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The World Cup is firmly on the horizon, and the anticipation is building ahead of the first game of the tournament between host nation Brazil and Croatia on June 12.

Brazil are well fancied by the bookmakers, but they will face major competition for glory on home soil.

There are challengers aplenty, and in the following slides, we focus on five of the most interesting teams from a tactical standpoint.