'Brazil beat the World Cup pessimists'

Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff said the country had scored a "goleada," or large victory, over pessimists who warned the World Cup would be plagued by unrest, chaos or crime.

"We beat the pessimists, the people who were predicting chaos, and the Cup is a success across Brazil," Rousseff, who is standing for reelection in October, said.

"For a long time they said there wouldn't be a Cup. There were people who said the stadiums wouldn't be ready, or the airports, others that there wouldn't be hotels, others that Brazil had infectious diseases, that there would be power cuts," she said.

"None of that happened. In fact, we're hosting the Cup of all Cups... and not just because of the number of goals scored."