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Stats hungry sports nerd fancies any code with a ball and boots. Football being a prime example of this. I love the A-League as much as a mother could love a child who graduates to become a middle manager at a bank. Follow me on Twitter @ljgillard
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It’s the grand final of the eternal 2019-20 A-League season and the two best teams in the land, Sydney FC and Melbourne City, face…
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18′ – Spoke too soon! A lovely dink over the top from Coutinho – back in a central role – to Jesus who can’t quite chase it down before Stojkovic arrives.
Serbia vs Brazil: 2018 FIFA World Cup highlights, scores, blog
The ball is stuck in the middle third for the time being. Neither team is able to find a good ball through opponents midfield
Serbia vs Brazil: 2018 FIFA World Cup highlights, scores, blog
15′ – Serbia win the ball and get a cross into the box to Mitrovic but it’s 3-on-1 and he can’t get a clean run at it
Serbia vs Brazil: 2018 FIFA World Cup highlights, scores, blog
14′ – The ball sits up on the edge of the box for Kostic who takes a chance to shoot from outside the box and it takes a wicked deflection wide. The ensuing corner is cleared with ease by Brazil
Serbia vs Brazil: 2018 FIFA World Cup highlights, scores, blog
13′ – CLEARED by Alisson. A long floated free kick to Serbia and the Brazillian keeper comes off his line to clear.
Serbia will take any opportunity to point balls at Mitrovic…. they may have been watching the Sweden game
Serbia vs Brazil: 2018 FIFA World Cup highlights, scores, blog
It’s a cagey opening. Neymar is getting on the ball but hasn’t yet produced any magic inside his forward third.
Serbia are getting men back to into that space
Serbia vs Brazil: 2018 FIFA World Cup highlights, scores, blog
10′ – SUBSTITUTION Marcelo is now officially coming off and Felipe Luis replaces him
Serbia vs Brazil: 2018 FIFA World Cup highlights, scores, blog
Neymar has started centrally with Coutinho on the left
Serbia vs Brazil: 2018 FIFA World Cup highlights, scores, blog
8′ – Confusion on the pitch. It looks like Marcelo might be out of sorts.
He’s standing and and moving around but something mysterious is going on. Looks like he’s coming off.
It’s not clear what’s wrong with Marcelo.
Serbia vs Brazil: 2018 FIFA World Cup highlights, scores, blog
7′ gone and Serbia have started brightly. They’re winning possession back and edging balls into the box, but they’ve been low impact so far.
Serbia vs Brazil: 2018 FIFA World Cup highlights, scores, blog
Serbia are pressing extremely agressively in their forward third, already pressuring Brazil on the ball
Serbia vs Brazil: 2018 FIFA World Cup highlights, scores, blog
It does look like Milinkovic-Savic is playing in the double pivot.
Already Brazil are trying to play quickly through it though, either running through it or with vertical balls
Serbia vs Brazil: 2018 FIFA World Cup highlights, scores, blog
4′ – SAVED from Stojkovic. Jesus is played through and his shot is stopped by the Serbian keeper, coming off his line quickly.
Looks like it was offside and eventually called so – but that will have gotten the Serbian blood pumping
Serbia vs Brazil: 2018 FIFA World Cup highlights, scores, blog
2′ – And Serbia are already threatened! A dancing run from Neymar through the Serbian midfield is stifled with Serbian numbers and Coutinho is offside.
Serbia vs Brazil: 2018 FIFA World Cup highlights, scores, blog
Serbia have started in a 4-4-2 in defence
Serbia vs Brazil: 2018 FIFA World Cup highlights, scores, blog
AND WE’RE AWAY as Brazil kick us off
Serbia vs Brazil: 2018 FIFA World Cup highlights, scores, blog
Well the equation here is pretty clear. Serbia MUST WIN to go through.
A draw would be enough for Brazil but with Switzerland taking on goalless Costa Rica, a win would nearly ensure top spot.
Losses for either could be their death knell. We’ve already seen Germany drop out tonight… could we see Brazil join them?
Serbia vs Brazil: 2018 FIFA World Cup highlights, scores, blog
Great scenes in the crowd with the Brazillians going onto the second verse of their anthem long after the music stops.
No chance that could ever work in Australia!
Serbia vs Brazil: 2018 FIFA World Cup highlights, scores, blog
We have a referee from the AFC in this one. A Faghani from Iran
Serbia vs Brazil: 2018 FIFA World Cup highlights, scores, blog
Brazil are unchanged.
Serbia have made 3 changes from their disappointing late loss to the Swiss. Ivanovic, Tosic and Milivojevic dropping out. They are replaced by Veljkovic, Milenkovic and Ljajic
They are attacking changes for Serbia who need to win this game. Milinkovic-Savic will sit deeper to allow Ljalic to play behind Mitrovic, and Rukavina moves out to right fullback to keep a constant eye on Neymar
Serbia vs Brazil: 2018 FIFA World Cup highlights, scores, blog
The squads are in:
Serbia: Stojkovic; Rukavina, Veljkovic, Milenkovic, Kolarov; Matic, Milinkovic-Savic; Tadic, Ljajic, Kostic; Mitrovic
Brazil: Alisson; Fagner, Miranda, Thiago Silva, Marcelo; Casemiro, Paulinho; Willian, Philippe Coutinho, Neymar; Jesus
Serbia vs Brazil: 2018 FIFA World Cup highlights, scores, blog
GAME 2 of a massive night of World Cup football. If you’re still in shock over the events of Group F, then dunk your head in cold water as we may see more boil-overs tonight!
It’s 26C In the home of Spartak Moscow – a warm afternoon for Brazil and Serbia
Serbia vs Brazil: 2018 FIFA World Cup highlights, scores, blog
The result also left Australia as the only Asian nation not to win a match in this tournament
South Korea knock Germany out of the World Cup
An amazing thrillride for Mexican fans! They were crying both tears of joy and sorrow at the same time.
Mexico vs Sweden: 2018 FIFA World Cup live scores, blog
20′ – A CORNER for Brazil. An incisive diagonal ball from Neymar releases Brazil down the right and the cut back is cleared over the line by Serbia. The short corner fizzles out but that was a good moment for Brazil
Serbia vs Brazil: 2018 FIFA World Cup highlights, scores, blog