Casemiro turns on the light of Brazil and propels it to the second round

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Ronaldo

,

and

, the three world champions in 2002, all three lounging on the thrones of this field built after piling shipping containers, could not help but snort.

But stadium 974, whose power went out a few seconds before the break as if someone, fed up with what he was seeing, had chosen to flip the switch, suddenly began to shake.

The chairs moved on the metal plates after

, after a tremendous hammer blow, gave meaning to the alliance hatched between

and

, his former Real Madrid teammates.

You must give thanks

to that triumvirate that allowed him to knock down Switzerland with many difficulties and that gives him the classification for the eighth.

Already against Cameroon they should close the first place and, if Spain meets Japan, come across Luis Enrique's team in a hypothetical quarterfinal.

But there is something that such a sumptuous team like Brazil has to fight with: their coach.

Tite is a talkative guy, one of those who never stops smiling when he talks about football, tactical approaches, life, or whatever it takes.

But that attractive aura of short distances fades when he approaches the games with extreme pragmatism.

As if he had to be the one who tied the laces of his most creative footballers with the obsession of being as rocky and efficient as possible.

Brazil should be a very different thing, no matter how much history says that in the World Cup in the United States the

concreted its success with

,

and

in the engine room (who, by the way, also had a foot).

But Tite, with

's ankle screwed up for who knows how long, considered that in order to win against Switzerland and ensure qualification he had to put more midfielders, not forwards.

So Rodrygo or Antony stayed on the bench, Neymar's three-quarter position was eliminated, and the one who appeared in the axis was Fred to join Casemiro and Paquetá.

And this was a blessing for the Swiss team, which after insinuating high pressure during the first ten minutes, soon found cover in the last 30 meters with a line of four defenders and another of five midfielders.

The traffic jam, like this, was terrible.

No Brazilian sneaked in behind the back of the midfielders, and just a couple of solitary actions by Raphinha from the right bank promoted some danger.

In fact, the Barcelona winger, who was coming off a bad World Cup debut against Serbia, gave Vinicius a great ball that he failed to finish off consistently.

He did it with his shin, and Sommer, the Swiss goalkeeper, was able to continue living a little longer in peace after getting the ball out.

Richarlison, the hero of the Seleçao against Serbia with his two goals, ran from one side to the other, opened his arms and claimed the ball without noticing that getting it to him was nothing short of utopian.

It wasn't until the break that Tite decided to correct himself.

So Rodrygo already started the second half, replacing Paquetá, and forming as a midfielder behind Richarlison in the return to the 4-2-3-1 with which Tite started the tournament.

Rodrygo soon understood what he could find, with Riedle leaving his elbow in his face the first time the striker tried to untangle the mess.

But also that, with courage, he can be as decisive a footballer as at Real Madrid.

Sanity in attack came thanks to his presence.

It didn't even matter that the referee disallowed a Vinicius goal after the VAR warned of a previous offside by Richarlison.

Casemiro, who is one of those guys who grows on the indicated days, excelled in the goal.

In Tite's Brazil, possibly, there is no footballer more necessary than him.

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