Intro:

Brazil's David Luiz talked on Friday (20 June) ahead of their forthcoming match against Cameroon at the team's base in Teresopolis.

Script:

SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) David Luiz, Brazil defender:

"Every team who is at the World Cup have had to prepare well. Today the level is very high. You see the previous World Champions being eliminated at the group stage. And teams that were not considered very strong have good tactics, and a strong squad so make every game very hard. You see a group like the Netherlands and Spain's; Australia were considered merely a punch bag but they almost beating the Netherlands - after the Dutch beat Spain. We know what we have to follow, we know that we can evolve, that we can grow. But we also know what we are facing."

SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) David Luiz, Brazil defender:

"It's not only the game against Mexico that will be tough. We also face Cameroon, and then others - God willing we will go all the way to the final. Every game will be like this, difficult, games were you will have to learn how to suffer, maybe, for 80 minutes and play the last ten to win a match because this is football nowadays."