The Selecao bottled their perfect start to the World Cup campaign against Cameroon. Still, they progressed to the knockout round as group winner, thanks to the superior goal-difference with Switzerland.
Losing Neymar with injury did affect their performance in the final two group games however they continued to dominate possession. Finishing remains a major worry for Tite’s men as they netted just thrice while creating as many as 54 chances from those three games.
Brazil has a 100% win record against Asian teams at the World Cup, though all those games happened in the group phase. The most recent one is the 2-1 win against North Korea 2-1 2010, before 4-1 vs Japan in 2006 and 4-0 vs China in 2002.
Very few have expected South Korea to make it this far in the competition, especially after the defeat to Ghana.
Starting the final group game with just 1 point, the Taegeuk Warriors joined Japan and Australia in the underdogs club with a brilliant 2-1 win over tournament favorites Portugal.
Going back 20 years, they achieved their best and finished fourth in this competition when they were joint hosts with Japan.
A star studded Italy that had the likes of Del Pierro, Totti, Maldini etc and a highly talented Spain fell to them in the knockout rounds before Germany ended the run with a narrow 1-0 win.
While there is no doubt that the Koreans have a history of troubling top teams in the competition, we remain to see if they can create the biggest upset in this year’s World Cup.



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桑巴军团在世界杯对阵喀麦隆的比赛中失去了完美的开局。尽管如此，由于与瑞士队的净胜球优势，他们还是以小组第一的身份晋级淘汰赛。
内马尔因伤缺阵确实影响了他们在小组赛最后两场比赛中的表现，但他们仍然占据着控球权。对于蒂特的球员来说，射门仍然是一个主要的担忧，因为他们在这三场比赛中只进了三球，却创造了多达54次机会。
巴西在世界杯上对亚洲球队的胜率为100%，尽管所有这些比赛都发生在小组赛阶段。最近的一次是2010年2-1战胜朝鲜，2006年4-1战胜日本，2002年4-0战胜中国。
很少有人预料到韩国队能在比赛中走到这一步，尤其是在输给加纳之后。
在小组赛最后一场比赛中，韩国队仅积1分，但在2-1战胜夺冠热门葡萄葡萄队后，韩国队加入了日本和澳大利亚的行列，成为不被看好的球队。
回到20年前，他们在与日本联合主办的比赛中取得了最好的成绩，并获得了第四名。
拥有皮耶罗、托蒂、马尔蒂尼等球星的意大利队和才华横溢的西班牙队在淘汰赛中败下阵来，最终德国以1-0险胜。
虽然毫无疑问，韩国人有在比赛中困扰强队的历史，但我们仍然要看看他们是否能在今年的世界杯上制造最大的冷门。