The team, which makes its World Cup debut on Thursday against Serbia, was the last of the tournament's 32 teams to arrive in the country. The Brazilian delegation landed at the international airport in the capital of Qatar at around 23pm (17pm in BrasÃlia) and headed towards the Westin Doha Hotel, where they will stay during the competition.
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On Sunday afternoon, the team is expected to train for the first time at the Grand Hamad stadium, home of local club Al-Arabi.
Coach Tite's team has the great challenge of putting an end to the hegemony of European teams in recent World Cups and bringing the cup back to Brazil after 20 years.
Striker Neymar, the team's star, will play in his third World Cup, at the age of 30, after the great disappointments of the 2014 and 2018 editions.
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Neymar is having a great time at Paris Saint-Germain. At the start of the current season he scored 13 goals and made 11 assists in 19 games, between the French Championship and the European Champions League.
The Brazilian team arrives in Qatar with 15 consecutive games without defeat (12 wins, 7 of them in a row, and 3 draws), but with the uncertainty of how they will respond against strong European squads.
The last time Brazil faced a team from the Old Continent was in March 2019, in the 3-1 victory over the Czech Republic in a friendly played in Prague.
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(With AFP)