Rostov-on-Don [Russia], June 18 (NT): The five-time world champions Brazil In the FIFA world cup 2018 failed to mark a win in their opening World Cup match as Switzerland's Steven Zuber's header called off Philippe Coutinho's stunning goal, as the result match saw sloppy 1-1 draw in Rostov.
In the first half, Coutinho opened the scoring for Brazil with this speculator signature curler made the match pretty much all Brazil from the start.
Though, Steven Zuber's header from a corner received the Swiss a deserved point who are ranked sixth in the world.
Due to this, Brazil's drive had dissolute and the rhythm of the match apparently slowing down.
In the entire match center of attraction was Swiss goalkeeper Yann Sommer who delivered his best and gave a wonderful performance as he came up with a number of impressive stops, which included a diving save of Roberto Firmino's header just ahead of injury moments.
This draw puts an end to Brazil's run of nine wins in opening World Cup fixtures.
Brazil on Wednesday will face Serbia, the current Group E leader after it crushed Costa Rica, who will locks the horn with Switzerland in a decisive group-stage match the same day. (NT)