The one sour note was Raphinha limping off late in the first half and getting replaced by Rayan. Brazil were good enough on the night that they didn't need a second-half push, which suits them fine with Scotland up next on June 24. Result-wise this is exactly what the group required — they're chasing Morocco on goal difference, and 3-0 is a clean step in that direction.
The plan was the same plan that frustrated Scotland — two banks of four, hit on the break, ride out the storm. It lasted about 22 minutes. Once Cunha broke the seal, the gameplan went with it, and Haiti never threatened the Alisson goal in any meaningful way. Danley Jean Jacques picked up a yellow inside the opening 4 minutes, which set the tone for how the night was going to go.
The halftime moves told the story. Frantzdy Pierrot, booked in first-half stoppage time, came off alongside Carlens Acuna in a damage-control double switch. Haiti are now 0-0-2 in Group C and mathematically still alive but practically done — the win-the-group market has them at a rounding error. The Morocco game on matchday 3 is a pride fixture at this point.
Clean sweep on the pre-match card. We had Brazil on the moneyline — landed, never in doubt. We took Brazil -2.5 on the spread and called it a coinflip on price with the motivational edge — that cashed too, with the 3-goal margin clearing the number by exactly one. And we backed the over 3.5 goals; that one hit on the nose courtesy of Vinicius beating the halftime whistle. Three for three.
The market had Brazil around 88% on Polymarket pre-kick and that looked about right — Haiti's path to anything required a low block holding for 70-plus minutes, and it cracked in 22. The group is now a two-horse race with Morocco, and the win-the-group board reflects it. Brazil-Scotland on June 24 decides seeding.
Norway1-2
Japan2-1
Scotland3-0
Haiti3-0
Morocco1-1Morocco2-4Brazil0-3Scotland0-1- DoubtfulRaphinha — Subbed off first half with apparent injury