Who is superior in the big car duel?

On the court, Yann Sommer (33) is one of the best in his field and stunned Switzerland with spectacular saves to reach the quarter-finals of the 2021 European Championship. The Gladbach goalkeeper is as timid off the field as his support in the penalty area is great. While most of his colleagues make a name for themselves with their powerful cars, Sommer is a quiet connoisseur. Summer loves vintage cars. But there are hardly any photos of him and his dark blue Mercedes SL 280, nicknamed Pagoda. The national team star, a VW brand ambassador, has been driving the all-electric ID.4 GTX with a clean slate for the past two years.

The situation is different with Alisson Becker (30), Sommer’s counterpart in the Seleção box. Liverpool’s 2019 No. 1 and world goalkeeper is an absolute superstar between posts and also loves to make a big impact on the street. Becker’s car collection includes SUVs from various brands such as the Audi SQ7, especially the Range Rover as a luxury autobiography, the Mercedes GLS and the strongly powered Mercedes-AMG G 63.

Sommer, with his understatement on automotive, remains tied in the car duel for Switzerland for now.

Intermediate result: Switzerland – Brazil 0:0

At Borussia Dortmund, Manuel Akanji (27) has become one of the best defenders in the Bundesliga in the last five years. With his move to England’s top club Manchester City in the summer, he’s now become a European defensive superstar, and even ManCity coach Pep Guardiola (51), who otherwise avoids flattery, is praising it. Akanji is also a car specialist: although he signed a contract with FC Basel in 2015, he completed his apprenticeship in the office of a car garage. You can see that Akanji is a total car enthusiast: he made headlines in May on his way to training camp in Bad Ragaz SG in the luxury convertible Bentley Continental GTC. Dreamship up to 635 hp costs: well over 200,000 francs.

Center defender Marquinhos (28) has been playing for France’s top club Paris St. Germain and brought numerous national championships and trophies to the capital. Marquinhos also won the Copa America with the Brazilian national team in 2019. As enthusiastic as the superstar may be on the pitch, his enthusiasm for cars is limited. He bought a Ferrari 458 Italia to celebrate his transition to PSG in 2013. “But honestly, I don’t like driving at all – it bores me!” Marquinhos told French magazine “So Foot”. said. That’s why he prefers to go to training by taxi instead of taking a Ferrari.

Thanks to car enthusiast Manuel Akanji, Switzerland took the lead in the car duel against Brazil!

Intermediate result: Switzerland – Brazil 1:0

Our car duel shifts to midfield where Arsenal superstar Granit Xhaka (30) sets the pace for the Swiss side. The native of Basel has simply not matured to become a true leader on the field. He also likes to live his life in the fast lane on the road. For a long time, the captain of the national team drove the Audi R8 sports car. He then switched to a no less powerful Porsche Cayenne Turbo S. The datasheet has more than 500 hp in both vehicles! Granite shares his love of cars with his brother Taulant, 31, who brought him to the national team meeting in his yellow Lamborghini Urus. The Rubik’s Cube is the same car that Xherdan Shaqiri (31) regularly drives to training camps.

Xhaka’s rival Casemiro (30) has also been making his money with Manchester United in the English Premier League since this summer. Prior to that, he spent almost a decade with short breaks at Real Madrid, where he won the Champions League five times and the Spanish title three times. For a long time, the midfielder from São Paulo had his eyes only on cars from Germany: A7, RS7, SQ7 or Q8 – the main thing was that the four-ring logo was embroidered on the front. As soon as he arrived on the island, Casemiro adapted to British traditions and arrived at the first ManUnited training session in the thick Bentley Continental GTC.

The two midfield stars are not only at eye level on the field, but also when it comes to car preferences. Remains under the tight Swiss lead!

Intermediate result: Switzerland – Brazil 1:0

Oh Embo! The 25-year-old Breel Embolo is a favorite of Swiss fans who even dedicated their own anthem to him for the 2016 European Championships. In the first group match against Cameroon, the Monaco striker strikes again, guaranteeing the national team’s first win at the 2022 World Cup! The attacker also enjoys a stormy departure from the football field, where he already has an impressive collection of cars: Embolo not only bought a luxury-equipped Mercedes van at his former club, Borussia Mönchengladbach, but also a bright orange AMG GT 4-door. . The off-road bolide G 63 AMG was added later. As if that wasn’t enough, the national team star is said to have purchased a specially decorated Lamborghini Urus from German refiner Keyvany last year.

Perhaps the most dazzling figure in the Brazilian storm is Neymar (30), who moved from Barcelona to Paris Saint-Germain in 2017 for a record transfer fee of 222 million euros. Dazzling – a good keyword for the striker’s car collection. Among Ferrari, Lamborghini, Koenigseggs and other high-end super sports cars is said to be the Maserati MC12. The most powerful (632 hp) and fastest (345 km/h top speed) Maserati of all time was built only 25 times in the Corse road version. Its value is estimated at millions of francs.

Breel Embolo is already following in the footsteps of the big stars in the industry with its automobile collection. But Nati striker can’t come close to superstar Neymar (yet) in terms of automotive. In the end, Switzerland and Brazil split in a fair draw in a car duel.

Final score: Switzerland 1-1 Brazil