Brazil will win, but how?

Ask any Brazilian about the football team's prospect in any World Cup. From a carpenter to the prime minster and from a thug to the cop, the answer will be almost identical:
"We would love to see Argentina in the final."     

Geez! Deep inside their minds, they believe the Brazil team, weak or strong, is meant to be in the final. Such is the power in their belief that every Brazilians' desire to play against their arch-rivals Argentina seems only natural. Interestingly, the person who gets this answer never finds it offensive. The perception stays the same since the beginning of first World Cup in 1930.

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The angry demonstrations, which beset Brazil throughout the run-up to the finals for spending too much on World Cup infrastructure instead of people's welfare, are now history. Brazilians are ready to jive with the Seleçãos, the maestros of their traditionally beautiful game.   

The five-time champions take on Croatia at the Sao Paolo in the opening match of the 32-team fiesta. Ranked 18th in the world, Croatia are capable of pulling up surprises and reminding all the old wisdom once more that there are no easy games in a World Cup. The opening game is always crucial and important. But none of the host nation is losing sleep over it.
The Brazilian psyche works differently. Mind doesn't fidget over win, loss or a draw.

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They are only interested to see what kind of game the Seleçãos will play. Winning has never been enough for a Brazilian. They only crave for strokes of beauty on the greens. Nothing short of dazzling display of the dancing Seleção game makes them happy. Expectation is very explicit!

Brazil has no short supply in its trust for the man they lovingly call Big Phill. They are almost sure that coach Luiz Felipe Scholari, who brought the fifth World Cup, will help them win the 'hexacampeonato', the sixth one. The only uncertainty in their rather innocent hope whether other countries in the race would allow Argentina to reach the final and face Brazil on July 14 in Rio de Janeiro!   

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Situation is however completely different in Bangladesh. Like politics and many other issues, Bangladesh is mostly divided into two groups--Brazil and Argentina-- over the World Cup. Bangladeshi fans of Brazil are set to lose their night's sleep and stay awake with their eyes wide shut till 4 in the morning. A win for Brazil can be heard in the morning air filled with their raucous cheers. And their opponents in the Argentine camp will also lose their sleep but, of course, for a different reason!
How the match will progress will depend on what happens at the beginning of the match. If Brazil strikes early, it's going to be a goal-glut for the hosts. And if Croats can fend off early strikes, Brazil, as records say, will most likely to lose its tracks.
My money is on Brazil, with the score likely to be 3-1. Where does your money go?