Del Bosque: Brazil under great pressure

Del Bosque: Brazil under great pressure

Spain are ready for just a fiery reception in Brazil where they face an uphill struggle to defend their FIFA World Cup™, coach Vicente del Bosque said within the interview published Monday.

Del Bosque, 63, said Spain will likely be entering hostile territory in Brazil, where they lost 3-0 for the hosts from the final of last year's FIFA Confederations Cup.

"In the Confederations Cup it's correct that they whistled at us within the games," he told leading Spanish sports daily Marca inside Brazilian capital of scotland - Curitiba.

"I'm sure there was a lot of respect in that, because they saw a possible enemy for Brazil," the coach said, stressing that not in the games Brazilians had been friendly towards squad.

With Brazilian-born Atletico Madrid striker Diego Costa controversially inside Spain squad, Brazil's stadiums risk being even less welcoming than last year.

So that as Spain set up for his or her opening game Friday contrary to the Netherlands in a rematch with the 2010 World Cup final, Del Bosque said the battle of defending the Cup will probably be huge.

"Obviously it's not impossible however the normal thing could be not to ever win the entire world Cup. We need to understand the potential for the rivals we face, how the world doesn't circle round us. But our goal and dream needs to be to win it, to think inside it."