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Teams must embrace the challenge of playing the 2014 World
Cup in a land as vast and varied as Brazil, the 1998 World Cup winner
said on Thursday.
Didier Deschamps was speaking to reporters at a pre-finals
workshop organised by soccer’s ruling body FIFA.
“It might be a problem to play in the north of Brazil where
the temperatures are very hot but it’s true that each World Cup has its own
characteristics.”
“This shouldn’t be seen as a problem but as part of the
challenge for the teams participating.”
“Brazil
is known as the land of football. I feel the excitement here in the air
already,” said Deschamps.
In June, France
will meet Group E rivals Honduras
in Porto Alegre, Switzerland
in Salvador and Ecuador
at Rio de Janeiro’s
Maracanã Stadium.
Deschamps thinks that all the expectation at the finals
would be on the host nation.
“There is no pressure on us, that’s all on Brazil because
they are the hosts,” he explained.
“The Brazilian people are expecting victory in this
tournament but for the moment the best we can do is prepare for our opening
match on June 15.”
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