Five times FIFA champions have secured their place in the last 16 of this FIFA event. Brazilians have played a professional game despite of some bad incidents. Kaka sent off from the field for a second yellow and he will miss the next match against Portugal. Another severe incident happened when their midfielder Elano had a heavy knock at his right leg.

The convincing win over Côte d’Ivoire has boosted the confidence of Brazil team and they are emerging as a mature unit despite the absence of their backbone Ronaldinho.