Brazil has an obligation to win when the country hosts its sixth World Cup, coach Luiz Felipe Scolari said in an interview with daily O Globo published Tuesday. "In Brazil, we only have one option: to win. There is no pressure. The players are calm. If anyone is better than us, we will accept (defeat). But they will have to prove that they are better than Brazil," Scolari said, according to dpa. "Felipao," who already commanded the "verdeamarela" to the World Cup title in South Korea-Japan 2002, said he feels calmer ahead of his second World Cup. "I feel very confident, because that one was my first World Cup. Our team did not have everything as well planned as now, we did not have a team with a well-defined playing style ... So I am calmer," he said. Scolari noted that the main challenge for him today is to "put a brake on the anxiety of everyone in Brazil." "Everyone is already worried about how many days there are left, about this, that and the other. We need to keep calm and quiet, only that," he said. The other fearful rival in Scolari's eyes is Croatia, who are set to play Brazil in the opening game in Sao Paulo on June 12. "If we had to play just against anxiety and not against the 11 Croats, there would be no problem," he said. -- SPA 20:39 LOCAL TIME 17:39 GMT تغريد
