With Ronaldo and Lionel Messi out of play in the second
round, Neymar has the great
opportunity to take the final leap and finally catch up with the pair that has
dominated world football in the last
decade. In front of Mexico, which
lived a roller coaster of emotions in the first phase; from the milestone that
was the victory over Germany (1-0) to the defeat against Sweden (3-1), going
through a convincing victory against South Korea (2-1).
Seleçao and El Tri have a long common history. In the FIFA World Cups they have seen each
other on four occasions, with a favorable balance of three victories and a draw
for the five times world champion. Mexico, which has failed to score a goal (11
goals against), clings to 0-0 harvested four years ago, when goalkeeper
Guillermo Ochoa signed a recital of stops in Fortaleza.
Brazilian coach Tite announced that he will have Luis Filipe
on the left side, as Marcelo suffered a spasm in the back in the 2-0 win over
Serbia and want to preserve it. On the other side, Danilo has recovered from
his left thigh injury. Now Tite must choose between him and Fagner, head and
convincing in the last two days.
It's low safety Douglas Costa, with a problem in the right
thigh. Everything indicates that Tite will bet again by Willian and Gabriel
Jesus to accompany Neymar in the attack, accused of "exaggerating the
faults and throwing himself a lot" by the Mexican captain Andrés Guardado.
Behind Coutinho will be, the most destabilizing player of Seleçao in the
tournament with two goals to open the scoring against Switzerland (1-1) and
Costa Rica (2-0), plus an assist-Paulinho- and show a great complicity with
Neymar against Serbia.
