<p class="title">Brazil star Willian says he is looking forward to coming out on top when he faces his club colleague Eden Hazard in the World Cup quarterfinal between Brazil and Belgium.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The teams meet in Kazan on Friday evening with Brazil the favourites, despite the quality in a Belgian side captained by Hazard, who plays with Willian at Chelsea.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"He is a very humble player and I like being with him on a daily basis at club level. But now it is time for each of us to defend our corner and I hope to come out on top," Willian said at Brazil's training base in Sochi on Wednesday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"He is one of the best players in the world, but now I am on a different side and I want to do everything to win. I know we will remain friends after," added the 29-year-old, who will also be facing Chelsea goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Willian is expected to keep his place in coach Tite's starting line-up for the game after producing his best performance at the World Cup so far in Monday's 2-0 victory against Mexico.</p>.<p class="bodytext">It was a performance which suggested the five-time winners of the trophy were comfortable with their tag as favourites, having recorded three straight wins since an opening 1-1 draw against Switzerland.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"The team has evolved since the first game," Willian added. "There was nervousness in that first match, a more complicated start against Switzerland, and we have grown step by step. I think we are at the same level as in the qualifiers."</p>.<p class="bodytext">He added that Neymar is getting better by the game, but the same can be said of Willian himself, who is one of the few survivors from the 2014 squad.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I am more mature and have more experience than at the last World Cup, and the team is more consistent," insisted Willian, who appeared from the bench in the 7-1 semifinal humiliation against Germany in 2014.</p>.<p class="bodytext">With Marcelo and Douglas Costa having shaken off injuries, it is the first time in this World Cup that Tite has had his whole squad fit.</p>.<p class="bodytext">However, Real Madrid midfielder Casemiro will miss the match due to suspension, with Fernandinho expected to replace him.</p>
<p class="title">Brazil star Willian says he is looking forward to coming out on top when he faces his club colleague Eden Hazard in the World Cup quarterfinal between Brazil and Belgium.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The teams meet in Kazan on Friday evening with Brazil the favourites, despite the quality in a Belgian side captained by Hazard, who plays with Willian at Chelsea.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"He is a very humble player and I like being with him on a daily basis at club level. But now it is time for each of us to defend our corner and I hope to come out on top," Willian said at Brazil's training base in Sochi on Wednesday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"He is one of the best players in the world, but now I am on a different side and I want to do everything to win. I know we will remain friends after," added the 29-year-old, who will also be facing Chelsea goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Willian is expected to keep his place in coach Tite's starting line-up for the game after producing his best performance at the World Cup so far in Monday's 2-0 victory against Mexico.</p>.<p class="bodytext">It was a performance which suggested the five-time winners of the trophy were comfortable with their tag as favourites, having recorded three straight wins since an opening 1-1 draw against Switzerland.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"The team has evolved since the first game," Willian added. "There was nervousness in that first match, a more complicated start against Switzerland, and we have grown step by step. I think we are at the same level as in the qualifiers."</p>.<p class="bodytext">He added that Neymar is getting better by the game, but the same can be said of Willian himself, who is one of the few survivors from the 2014 squad.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I am more mature and have more experience than at the last World Cup, and the team is more consistent," insisted Willian, who appeared from the bench in the 7-1 semifinal humiliation against Germany in 2014.</p>.<p class="bodytext">With Marcelo and Douglas Costa having shaken off injuries, it is the first time in this World Cup that Tite has had his whole squad fit.</p>.<p class="bodytext">However, Real Madrid midfielder Casemiro will miss the match due to suspension, with Fernandinho expected to replace him.</p>