12/06/2014 Newsround

It seems like Brazil is ready. Everywhere you look there are flags

draped outside peoples windows. People are honking their horns down

the road close to the beach. It has not always been this easy in the

build-up to the World Cup, as I have been finding out.

They call Brazil the spiritual home of football. Although the game did

not originate here, for these kids, there is no doubt the country is fit

and ready for football 's greatest stage. I will remember it forever

because it is the first World Cup I can be a part of. It is an

opportunity for ten to 12-year-olds to watch the game in our country.

There are streets like this everywhere. Flags draped outside

peoples windowsills. Entire neighbourhoods decorated in the

colours of Brazil. Looking around, it seems people are excited about

the World Cup. Streets like this do not tell the full story. Last

summer, more than a million people took to the streets to protest about

the amounts of public money being spent on the tournament by the

Government. It was the biggest demonstration in Brazil for 30

years. This man was one of them. The problem is not the World Cup but the

way it is organised, the way it is structured. The whole money that was

put into the stadiums and everything, could have been invested

in education or health. We have a lot of problems we could solve with

this money. We are going to return to the streets and with other

movements, we want to see a change. Last summer saw some of the biggest

protests here in Rio for some time. While there is some genuine

excitement about the competition, now the tournament has arrived, all

eyes will be waiting to see how the rest of Brazil reacts to having the

World Cup on home soil. We are still hanging out with Simon from Radio 1.

Simon, do you think, once the book. , the protests will die down? Yellow

matter it depends how Brazil gets on. -- it depends. If Brazil can win

against Croatia tonight, the happiness will overtake that. If

they do not, tensions could again rise. There are lots of riot police

about. It depends on how Brazil perform. There are still those who

will want the protests to continue. Brazil is a nation that not only

wants to win but they expect to win this World Cup. You can see why they

have won it five times before. We have two excited Brazilian fans in

joining us. I am so excited. You are excited. You are both in your

Brazilian tops. When Brazil take on Croatia, who do you think will win?

Brazil. Brazil two, Croatia one. I think Brazil three and Croatia one.

Who from the Brazilian team should we be looking out for? Neymar.

Here's fast and a great dribbler. That is all from us here at Rio for

now. We want to remind you why the Brazilians are so brilliant and

remind everyone Brazilians are so brilliant and

remind why most people believe this is the team that will pick up the

World Cup for a record sixth time. Goodbye.

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