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Match Highlights – Brazil vs Croatia
A very enjoyable opening match which ended in a predictable way, although with a bitter taste in the mouths of those who watched. Neymar scored twice and Oscar finished as Brazil beat Croatia 3-1 despite conceding first from a Marcelo own goal, later helped by a penalty decision from Yuichi Nishimura that saved the hosts from a very complicated situation.
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World Cup – Day 1 Predictions (Brazil vs Croatia)
And so it begins – The 2014 World Cup, as the host nation, Brazil, with an enormous amount of pressure and expectations on their shoulders, begin the road to what hopefully, for them, ends with lifting the trophy for a sixth time, while Croatia, on paper the second strongest team in Group A, will try and make it yet another surprise in the history of World Cup openers.