• World Cup newsletter | Daily podcast | Get the app No other nation has the relationship with the World Cup that Brazil has. As five-time winners, they are international soccer giants and favorites of those who value everything that is great and good about the game. Whether this particular Brazil team are great or good, however, remains to be seen. Carlo Ancelotti was brought in to change the direction of a side that finished a lowly fifth in Conmebol qualifying. His success or failure will ...