2018 World Cup in Russia: Brazil - Belgium (quarter-final, Friday 06/07/2018, 20:00 CET)

With more than 20.09 million fans on social networks (Facebook, Twitter and Instagram), the Brazilian football team has over seven times as many as the Belgium team, which totals over 2.68 million fans, as the two countries prepare to face one another in the quarter-finals of the 2018 World Cup at the Kazan Arena (45,000 capacity) in Kazan (RUS), on Friday 06/07/2018 (kick-off 21:00 local time, 20:00 CET).

Neymar Jr, the most popular Brazilian player on these same social networks with 200 million fans, has seven times as many as Eden Hazard, the most popular Belgian player in this field (28.2 million fans).

In terms of the value of equipment supplier contracts (fixed amount and equipment revenue, excluding bonuses), the Brazilian Football Federation (Confederação Brasileira de Futebol, CBF) receives €23m per year (until 2018) from Nike, while that the amount paid by adidas to the Royal Belgian Football Association is €2.5m (until 2020).

In terms of World Cup trophies, Brazil dominates Belgium with five victories (1958, 1962, 1970, 1994 and 2002), versus none for the Belgians, who…