Newcastle United's Bruno Guimaraes had to settle for a place on the bench for tonight's World Cup last-16 clash with South Korea. The Magpies star has featured in two of Brazil's three group games, coming on to good effect against Switzerland and Cameroon as Tite's side qualified for the knockout stages.
They face South Korea in today's second-round game at Stadium 974, with a place in the quarter-finals up for grabs. Tonight's winners will face Croatia following their penalty shoot-out win over Japan.
Brazil topped their group despite losing 1-0 to Cameroon in their final game, whereas South Korea left it late to book their place in the last 16, dramatically beating Portugal to go through.
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Arsenal's Gabriel Jesus is out of the camp after picking up a knee injury, and boss Tite was asked during his pre-match press conference if Jesus already had an issue with his knee prior to the World Cup. He replied: "Thank you very much for your question because I don't like hearing lies out there, evil lies. Those are the people who want to do bad things for others. At no time whatsoever do we play for victory at the risk or peril of a player.
"So the liar who is out there, because that is what we call them, that's the name? The haters who keep giving hate, go and do something else and stop giving fake news.
"Arsenal has a great medical department, we have a great medical department and we are responsible. We are personally responsible and ethical and it would never have happened. I didn't want this to happen. It is a shame."
Brazil vs South Korea team news
Brazil: Alisson, Militao, Thiago Silva, Marquinhos, Danilo, Paquetá, Casemiro, Raphinha, Neymar, Vinicius, Richarlison
South Korea: Seung-Gyu, Jin-Su, Kim Min-Jae, Woo-Young, Moon-Hwan, Young-Gwon, Hwang Inbeom, Jae-Sung, Hwang, Cho Gue-Sung, Son
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