Brazil are the favorites to win the World Cup and they showed why in their Round-of-16 dismantling of South Korea. But a wily Croatia side that advanced to the 2018 final promises to make life difficult for the Selecao in their Friday quarterfinal showdown.

The Brazilian attack was clicking again with Neymar's return to the lineup in the 4-1 win last time out. The Paris Saint-Germain star was back after an ankle injury to orchestrate another dazzling display with Brazil scoring all their goals by halftime.

It promises to be a different story for an unchanged side against Croatia, who will believe they can contain Brazil in a similar fashion to fellow European sides Switzerland and Serbia, though they both still suffered narrow losses in the group stage.

The conventional thinking around Croatia entering the tournament was that the core of the team is four years older and therefore a step slower. But they held up fine over 120 minutes against Japan in the previous round, advancing on penalties despite fielding the oldest starting lineup in a World Cup knockout match since 2006. They will relish proving the sceptics wrong again, just like they did in 2018.

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