Germany has made it clear that there are no favorites: Casemiro

Sochi. Brazil could be the big favorite to beat Mexico and qualify for the quarter-finals of the World Cup, but midfielder Casemiro believes that the elimination of the German national team proves that that favoritism counts for nothing in football.

Brazil will face Mexico in Samara on Monday, but the Real Madrid player said the five-time world champions have nothing assured, especially after seeing the German defender finish at the bottom of his group. of you, "Casemiro told reporters at the rally in Brazil." The jersey does not win you a match, look at Germany, with all the players that they have, all that favoritism, even if it was eliminated in the first round. "

" We are calm, all our players are first class, their clubs are still favorites, so we are used to the pressure, the favoritism that everyone is talking about, we always have the respect, tranquility and humility, we must play a good fitbol to beat Mexico. "

The reasons why Brazil are favorites are the poor results of Mexico against the South American World Cup teams.In 15 different tournaments before Russia, Mexico beat a South American team only once: when he beat Ecuador 2-1 in 2002.

Another reason is the irregularity of Mexico, which gave one of the first surprises of the tournament in Germany 1- 0. He then beat South Korea 2-1, but was then beaten 3-0 by Sweden.

Whatever the fate of Mexico, he will have to overcome in the midfield a player like Casemiro, considered one of the best After playing five games with Brazil in 2011 and 2012, Casemiro left his team for a while, but since his return he has become an integral part of the Tite team, where he has been in the last 13 games

The 26 year old player had no rest before the World Cup, since he played until the last game of the European season with his club. This match was the final of the Champions League against Liverpool, but Casemiro played down concerns that he could be tired.

"I played the final of the Champions League and I won it," he said. "It was a dream, and it's a dream to play at the World Cup, I'm the happiest man in the world," he declared