Brazil's 1-0 win over Switzerland in their last WC group stage match may
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Samba's lack of dominance in terms of goals scored is not enough, but in fact the 5-time Cup winners are on their way to becoming champions. According to Stats Foot, Brazil has gone 17 consecutive WC group stage matches without defeat, the first team to achieve such a feat in the tournament's history.
The last time Brazil lost a World Cup group stage match was in 1998 when they lost 1-2 to Norway in the 3rd round, and the reason why Samba lost was largely due to the fact that they had already secured the top spot.
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The team lost the World Cup group stage match at the end of the season, and have not lost since.
Besides, Brazil has failed to make their opponents hit the target in both group games this year, becoming the second team since 1966 to play perfect defense in their first two group games, the other being France in 1998, which won the championship in the end.
