Brazil hysteria: Geraint Hughes blogs ahead of Brazil's showdown with Chile

I don't think I really want to contemplate Brazil losing against Chile, writes Geraint Hughes of Sky Sports News.

It's nothing to do with football and certainly nothing against Chile, who I freely admit I have a soft spot for. I'm not sure I could handle 200 million people crying!

Belo Horizonte is a lucky city for Brazil. That's the good news.

They've played 20 times in the city and only lost twice, the last time 39 years ago. The excitement in the city is just a microcosm of Brazil as a whole, but the Brazil players just walking from their hotel to their team bus brought one of the main highways in Belo Horizonte to a standstill.

The small side road that the bus came down was heaving with several thousand supporters who had stood around for hours just to get a glimpse of the players. Every player got a huge cheer, every player waved and smiled back, but the biggest cheer was reserved for? Yep, of course Neymar. He makes One D look unpopular!

The 22-year-old has the hopes of this football mad nation bearing down on him, but as he showed at the Confederations Cup last year and so far at the World Cup, with four goals (same as Lionel Messi), the pressure is a good thing... so far.

The people of Belo Horizonte are getting ready for this enormous match in so many different ways. Anxiety seems to be pretty high up there, shrines to Neymar (we're back to One D territory here) and then there's MC Fatal and the song he wrote for David Luiz, Ramirez, Fred, Neymar and Bernard as he believes they're all good dancers. I'll let you decide that one.

What it does show though is the lengths people will go to when displaying their love for Brazil. I've no idea whether MC Fatal's song is any good, but he's knocked it up in a week and the kid is about 16 or 17 and has dedicated a song he's written, recorded a CD and is performing outside the team's hotel. Good luck to him!

And good luck to Brazil too. I said earlier I was concerned about 200 million people crying, but in reality there is a serious side to a Brazil losing.

Civil unrest associated with an array of social issues and concern over the cost of the World Cup has in recent weeks not been a problem for organisers or the Government.

They will be relieved, but should Brazil be beaten by Chile, plans are in place to quell and manage any problems. The police in Belo Horizonte are certainly well trained, but even they could have a difficult time if Brazil lose and the people take to the streets once again.