PETALING JAYA: With five World Cup wins, Brazil still stands as the most successful footballing nation. Adding a sixth this year will only reconfirm that.

And former Brazil and Arsenal midfielder Gilberto Silva, who was in Kuala Lumpur yesterday as part of the FIFA World Cup Trophy Tour, has many reasons to be hopeful that the Selecao can lift the coveted trophy at the 23rd edition of the World Cup taking place in the United States, Mexico and Canada in June.