Mike: Brazil will go nuts

have a lot more to show. They can freshen things up and hopefully Neymar (above) shows off his good side. They have lots of options and for that reason I think they’ll win it.”

On England’s march to the last-eight following Tuesday’s dramatic penalty shootout win over Colombia, he added: “I have been impressed and I think they’ll continue to get stronger. “The shootout against Colombia in the round of 16 showed what England are made of. They now face Sweden and they’ll have enough firepower to hurt the Swedes.

“Sweden are very defensive and they’ve done well to reach this stage but England are good at set pieces and they have players who are growing in confidence.”

On a potential semi-final showdown with Croatia in the Luzhniki Stadium on July 11, he said: “They haven’t been to a World Cup semi-final since 1990 but they have enough in their squad to deal with this game.” O’neill believes Uruguay, who are sweating on the fitness of PSG striker Edinson Cavani, are capable of squeezing past an “inconsistent” France side in today’s other quarter-final.