Why you should watch every team at the 2018 World Cup

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Brazil’s player Neymar attends a training session of the national football team ahead of FIFA’s 2018 World Cup, at Granja Comary training centre in Teresopolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on May 24, 2018. (Photo by MAURO PIMENTEL / AFP) (Photo credit should read MAURO PIMENTEL/AFP/Getty Images) /

Brazil

The redemption path for Brazil begins in what is arguably the Group of Death, Group E. Brazil are accompanied by Costa Rica, Switzerland and Serbia in the group stage, with all four teams capable of challenging for at least a berth in the knockout stage. Given their disappointment in the 2016 Copa America, in which they were ejected in the first round, Brazil can’t take the group for granted.

But under the management of Tite, who replaced Dunga after 2016’s Copa, the Selecao have one of the most talented squads of any in the world. Neymar, the third-best player in the world, should be back and healthy, the magnificent Philippe Coutinho is coming off a great season at Barcelona, and their veteran backline is as strong as ever, headlined by Marcelo, Danilo and Thiago Silva.

The time is now for Brazil and Neymar, who desperately wants to bring home a title after the catastrophe of 2014.

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