World Cup 2014: Brazil Was a Good Host Despite Its Team's Collapse

``Brazil's performance as host, however, brought words of encouragement from Olympic officials about the staging of the Rio Games in two years, even if preparations will very likely be completed at the last minute, as they were for the World Cup. "I think that the world has seen the organizational skills of Brazil in this World Cup," Thomas Bach, president of the International Olympic Committee, told reporters. "Many were surprised, but you could see how well this went."''