Our prediction for this match:
El Salvador
Match Time & Date:
11/09/2018
08:05 PM
Prediction: 0-4
Brazil
The FedEx Field in Landover, Maryland was chosen to welcome the always entertaining Brazil and a less famous Central American nation, El Salvador. Previously, these two nations have met twice before, a long time ago and Brazil won both matches 4:0. El Salvador are hoping they will perform well in front of the American crowd and give Brazil some headaches on the field. Brazil will try to forget what happened in Russia. Their form coming into the World Cup was excellent with their last defeat coming from Argentina back in the summer of 2017. However they were easily beaten by Belgium even though they tried to fight back in the second half. El Salvador doesn’t have a bad record; they have won the last two games and four out of the last 10, with three draws and three defeats. Brazil will surely test some new players in nothing less than a comfortable win for them.
Highlighted Player (Willian):
Willian is a Brazilian football player who was born on 9 August, 1988 in Ribeirao Pires. After playing for Corinthians in the 2006/2007 season, in 2007 he joined Ukrainian outfit Shakhtar Donetsk. The pacey winger won four Ukrainian Premier League trophies with the Miners, while clinching the UEFA Cup title in 2009 as well.
During his spell with Shakhtar, Willian was on Chelsea’s radar and in 2013 the chiefs of the Premier League club agreed a deal to sign the Brazilian ace for a fee of £30 million. Willian won the Premier League trophy with Chelsea in the 2014/2015 season and the following season he was named Chelsea Player of the year.
The 30-year-old winger has 38 caps for Brazil and he has netted six goals for the national team. Speaking of his personal life, Willian is married to Vanessa Martins, who gave birth to their twin daughters Valentina and Manuella.
Highlighted Team (El Salvador):
El Salvador are a national football team that play their home games at Estadio Cuscatlan. La Azul y Blanco turned down an invitation from Brazil to take part in the 1950 World Cup finals, but in 1970 they made it to the finals of the showpiece tournament in Mexico 20 years later.
They participated at the 1982 World Cup finals as well, but they have yet to advance the first round of the finals competition. El Salvador hosted the first CONCACAF Championship, but they failed to win the trophy, with the team suffering a loss to Costa Rica in the title game. Speaking of the Central American and Carribean Games, la Selecta won the trophy on two occasions (1954, 2002) and in 1968 they booked their place at the Olympic Games in Mexico.
The likes of Magico Gonzales, Rodolfo Zelaya, Arturo Alvarez, Mauricio Cienfuegos, Ronald Cerritos, Raul Diaz Arce, Alexander Larin, Eliseo Quintanilla, Jaime Alas and Alfredo Pacheco are some of the notable footballers who played for El Salvador.
