Finally a Draw. Brazil Admitted Difficult to Penetrate.

TIMESINDONESIA, RUSSIA – The Brazilian national team only scored a draw against Switzerland in the group stage E World Cup 2018. Brazil admitted difficult to penetrate the Swiss defense.

The match which was conducted in Rostov Arena, Rostov-on-Don on Monday (18/06/2018) was very attractive. Coutinho brought Brazil ahead in the first round. Meanwhile, Switzerland could only equalize in the second half through Steven Zuber header in the 50th minute.

"You sometimes have to accept how is your opponent playing, we try to play through their defense, but it was difficult in this fight," said Coutinho quoted from FIFA.

Meanwhile, Coutinho recognizes many lessons that can be picked from this draw achievement.

"I think we've got a lot of positive lessons, which can be brought to the next game," he added.

These results make both teams, Brazil and Switzerland share points in the inaugural match of Group E World Cup. As for the standings are controlled by Serbia who won over Costa Rica 1-0.

The next round of World Cup group E matches are Brazil will oppose Costa Rica at Krestovsky Stadium, Saint-Petersburg on Friday (22/06/2018), while Switzerland will oppose Serbia in Kaliningrad Stadium. (*)

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