Brazil coach Luiz Felipe Scolari was pleased with the team's performance although the Selecao failed to score in front of a well-organized Mexican team here on Tuesday.

"In my opinion the team was at least 10% better than when we played Croatia. So the team is doing better and better," the 65-year-old coach said after his team were held to a scoreless draw by Mexico in their second World Cup Group A match.

"We are improving and we still have a way to go and we can play with good quality. Although we did not reach the result we expected, I was really happy with what I saw in the pitch," Scolari said.

"We have three or four very good opportunities today but they had a very good keeper," Scolari added, referring to Mexico's 28-year-old goalkeeper Guillermo Ochoa who produced a series of impressive saves in the match, including two promising opportunities from Brazil's star striker Neymar.

However, Scolari did not think the 22-year-old Barcerona player should be blamed and he also denied the claim that the whole team was relying too much on Neymar.

"Well, Neymar can not win or lose on his own. He is part of the group and in the group he has the potential which is higher sometimes than the others," Scolari said.

"He can win or lose with the group. We will keep on working so that with or without Neymar we will be able to win."

The 27-year-old Zenit St. Petersburg striker Hulk was on bench on Tuesday and Scolari revealed it was Hulk himself who decided to rest in order to avoid any injury risk.

"He could have played today and he decided to stay on the bench," Scolari said. "So we decided to start with Ramires. We will be working with Hulk this week if he feel better, and if he believes the pain he is feeling is normal for any player, because exam showed he is OK. He can be in the pitch for (Cameroon)."