Sao Paulo, June 9 -- Paraguay manager Gustavo Alfaro has said that his side will approach its crucial World Cup qualifier against Brazil with the belief that a place on the sport's grandest stage is within reach.

Paraguay, which last featured at the World Cup in 2010, is third in the 10-team South American group with 24 points, two ahead of fourth-placed Brazil.

The top six teams will qualify directly for next year's showpiece in the United States, Mexico and Canada while the seventh-ranked side will earn a playoff spot.

"These are the kinds of matches in which we have everything to win and nothing to lose," Alfaro said on Sunday ahead of Tuesday's clash at Corinthians Arena in Sao Paulo.

"Brazil is always a difficult opponent but a...