Brazil hope to halt their almost twenty years hoodoo to claim their sixth Mundial when they clash with South Korea at the Stadium 974 in the round of 16 of the 2022 FIFA World Cup.
The Selecao finished as winners of Group G whiles the Taegeuk Warriors also claimed a last gasp win to finish behind Portugal with the two advancing from Group H.
Tite's men suffered an astonishing 0-1 loss to Cameroon in their final game of the first phase- their first defeat to an African country at the Mundial.
They amassed six points from two wins against Serbia and Switzerland to set off an ablaze start to the campaign to already book a place into the next round.
On the opposition end, Paulo Bento and his charges exhibited a five-star display to come from a goal down to beat Portugal 2-1 to surpass Uruguay to cruise into the second round.
They accumulated four points, and lost to only Ghana in the first phase, holding the Sky Blues to a goalless draw in their opening game.
TEAM NEWS
The good news for Brazil is that, Neymar Jr has recovered fully after been handed a greenlight by team Doctor Rodrigo Lasmar and will be available for selection today.
Both Gabriel Jesus and Alex Telles have been ruled out of the competition due to Injury, whiles Alex Sandro is also doubtful due to hip problem and is most likely Danilo will be moved to the left and Eder Militao will takeover the right.
However, SSC Napoli's defender Kim Min-jae missed their last game due to calf injury but will be available tonight.
Lee Kang-in and Kim Young-gwon are also doubtful for the game.
PROBABLE XI
Brazil: Alisson, Militao, Marquinhos, Silva, Danilo; Paqueta, Casemiro, Neymar; Raphinha, Richarlison, Vinicius Jr
South Korea: Seung-gyu, Moon-hwan, Kyung-won, Young-gwon, Jin-su; In-beom, Woo-young; Hee-chan, Kang-in, Heung-min; Gue-sung
KICKOFF: 1900GMT (7:00pm)
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