David Gallop dares to dream as World Cup draw looms "There's a romance to playing Brazil at football for any country": FFA CEO David Gallop. Football Federation Australia chief executive David Gallop believes the nation should keep dreaming about making the knockout phase of next year's World Cup, even if they land in the "group of death." The World Cup draw, which is being held in a small resort town outside of Salvador - one of the host cities for next year's global showpiece - is scheduled to take place in the early hours of Saturday morning, Sydney time. There's a romance to playing Brazil at football for any country. Though Gallop, who departs for Brazil on Wednesday, might be forgiven for hoping Australia is granted a softer draw when the balls are plucked from the decisive bowl, he wants Socceroos supporters to be embrace whatever their destiny they face in Brazil. Workers put finishing touches to the entrance to the complex in Costa do Sauipe where the Brazil 2014 FIFA World Cup final draw will take place on December 6. It's going to be exciting to find out what the challenge actually looks like. This is the start of the mission to unite all Australians behind the Socceroos, not just football fans," he told Fairfax Media. There's not much mileage about talking about groups of death when there's no such [thing as] easy groups or opponents. It's the World Cup, and over 200 countries have tried to be part of it, so we expect it to be tough. Friday [Brazilian time] will be a moment when even the least-interested people will take a glance at what's ahead for the nation. That's an exciting spark for us to use. With so many top nations not seeded, there is a distinct possibility that several groups will contain one of two or even three of the most powerful teams in world football. Somewhat remarkably, powerhouses like the Netherlands, Italy, England, Portugal and France have slipped out of the top eight places and into lower-ranked pots. France - who recently spanked Australia 6-0 in Paris - have been placed in pot three, which is otherwise occupied by African and South American nations. But with new coach Ange Postecoglou inspiring a seachange of pride, Gallop says there is now a belief the Socceroos can defy the widespread predictions of doom. "No doubt there's now an air of positivity around the camp and that is having a flow-on effect with how our fans are looking at the next six months and beyond," he said. The fact is, every game is going to be tough but we want to win them. The aspiration is to make the second round. Any win in a World Cup is a great win for football and the whole nation. We want to play with hunger and, at the end of the 90 minutes, we want our opponents to not want us to play us again. Many are already dreaming of facing up to traditional sporting enemy England or host nation Brazil, which even Gallop concedes would make for an extraordinary occasion. "There's no doubt that playing England would be enormous," he said. I also think there's a romance to playing Brazil at football for any country, including ours, particularly when they're hosting a World Cup. But there's definitely a number of teams in the top bracket that will be exciting opponents for us, all of them with their own unique style. There's some mouth-watering prospects. Postecoglou is already in Brazil to inspect the teams potential World Cup base in Vitoria, some 500 kilometres north of Rio de Janeiro. The base is primarily desired by the FFA because of its relatively central location in Brazil. "Ange is there with some other support staff and they're just making sure it's what he's after," he said. We want to give the players every opportunity by providing the facilities the coaching staff require. While the Socceroos will take a 23-man playing squad to Brazil, they will be accompanied by a 22-man support staff, all of whom will be housed in the national base.