Pele believes Neymar, who missed Brazil's 7-1 traumatic defeat to Germany four years ago on home soil due to injury, will see this year's World Cup in Russian Federation as a second opportunity for him to lift the trophy for the Seleção. "I think our coach, Tite, has had little time to set up the team".
The Selecao played all three of their World Cup 1966 group games at neighbouring Goodison Park, which was also the venue for their 1995 clash with Japan in the Umbro Cup. This World Cup, the teams are very even.
Tite will confirm his final 23-man squad for World Cup 2018 on May 14, one week before the group will assemble at the Granja Comary training complex to begin preparations for the tournament.
Billy Hogan, managing director and chief commercial officer of Liverpool Football Club, said: "We are delighted to welcome two world-class teams to Anfield".
Anthony Bloch, director of events at Pitch International, said: "We are delighted, in cooperation with CBF and in partnership with Liverpool FC, to be bringing the Brazil and Croatia national teams to Anfield on June 3 and give the football fans in the north west an opportunity to experience some World Cup fever". "But football is a box of surprises and it's hard to say".
"Then you have some surprises". Then you have two or three great teams who didn't qualify.
"I played four World Cups. As I mentioned, football is always a box of surprises".
"My father was a football player too and when my father came to my house after work, he said "listen, you have been selected for the national team of Brazil". This will be a short time for them. He said "no, no, no, it's not a joke, it's true".
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