Brazil coach Luiz Felipe Scolari has taken a dig at world No. 1 Spain a little more than four months ahead of the World Cup opener in Sao Paulo by claiming that his team is thefavorite. “I’m increasingly sure that we’re going to win the World Cup,” Big Phil said at an event on Tuesday. “I believe in my team. We need to have respect for the other contenders, butthere are teams that have won a World Cup and believe they’re the best. We have won five.” He added that home field advantage would make the Selecao even better: “We have good players, anorganized team and the fans. We’ll play every game with12 players. And that will make us even better.”