'Hexacampeonato' is the word Brazil is after at this World Cup. In Portuguese, it means the sixth title. Brazil have won five.


Former Brazil ace Cafu. Pic/AFP

And people on the streets are excited about the prospects of attaining their 'hexa', just the way Real Madrid supporters were obsessed with their 'la decima' in the just concluded Champions League. Cristiano Ronaldo and his teammates did it for Real. Can Neymar & Co do it for Brazil?

Cafu, the only player to have featured in three consecutive World Cup finals, said, "This is World Cup time and Brazil have no other ambition than to win it. It's as simple as that." Yes, he was speaking in Portuguese and a local journalist offered help in interpreting what the World Cup-winning captain was saying at a function on Sunday evening.