against Joachim Low's side once again if they are to exorcise the
demons of their 7-1 World Cup defeat
Brazil Football Confederation (CBF) president Jose Maria Marin wants
to see a rematch between Brazil and Germany.
The Selecao suffered a 7-1 defeat to Joachim Low's side when the two
sides met in a World Cup semi-final this year, ending Brazil's dreams
of lifting the title on home soil for the first time.
And Marin says the time has come for Brazil to face their fears and
draw a line under what was their biggest ever World Cup defeat.
"We want to play a friendly match against Germany, so that we can
forget about what happened," he toldO Estado de Sao Paulo.
"It will be way to exorcize our demons, to turn a new page and make a
fresh start.
"There's no doubt about our performance, we were truly disappointing.
We will have another opportunity at home when we host the Olympic
Games, and our goal should be to try to make things better for our
fans, after what they endured last summer."
Brazil hope to start making up for their World Cup disappointment with
next year's Olympic Games when youth coach Alexandre Galo will lead
the U23 side in Rio as the Selecao hope to claim their first ever
football Olympic Gold.
"The team did not deliver in the World Cup," Marin continued.
"We have to be honest about that, but the Olympics may be an
opportunity to give the people something they did not get in 2014.
Eighty-two-year-old Marin will step down from his role in January and
be replaced by current vice-president Marco Polo Del Nero.
The Selecao continue theGillette Brasil Global Tournext month when
they meet Argentina in the Gillette Superclasico de las Americas in
Beijing before heading to Singapore to meet Japan.
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