Casemiro and Fred's World Cup partnership in the Brazilian national team didn't get off to a great start last week as the latter failed to start in their opening clash.
The Selecao won their first game of the World Cup against Serbia on Thursday evening with a superb brace from Richarlison, though the job was a complete performance throughout with their opponents registering just five shots throughout the entire game. Dragan Stojkovic's men had to soak up 24 shots from Brazil; and whilst the attackers stole the show, those in midfield made it easy for them.
Consisting of Lucas Paqueta and Casemiro, the amount of quality in the midfield pivot will be hard to match by any team vying for success in Qatar, especially with Casemiro having strutted his stuff for many years at the Santiago Bernabeu for Real Madrid, building an impressive collection of the most prized trophies in world football over a nine-year period.
