Defensively, Brazil is impressive. The pairing of Thiago Silva and David Luiz is now undefeated in 17 games that Scolari has started them together. Successive generations of thrilling forward players from Brazil have tended to overshadow some of its great defenders.

巴西的防守令人印象深刻。斯科拉里排出迭戈·席尔瓦和大卫·路易斯搭档首发的17场比赛中，巴西队保持不败。巴西伟大的前锋层出不穷，容易让人忽略他们出色的防线。