Brazil Kick-Starts World Cup 2014

Brazil is set to open the tournament against Croatia today as the month-long tournament sees 32 nations compete for the coveted “World Cup Champions” in the finals set to take place in Rio.

On Sunday 13th The opening match will be preceded by the grand opening ceremony in Sao Paulo which has  Brazil’s Coach Luis Felipe Scolari optimistic about Brazil’s chances of making it to the finals stating  quote: "Let me tell you the time has arrived. We are going together. This is our World Cup," 

There is certainly a lot of pressure and anticipation for the Brazilian team to keep up with world cup  opening match tradition.  In the History of the World Cup the host nation have never lost their opening World Cup  game, with the previous 20 opening games producing 14 victories and six draws for the hosts.

Brazil is definitely one of the favorites to win the World Cup for a sixth time, while Spain is looking  to defend their title and are aiming to win a fourth major tournament in a row after winning the  European Championships two years ago.  July 2014.