening of spaces for Brazilian forwards.
Here are some of the tweets from the match.
🇨🇭 Valon Behrami when he empties his pockets tonight:
🔑 Keys
💳 Wallet
💈 Hair Dye
🇧🇷 Neymar pic.twitter.com/Z0vpG1QHmp— SPORF (@Sporf) June 17, 2018
Brazil fan: Neymar will score a hattrick vs Switzerland
Neymar: pic.twitter.com/MMdvyUg6ie
— Nick (@SeweOfficial) June 17, 2018
BREAKING NEWS: There is a police escort driving a Russian surgeon to the Swiss locker room in order to carefully remove Neymar from Lichtsteiner’s pocket without messing up the Brazilian wonderboy’s hair. #PrayForNeymar 🙏🙏🙏 pic.twitter.com/FxxTErV7OE
— 🔴⚪Arsenal FC Boston (@Arsenal_Boston) June 17, 2018
Neymar was extremely poor against Switzerland, let’s see if the media slate him and tell him to concentrate on his football and not his hair styles.
Oh wait – he’s not Paul Pogba..
— Aidan Walsh (@AidanMUFC_) June 17, 2018
Brazil lining up for their next match… pic.twitter.com/biNSqWcpbA
— Paddy Power (@paddypower) June 17, 2018
Looking at how Brazil, Germany, Argentina and Spain are playing, there’s one thing that’s clear:
It’s coming home. #England
— Rafael Hernández 🇦🇷 (@RafaelH117) June 17, 2018
Brazil underrated Switzerland just like Germany underrated Mexico #BRASUI
— Trapa Fasa (@trapafasa) June 17, 2018
Switzerland low key playing Shaolin Soccer,Brazil players will get hurt #WorldCup #BRASUI #Bra
— Pye Waw (@pyewaw) June 17, 2018
Switzerland buried that like it was Nazi gold
— Nooruddean (@BeardedGenius) June 17, 2018
Switzerland’s game plan: Kick down Neymar.
— Khxos ® (@TheKhxos) June 17, 2018
Alisson doing absolutely nothing for that Switzerland goal.
Seems like a perfect replacement for Karius.
— Paddy Power (@paddypower) June 17, 2018
Who ya gonna call. 👻 #worldcup #BRASUI #brazil #Switzerland #Ghostbusters pic.twitter.com/xMqlPcWDjP
— Sheamus (@WWESheamus) June 17, 2018
Switzerland is playing so well that I’m now checking out their population.
— Ramesh Srivats (@rameshsrivats) June 17, 2018
Switzerland is playing so well that I’m now checking out their population.
— Ramesh Srivats (@rameshsrivats) June 17, 2018
PSA: Doesn’t matter who wins the World Cup, the prize money goes to Switzerland.
— Mostly Offline Send Email Instead (@sidin) June 17, 2018
Great goal from Coutinho. Bending it in the top corner with his right foot. Never seen him do that before. 😉
— Gary Lineker (@GaryLineker) June 17, 2018
I Cant Feel My Face When I’m With You – Thiago Silva ft . Zuber
— #TiteTiteBangBang – Shivam Manghnani (@shivamLM) June 17, 2018
How do these lads make faces like they’ve been shot screaming in pain and get up and walk off as normal 10 seconds later having won the free kick and not get embarrassed?! 🙄#Neymar #WorldCup
— Nicky Byrne (@NickyByrne) June 17, 2018
I quite like Neymar’s new hair. Shades of Careless Whisper era George Michael. Or Essex now pic.twitter.com/bPJ6bdim4I
— Nooruddean (@BeardedGenius) June 17, 2018
Encouraging signs for Liverpool this, as Alisson clearly knows the difference between a giant inflatable ball and a football #BRA #worldcup pic.twitter.com/zqgKG2Lemr
— SportsJOE (@SportsJOE_UK) June 17, 2018
When you watch Portugal, Spain, Germany, Argentina & Brazil fail to win their opening #WorldCup game pic.twitter.com/so62n31Ouz
— ODDSbible (@ODDSbible) June 17, 2018
Could it be that Neymar had an encounter wit Victor Moses🤔🤔#WorldCup #BRASUI pic.twitter.com/h81kiBxE4q
— Ugo (@iamtherock_) June 17, 2018
Neymar and Messi disappointed thousands of children. They should be ashamed pic.twitter.com/iQxOmBpuAx
— Sokratis (@cazorlaah) June 17, 2018
Oh 😳…. But this has just started https://t.co/xscbRSjIyI
— Guillem Balague (@GuillemBalague) June 17, 2018
