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La jogo bonito indeed
9 min: Casemiro finds Neymar with an absolutely beautiful ball before the PSG superstar finds himself in traffic. Nonetheless, an early highlight.
Brazil 0 Serbia 0
Pavlovic booked
6 min: Ajax captain Dusan Tadic gets the ball into a dangerous area for Serbia but the Brazilian defence is more than up to the task.
Strahinja Pavlovic’s challenge on Lucas Paqueta.Credit:AP
There’s also an early booking for Strahinja Pavlovic, and you get the impression this might just be a spicy 90 minutes (or 100, or 110).
Brazil 0 Serbia 0.
Embolo’s goal for Switzerland
Here’s a look at the solitary goal from the Switzerland-Cameroon match.
Kick-off, and here’s the Serbian side
Vanja; Veljkovic, Milenkovic, Pavlovic; Zivkovic, Lukic, Gudelj, Mladenovic; Milinkovic-Savic, Tadic; Mitrovic.
We’re under way at Lusail Stadium
Here’s how the Selecao line up
If anyone’s been booted off Twitter by Elon Musk, that’s:
Alisson; Danilo, Marquinhos, Silva, Sandro; Casemiro, Neymar, Paqueta; Raphinha, Richarlison, Vinicius jnr.
And then on the bench there’s names like Dani Alves, Antony, Gabriel Martinelli and Gabriel Jesus. Imposing stuff. Not hard to see why Brazil are many pundits’ tip to lift the trophy for the first time in two decades in Qatar.
Results wrap
It was a somewhat different story in the earlier kick-offs. Switzerland beat Cameroon 1-0 in an entertaining Group G match, while Portugal and Ghana’s Group H rivals Uruguay and South Korea fought out a scoreless draw.
You can catch up with both of those matches here.
Portugal win thriller
The third of four overnight matches has only wrapped up in the last hour or so and it was 2016 European champions Portugal who prevailed over Ghana in an absolutely manic second half.
Four goals were scored in 15 minutes after— who else — Cristiano Ronaldo broke the deadlock from the spot. In the process, he became the first man to score at five World Cups.
Cristiano Ronaldo makes World Cup history.Credit:Getty Images
Osman Bukari scored in the 89th minute for Ghana to set up a grandstand finish.
Read what went down here.
Good morning
By James Polson
Good morning and welcome to an early edition of World Cup Live. If there’s a team worth getting up early for, it’s Brazil. The five-time champions face Serbia as the last two teams to hit the pitch in Qatar. That’s coming up in about 15 minutes.
