Midfielder Casemiro confirmed his misfiring strikers learn how to end on Monday when he lashed in an unstoppable late shot to offer Brazil a 1-0 win over Switzerland that despatched them into the World Cup knockout stage with a sport to spare.

A largely featureless sport had been meandering in the direction of a goalless draw when Casemiro struck seven minutes from time to take Brazil to 6 factors on the prime of Group G. The absence of injured striker Neymar had hung like a shadow over a shoddy Brazil, with solely a disallowed objective by Vinicius Jr bringing their enormous assist to life earlier than the objective.

Brazil have six factors, Switzerland three and Cameroon and Serbia, who drew 3-3 earlier on Monday, have one every – with all three groups nonetheless within the hunt to progress.

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