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Preview of two fixtures in the last 16
Brazil, the hosts and one of the favorites to win the World Cup, are set to meet Chile in the first Round of 16. That match starts at midnight on Sunday Beijing time.
Brazil is likely going to reshuffle its lineup, with Fernandinho set to replace Paulinho from the start to give the midfield more thrust and fluidity in feeding Neymar and Hulk.
Brazil forward Fred says the changes will not upset the team's harmony.
"Fernandinho is a player of great strength, he is very fast. Paulinho enters the area more on the offensive without the ball. Fernandinho takes over the ball and goes in more passing the ball, but this is a difference that does not change much, the two are very similar and they get the ball forward."
Meanwhile, Chile forward Alexis Sanchez says he is really happy to play against Brazil but he is worried about the referee.
"The next match is about which team has more endurance and which team has the mentality to go a long way. In this group not everybody is friendly but on the field, everybody runs for the others. And the team is like a pitbull. This team goes to the pitch and puts everything into each game. This match is about which team wins with the heart, and which team wants to go all the way to the final."
Brazil will be encouraged by recent history having knocked Chile out at the same stage in two previous World Cups: 1998 and 2010.
Brazil has in fact won nine of the last 10 meetings between the two squads.
In other action,
On Sunday, the match between Columbia and Uruguay is set to kick off at 4 am.
But Uruguay will be without its most outstanding player. Luis Suarez has been hit with the longest ban ever imposed at a World Cup.
FIFA has thrown the book at Suarez, one of soccer's most talented but controversial players, for biting Italy defender Giorgio Chiellini during Uruguay's 1-0 victory in their Group D match.
The four-month ban means Suarez will have to sit out the first two months of the next English season.
He will also miss Liverpool's opening Premier League and Champions League matches.
Suarez is considered one of the most gifted players in world football, scoring 31 league goals in 33 games for Liverpool last season.
World Cup group matches roundup
Belgian soccer fans are celebrating their team's 1-0 win over South Korea in the final Group H match for the two squads.
Belgium gets to watch its team in the group of 16 round. South Korea was the last Asian team standing at the World Cup and with the loss it has been eliminated from the competition.
For the Asian teams collectively, this is the worst performance in their World Cup history.
Belgium is set to face United States. The US squad advanced despite losing 1-0 to Germany early this morning.
In other action,
Algeria has moved through to the round of 16 with a one-one draw with Russia.
Algeria is due to take on the Germans.
Although Portugal has dumped Ghana 2-1, it's not enough. They failed to qualify for the round of 16.
In other action in this next phase of the World Cup,
The Netherlands will face Mexico.
Costa Rica will meet Greece.
France takes on Nigeria and Argentina faces Switzerland
Cleveland select Andrew Wiggins as No. 1 pick in 2014 NBA Draft
In NBA news,
Canadian Andrew Wiggins has been taken with the number one pick of the 2014 NBA Draft by the Cleveland Cavaliers at Barclays Center.
"I've been dreaming of this moment from when I was a little kid, you know my dream was just to make the NBA, now going to high school and college the opportunity and possibility of going number one came into talk, now I accomplished that so it's just a crazy feeling right now I don't really know how to feel, it doesn't even feel real right now."
The selection of Wiggins, who played college ball at the University of Kansas, has made it back-to-back number one overall picks from Canada, both selected by Cleveland.
The Cavs took forward Anthony Bennett first overall last year.
This is the third No. 1 pick in the last four years for the Cavaliers.
Jabari Parker of Duke University was the second overall pick, taken by the Milwaukee Bucks.
The 19-year-old Parker, a polished offensive-minded forward who averaged 19.1 points and 8.7 rebounds as a freshman last season, is happy to join Milwaukee, which is about a 90-minute drive from his hometown of Chicago.
"Well they're (Milwaukee Bucks) a young team and I feel like I can contribute right off the bat, I feel like I'm going to be able to grow with that organization and I'm trying to be a throwback player, you know only stick with one team, and you know this might bite me in the butt years from now but right now I just want to stick with whoever's rolling with me."
Cameroon's Joel Embiid from the University of Kansas, the potential defensive ace of the draft, was taken with the third pick by the Philadelphia 76ers
The NBA took time after the 15th pick to honor former Baylor University center Isaiah Austin.
Austin's NBA career ended before he had a chance to be drafted because of a diagnosis of Marfan syndrome, a genetic condition that can cause defects of the heart and other organs.
