Two of the best players in soccer start World Cup competition Thursday as Cristiano Ronaldo and Neymar both seek history in Qatar. All attention is on Ronaldo, though, following his messy but mutual split this week with Manchester United.
“This is our dream,” Brazil forward Richarlison said. “Neymar posted that photo because it’s his dream, too. He wants to win that and we know how willing he is to win that. He can do whatever he wants. It’s his dream. If Neymar is happy here, we will be happy. That’s the most important thing.”Serbia has yet to advance out of the group stage in three previous World Cup appearances as an independent nation. It has also failed to qualify for the European Championship in five tries.
Son runs South Korea’s offense, which is based on his ability to shoot with both feet and his accuracy on dead-ball plays. Uruguay is led by Luis Suárez and Edinson Cavani, both playing in their fourth World Cup. Suárez’s seven World Cup goals is one short of national record holder Óscar Míguez, who played on the 1950 team that won the title.Two teams meet for the first time when Switzerland and Cameroon play, with the Swiss trying to make it to the knockout round for the third consecutive World Cup.
Xherdan Shaqiri, who plays for the Chicago Fire of Major League Soccer, is in the World Cup for the fourth time and is Switzerland’s offensive leader. He’s been directly involved in 48% of its 23 goals in its last four major tournaments, with eight goals and three assists.Cameroon finished third at the African Cup of Nations but has won only one of its last five matches, and that victory was against 141st-ranked Burundi.
It is Cameroon’s eighth World Cup, the most among African countries, but the national team has lost its last seven matches — a record only beaten by Mexico’s nine consecutive losses between 1930 and 1958.Germany arrived in Qatar as one of seven European nations planning to protest the host country’s discriminatory laws against homosexuality and human rights violations.
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