BRAZIL 2014: Makumbusho ya Pele kivutio Santos, Brazil

Brazil star Neymar is under too much pressure to deliver the hosts with a sixth World Cup trophy, football legend Pele told the BBC. The 22-year-old Barcelona striker -- who has scored seven goals in Brazil’s nine successive friendly wins leading into the finals -- is too young to be loaded with such expectations, said Pele ahead of the hosts opening game with Croatia in Sao Paulo today.

Brazil icon Pele says he thinks Neymar has improved a great deal since he joined Barcelona and hailed the attacker as a “genius”.

>Brazil imekata rufaa juu ya adhabu ya kukosa mchezo mmoja kwa nahodha wake, Thiago Silva mwenye kadi mbili za njano, ambazo zinamaanisha atalazimika kukosa mchezo wa leo dhidi ya Ujerumani.

>Vilio, majonzi vilitawala kila ni kona ya Brazil baada ya kupokea kipigo cha mbwa mwizi cha mabao 7-1kutoka kwa Ujerumani katika nusu fainali ya kwanzajana kwenye Uwanja wa Mineirao.

Ferdinand, ambaye amestaafu kuchezea timu ya taifa, atakuwa mmoja wa wachambuzi wa michuano hiyo ya mwaka huu inayoanza wiki hii.

Licha ya kuwa Neymar ndiye mchezaji anayetajwa zaidi na kuonekana msaada mkubwa katika kikosi cha Brazil, pia uwepo wa Oscar, Thiago Silva na David Luiz unaonekana kuwa muhimu uwanjani.

>From 32, it’s down to the last 16. Here there are no second chances. It is win or bust.

Kikosi hicho, ambacho pia kinamjumuisha mshambuliaji wa zamani wa Chelsea, Samuel Eto’o, kiligoma kuondoka nchini humo juzi kutokana na tatizo la posho zao.

Brazil’s President Dilma Roussef vowed that her country is ready to host the most trouble-plagued World Cup in history from today as she confronted public anger at the multi-billion-dollar price tag.