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Brazil and Belgium face each other at the Kazan Arena in a game for this phase of the World Cup. There is no record of direct clashes between these two teams in the last 3 years. The last confrontation was played on 06-17-2002 and ended with the result: Brazil (2-0) Belgium.

Analysis of Brazil

The team arrives at this stage of the World Cup (Quarter-Finals) after a 2-0 win with Mexico. In the last 4 World Cup games Brazil has 3 wins and 1 draw.

For this competition, he has not lost 4 games. Defensive solidity has been one of his strengths as he has only conceded goals in 1 of the last 4 games and his attack has scored regularly as he has scored at least one goal in each of the last 4 games for this competition. This is a team that does not usually feel difficult to open the scoring: scored the first goal in 13 of the last 15 games, of those 13 reached the interval in lead in 7 and managed to maintain the advantage until the end of the game in 11.

Brazil start in the quarter-finals after beating Mexico 2-0 in the second half, with goals from Roberto Firmino and Neymar. Until this stage, the Brazilians won three wins and only one draw. In these quarter-finals, Brazil's squad meets an opponent with several individual values, but even so, coach Tite is expected to privilege the maintenance of possession of the ball and organized attacks: Coutinho is the great organizer of the offensive process . In addition to this, the Barcelona midfielder has an excellent technical quality and finish. However it is important to highlight the defensive line is the strongest point of the Brazilian team, since it conceded only 1 goal until this moment. For this game against Belgium the coach can not count on Casemiro, punished, and still has doubts Douglas Costa and Marcelo, these with physical problems.

Analysis of Belgium

The team arrives at this phase of the World Cup after eliminating Japan with a 3-2 victory in the previous round. In the last 4 games for the World Cup Belgium has 4 wins.

For this competition, it registers a sequence of 4 victories in the last games. His attack has marked with great regularity, since he has always scored at least one goal in the last 4 games for this competition. In their games there is a tendency to score goals, as in 21 of their last 24 matches there were over 1.5 goals and in 17 of the last 24 there were over 2.5 goals. This is a team that scores many times first: opened the scoring in 12 of their last 15 games, of those 12 reached the break in lead in 6 and managed to maintain the advantage until the end of the 90 'in 11.

Belgium are set to play in this moralized game after they have added a sensational 3-2 victory against Japan in a game they lost to 0-2: Chadli, Fellaini and Vertonghen scored the goals. In this game against Brazil, coach Roberto Martínez should enter the field in 3-4-2-1 favoring the low block and quick transitions to the attack, mainly through the right aisle: Meunier, a very offensive side, is a player very fast in the backlash. We emphasize the importance of Hazard in the tactical scheme of the Belgian team, being this phenomenal in the offensive process. Apparently there are no weight absences for this game.