2022 World Cup/Round of 16: head-to-head, Brazil - South Korea, Monday 05/12/2022 (20:00 CET)

With a squad estimated to be worth €1.140bn according to the website Transfermarkt (as of 05/12/2022), Brazil's players are valued at 6.9 times those of South Korea (€165m), as the two nations prepare to face each other on Monday 05/12/2022, in the Round of 16 of the 2022 World Cup at Stadium 974 (Ras Abu Aboud Stadium) in Doha, Qatar (kick-off at 20:00 CET).

On social media (Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and Twitter, as of 01/12/2022), the South American team is the most followed of the 32 teams participating in the competition, with 32.6 million followers, 20.3 times more than their Asian rivals, who are in 17^th place, with nearly 1.6 million followers.

The "Seleção", leaders in the FIFA rankings, are five-time winners of the event (1958, 1962, 1970, 1994 and 2002) and are 27 places ahead of the "Tigers of Asia" in 28^th, whose best performance in a World Cup dates back to a semi-final in 2002.

Brazil's dominance is also reflected in the value of the team's equipment supplier with Nike, which pays the CBF €57.2m per year, while the Korea Football Association (KFA) receives €15.5m from…