Intro:

Brazil coach Luiz Felipe Scolari talks about their upcoming semi-final against Germany at a news conference on Monday.

Script:

SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Luiz Felipe Scolari, Brazil head coach:

"Tomorrow, Neymar that was our preference and one of the best players in the world will be not present but we have a team with more than twenty-two players that were handpicked and they know how special they are."

SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Luiz Felipe Scolari, Brazil head coach:

"We have a group with good conditions to overcome difficulties, a group to go on and maintain the leadership. Be certain that tomorrow we will play for us, for Neymar and mainly we'll go beyond the main goal that the team had from the beginning that is to get the pass to the final."

SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Thiago Silva, Brazil defender (about Neymar):

"Unfortunately Neymar was forced to pull out of the world cup because of a coward challenge. The people think that was a regular throw but it wasn't. I'm a defender and theoretically I know how to mark a player and that kind of marking doesn't exist. There is no way you use your knee through the back of a player and kick the ball in front of him, unless you are planning to cause damage. But I found that it's not a regular situation during a match."