World Cup 2022 highlights: Richarlison, Brazil top Serbia, 2-0

The 2022 FIFA World Cup continued Thursday with Brazil shutting out Serbia, 2-0, at Lusail Stadium in Qatar. Richarlison‘s fancy footwork earned Brazil three points in Group G and extended its World Cup winning streak.

Earlier, Portugal narrowly outlasted Ghana, 3-2, to pick up three points in Group H. Elsewhere, Switzerland earned three points in Group G after defeating Cameroon, 1-0, while Uruguay and South Korea battled to a scoreless draw in the day’s second match. Both squads grabbed one points in Group H for their efforts.

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Brazil vs. Serbia Highlights | 2022 FIFA World Cup

A beautiful 2-0 finish over Serbia for Brazil: a win to remain unbeaten in their last TWENTY World Cup opening games.

Here are the top plays!

Brazil 2, Serbia 0

7′: Seeing yellow

Serbia picked up a yellow card early in this one, as Strahinja Pavlović got twisted up with Neymar.

13′: What could have been

Brazil was this close to taking the lead, but Neymar’s shot was narrowly batted away by Vanja Milinković-Savić.

Just like that, things remained scoreless through the first half.

45′: Nearly there

Once again, Brazil had a chance to take the lead, but its efforts came up just short as the second half got underway.

52′: Taking one for the team

Pavlović came up with a crucial tackle in the box for Serbia to keep Brazil from scoring. This came just minutes after teammate Nemanja Gudelj received a yellow card, Serbia’s second of the match, in the 49th minute.

59′: Off the post

Brazil kept knocking, and Alex Sandro nearly knocked one in. However, he came up short.

62′: Goal!

With momentum on Brazil’s side, Richarlison came up with the first goal of the match in the 62nd minute.

Richarlison scores to give Brazil a lead vs. Serbia

In Brazil’s World Cup opener, Richarlison scores to give Brazil a lead over Serbia.

73′: Goal of the tournament!

Richarlison, assisted by Vinícius Júnior, netted his second score of the day shortly after, putting Brazil up 2-0. Richarlison’s acrobatics brought Brazil fans to their feet.

Richarlison puts Brazil ahead 2-0 with an acrobatic goal in 73′

Richarlison scores a goal vs. Serbia in the 73′ in the 2022 Men’s FIFA World Cup.

80′: Injury alert

Antony replaced Neymar because of an injury around the 80-minute mark. 

Meanwhile, Brazil continued to put pressure on Serbia, and things ended there.

PREGAME: 

Setting the stage

Group G was back at the forefront Thursday, as the No. 1 team in the world took the field. Entering Thursday’s match, Brazil was 73-18-18 all-time in the World Cup and had more tournament appearances than any nation (22), including this year.

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