Former Brazil legend Ronaldo has tipped the Selecao to become victors of the 2014 World Cup ahead of the current holders Spain.
Brazil performed superbly during the Confederation Cup early this year with an emphatic 3-0 drubbing of Spain in the final and Ronaldo backs the Selecao to do the same at home next year.
“It’s not the same as the World Cup, but the team showed their potential at the Confederations Cup, “the former Brazil star said on the official FIFA Website.
“With time to train, Brazil improved a great deal. It really gave Brazilians hope that we might win the World Cup at home. We’ve got a great chance.
“Spain and Germany are candidates, but the Selecao have shown how strong they are, and we’ll be playing at home. I’d say that the favourites are Brazil, Germany and Spain in that order.”
Asked whether he feels any heat about the prospect of being overtaken as the World Cup all-time top scorer by Germany frontman Miroslav Klose, Ronaldo said he was not threatened by that.
“I believe that records are there to be broken. It doesn’t worry me. Someone is bound to break the record one day. I made my name scoring lots of goals, and that will never be forgotten.
“My personal history and my 15 World Cup goals will never be erased. If he scores more than me, I will congratulate him, and of course I admire him. But he’ll never take away my goals or my History,” said Ronaldo.
Ronaldo bagged 15 goals and Klose is 1 goal adrift him ahead of next summer’s tournament.
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