Coach Chi Chi (61) of the Brazil national soccer team, Korea's opponent in the round of 16, made it clear that he learned a lesson from the match against Cameroon in the final match of the group stage, and that he would not be vigilant against Korea.



After losing 0-1 to Cameroon at Lusail Stadium in Qatar on the 3rd (Korean time) in the third round of Group G of the 2022 Qatar World Cup group stage, Chichi said, “In this tournament, Korea is Portugal, Saudi Arabia is Argentina, Tunisia is France, "Cameroon beat us," he said. "A result like this speaks volumes. We will be careful in the next game."



Brazil, who won both the first and second matches of the group stage and confirmed their advance to the round of 16, took out key players on that day and played with all of their 1.5 teams.



Brazil pushed Cameroon through the entire game but failed to score, losing the game in the final minutes of added time to their opponents Vincent Abubacar's winning goal.



Regarding the Korean national team to meet in the round of 16, coach Chichi said, "I know that there are many changes from the friendly match (last June)," and "I will think about which player to send to Korea tomorrow."



Korea lost 1-5 in an evaluation match against Brazil held at the Seoul World Cup Stadium on June 2nd.



It was a relatively tight match at 1-2 until the first half, but they lost significantly by conceding 3 more goals in the second half.



However, at that time, Korea did not play central defender Kim Min-jae (Napoli), main striker Cho Kyu-seong (Jeonbuk), and key midfielder Lee Kang-in (Mallorca).



Brazil is rather uncertain about the appearance of key players who played in the evaluation match in June.



Ace Neymar (Paris Saint-Germain) missed the match against Switzerland and Cameroon due to an ankle injury, and defender Alex Thelis (Sevilla) was replaced with a right knee injury in the match against Cameroon that day.



Striker Gabriel Jesus (Arsenal) also has a bad knee.



According to local media reports such as Globo, Tellis and Jejus plan to undergo a detailed examination today (3rd) and consider whether to participate in the Korean War.



Korea and Brazil will face each other at 4 am on the 6th at the 974 Stadium in Doha, Qatar for tickets to the quarterfinals.



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