While qualifying for the World Cup is already a success for finals debutant Trinidad and Tobago and the Australian Socceroos, who will make their second tournament appearance in Germany, devoted soccer fans in Rio, Amsterdam, Prague, Buenos Aires and Paris will be expecting much more from their national teams. Brazil still tops Brazil have raised the cup more often than any other nation Five-time champions and two-time runners up, Brazil, on paper, is still the team the world wants to beat. The last time the Brazilians had such an easy time of qualifying was for the 1990 Italian finals. After a shaky qualifying start, the defending champions stormed through their final qualifying matches with a limitless supply of offensive talent and solid defense. Bookmakers list Brazil as 11-4 favorites, and it will be hard for anyone to accuse Ricardo Teixeira, president of the Brazilian Soccer Federation, of nationalistic pride in stating that his country is currently the world’s best team. “There’s no denying it — Brazil are favorites to win the cup,” he said. “Playing in the qualifiers (the first time the FIFA World Cup holders have had to do this) forced the team to train hard, and we have…