CONMEBOL · Group C
Brazil
Squad value $1.0B · #6 of 48 by price
About Brazil
Population 213.4M
- It's the only country in the Americas that speaks Portuguese — and has more Portuguese speakers than anywhere else on Earth, Portugal included.
- Brazil is the most biodiverse country in the world, holding most of the Amazon basin and the planet's largest river system.
- The oldest pottery ever found in the Americas — over 8,000 years old — was dug up in the Amazon basin.
- Its capital, Brasília, was conjured out of empty highland and inaugurated in just four years, opening in 1960.
- Its Atlantic coastline runs 7,491 km — among the longest of any nation.
Source: Wikipedia
The Journey
Group C- 1
New York / NJ · MetLife Stadium
Morocco ·Jun 13 D 1–1
5 m · 83k · open · 29°C
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Brazil 1–1 Morocco
This was the kind of evening that tells you the group will not be a stroll. Morocco struck first through Saibari, and for a while the most expensive squad at the tournament looked rattled by a side that matched them shot for shot — fourteen to twelve, the xG splitting almost evenly. Vinicius Junior settled the nerves before the half, Bruno Guimaraes supplying, and Brazil dug in for a point against opponents who refused to defer to the badge. A draw, and a reminder. The talent is obvious; the work still has to be done.
Goals 21' I. Saibari · 32' Vinicius Junior
xG 1.26–1.37 ·Poss 51% ·Shots 12 (5 on target) ·Corners 6 ·GK saves 2
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Philadelphia · Lincoln Financial Field
Haiti ·Jun 20 W 3–0
12 m · 69k · open · 30°C
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Brazil 3–0 Haiti
This was the Brazil the tournament had been waiting for. Cunha struck twice inside the first half — the second teed up by Vinicius Junior — and Vinicius added the third himself on the stroke of half-time, Paqueta the architect. Three goals from eight shots tells you how clinical it was; the expected goals, 1.5 to 0.25, that the contest was effectively over by the interval. After a slow start to their campaign, the favourites finally looked the part.
Goals 23' M. Cunha · 36' M. Cunha · 45' Vinicius Junior
xG 1.5–0.25 ·Poss 57% ·Shots 8 (5 on target) ·Corners 4 ·GK saves 3
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Miami · Hard Rock Stadium
at Scotland ·Jun 24 W 3–0
2 m · 65k · open · 32°C 🔥
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Brazil 3–0 Scotland
Brazil were everything the rankings promised and a little more. An expected-goals line of 4.41 tells the story of a side that did not so much beat Scotland as dismantle them, and Vinicius Junior was the artist-in-chief: a goal inside seven minutes, a second on the stroke of half-time, the game decided before the interval. Matheus Cunha added the third just after the hour. Twenty shots, nine on target, a performance with no soft edges. Scotland kept swinging, but some afternoons you simply meet a better team at its very best.
Goals 7' Vinicius Junior · 45' Vinicius Junior · 60' M. Cunha
xG 4.41–0.87 ·Poss 53% ·Shots 20 (9 on target) ·Corners 6 ·GK saves 4
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Houston · NRG Stadium
Japan ·Jun 29
15 m · 72k · retractable · 34°C
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Brazil 2–1 Japan
For half an hour Japan had the audacity to lead, and Brazil to look mortal. Kotaro Sano's strike stunned a side ranked sixth in the field, and the favourites needed every ounce of their quality to respond. Casemiro levelled just before the hour, and then, deep into stoppage, Gabriel Martinelli struck the winner that spared Brazil extra time. An expected-goals line of 1.69 to 0.23 says they always carried the greater threat, but Japan made them earn it. Into the last sixteen, with a warning shot fired — Brazil will know they can be hurt.
Goals 29' K. Sano · 56' Casemiro · 95' G. Martinelli
xG 1.69–0.23 ·Poss 69% ·Shots 19 (7 on target) ·Corners 6 ·GK saves 1
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New York / NJ · MetLife Stadium
Norway ·Jul 5
5 m · 83k · open · 29°C
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Brazil 1–2 Norway
Brazil will not understand how they lost this. They created the better chances by a distance, missed a first-half penalty through Bruno Guimarães, and still went out. Erling Haaland's brace turned total control into heartbreak, and Neymar's stoppage-time penalty came far too late to matter. This was dominance without reward — the cruelest way a tournament can end. The expected-goals line says Brazil were the better side; the scoreboard sent them home all the same.
Goals 80' E. Haaland · 90' E. Haaland · 90+9' Neymar pen
xG 2.73–0.84 ·Poss 34% ·Shots 14 (4 on target) ·Corners 5 ·GK saves 3
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Belief
Punching Up- 7
- 6.72
- #4
- #6
Belief +0.3 · Merit + Finishing
- −0.4 did the underlying play beat the market
- +0.7 did the scoreboard beat the play — conversion, keeping, luck
xG 7.17–2.49 · deserved 6.34 pts
Form & Shape
4-3-3- DWWWL
- 10–4
- 2
- 0
Aggregate form via API-Football. Most-used shape: 4-3-3.
Friendship
Friendship 51Friendship 51 = co-starts + club chemistry +7
- 44
- 22
Friendship blends realized national co-starts with a club-chemistry bonus, so a settled XI and a club-spine squad both score high. Near 100 the total eases so the most-settled squads stay separated rather than all tying out. Gold lines trace the spine: teammates who share a club right now.
The squad
Tap a player for their card · the two numbers are Jornata ratings (0–99): pre-tournament capability and live tournament form · values are Jornata estimates.