The second game in Group G on Thursday is going to be between Brazil and Serbia. Both teams are in the same group as Switzerland and Cameroon. Brazil is the main favorite before the tournament. Brazilians dominated the World Cup qualifier as they had 14 wins and 3 draws, and they scored 40 goals (the best result among all teams) and conceded only 5 (also the best result). Serbians also played well as they had 6 wins and 2 draws and they left Portugal in the 2nd position. A year ago Brazilians lost to Argentina in the Copa America final game but the Serbians didn't qualify for Euro 2020.

In this matchup, I'm taking Brazil. If we look at their roster, that is stunning. Brazil hasn't been too badly hit by injuries heading into the World Cup. The main force, of course, is going to be Neymar who has scored 75 goals in 121 games for Brazil. He's not the only star as Brazilians also have Gabriel Jesus, Richarlison, Vinicius Junior, Rodrygo, Ederson and others. This year, Brazil has played 8 times and won 7. They have shown awesome defense as they have kept the sheet clean 5 times. Brazilians will be very motivated to win something big in Qatar as they lost in the quarterfinals 4 years ago but the last time when they were in the TOP 3, was in 2002.

The Serbian national team has played 9 times this year and they have 6 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses. Four years ago, the team won only 1 game and didn't qualify for the next round, and the same result was in 2010. Aleksandr Mitrovic has scored the most goals in the Serbian current squad but big attention will be to the new star Dusan Vlahovic. The big concern for Serbia is the fitness of Mitrovic with the Fulham striker not having played in almost a month. Given his lack of game time, he may start on the bench. Vlahovic, meanwhile, has been sidelined since the end of October and has missed five Juventus games.

There is no doubt that the Brazilians will start the tournament with a win. They haven't lost a game since Copa America's final and they have too much firepower. We don't know in what conditions are Mitrovic and Vlahovic and if they are in bad shape, Serbians will have a big problem. Don't be surprised if Brazil crushes its opponents.

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G组的第二场比赛将于周四在巴西和塞尔维亚之间进行。这两支球队与瑞士和喀麦隆同组。巴西在赛前是夺冠热门。巴西队以14胜3平的成绩统治了世界杯预选赛，进了40球(所有球队中最好的成绩)，只丢了5球(也是最好的成绩)。塞尔维亚人也踢得很好，他们取得了6胜2平的成绩，把葡萄牙排在第二名。一年前，巴西在美洲杯决赛中输给了阿根廷，但塞尔维亚没有获得2020年欧洲杯的参赛资格。

在这场比赛中，我选择巴西。如果我们看看他们的名单，这是令人震惊的。巴西在备战世界杯的过程中并没有受到太严重的伤病打击。当然，主力将是内马尔，他为巴西出战了121场比赛，打进75球。他不是唯一的球星，巴西还有加布里埃尔·热苏斯、理查利森、小维尼修斯、罗德里戈、埃德森和其他球星。今年，巴西队参加了8场比赛，赢了7场。他们表现出了令人敬畏的防守，他们5次不失球。巴西人将非常有动力在卡塔尔赢得一些大的东西，因为他们在4年前的四分之一决赛中输掉了，但他们上一次进入前三是在2002年。

塞尔维亚国家队今年参加了9场比赛，取得了6胜1平2负的成绩。四年前，这支球队只赢了一场比赛，没有晋级下一轮，2010年也是同样的结果。亚历山大·米特罗维奇是塞尔维亚队中进球最多的球员，但是最值得关注的是新星杜桑·弗拉霍维奇。塞尔维亚最大的担忧是米特罗维奇的健康状况，富勒姆前锋已经将近一个月没有参加比赛了。考虑到他比赛时间的不足，他可能会在替补席上首发。与此同时，弗拉霍维奇从10月底就开始缺阵，已经缺席了5场尤文图斯的比赛。

毫无疑问，巴西人将以一场胜利开始本届杯赛。自从美洲杯决赛以来，他们还没有输过一场比赛，他们火力太猛了。我们不知道米特罗维奇和弗拉霍维奇在什么情况下，如果他们状态不好，塞尔维亚将会有大问题。如果巴西队碾压对手，不要感到惊讶。