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Brazil Thursday, 12. June 2014
21:00 Clock 		Croatia
3:1
goals
0 : 1 Marcelo 11. / own goal
1 : 1 Neymar 29. / left-footed shot  (Oscar)
2 : 1 Neymar 71. / penalty  (Fred)
3 : 1 Oscar 90. / right-footed shot

12 Júlio César
2 Dani Alves
3 Thiago Silva
4 David Luiz
6 Marcelo
8 Paulinho 63'
11 Oscar
17 Luiz Gustavo yellow 88'
7 Hulk 68'
9 Fred
10 Neymar yellow 27' 88'
Substitutes
16 Ramires 88'
18 Hernanes 63'
20 Bernard 68'
1 Jefferson
22 Victor
13 Dante
14 Maxwell
15 Henrique
23 Maicon
5 Fernandinho
19 Willian
21 Jô
1 Stipe Pletikosa
2 Šime Vrsaljko
5 Vedran Ćorluka yellow 66'
6 Dejan Lovren yellow 69'
11 Darijo Srna
4 Ivan Perišić
7 Ivan Rakitić
10 Luka Modrić
20 Mateo Kovačić 61'
9 Nikica Jelavić 78'
18 Ivica Olić
Substitutes
14 Marcelo Brozović 61'
16 Ante Rebić 78'
12 Oliver Zelenika
23 Danijel Subašić
3 Danijel Pranjić
13 Gordon Schildenfeld
21 Domagoj Vida
8 Ognjen Vukojević
19 Jorge Sammir
22 Eduardo

Manager: Luiz Felipe Scolari

Manager: Niko Kovač


Arena Corinthians (São Paulo / Brazil)
62.103
Yuichi Nishimura (Japan)
Toru Sagara (Japan)
Toshiyuki Nagi (Japan)

Reports

The Japanese referee whose decisions in the opening match of the World Cup triggered a storm of controversy has shrugged off criticism of his performance....
Brazilian media on Wednesday urged their World Cup favorites to pull their socks up after a goalless draw with Mexico held up passage to the second phase....
A Brazilian teenager participating in the World Cup opening ceremony defied a ban on political messages by sneaking a banner into the stadium in his underpants, media reported Monday....
Croatia's World Cup squad have launched a World Cup media boycott in protest at the publication of photos of players swimming naked at their Praia do Forte base....
Brazil midfielder Oscar on Saturday sprang to the defence of the referee at the centre of controversy in the hosts' opening World Cup win against Croatia....
Brazil striker Fred insisted Friday that Japanese referee Yuichi Nishimura was right to give a controversial penalty in their opening World Cup win over Croatia....
Brazil coach Luiz Felipe Scolari on Friday gave the players who started in the previous day's 3-1 win against Croatia a rest from outdoor training at the Selecao's base in Teresopolis....
FIFA on Friday defended Japanese referee Yuichi Nishimura's controversial decision to award Brazil a penalty in the World Cup opening game but refused to confirm if he would officiate more games in the tournament....
Brazil's media on Friday saw Lady Luck as having had a hand in the hosts' World Cup win over Croatia with one news outlet even thanking the Japanese referee for awarding a controversial penalty....
Japanese referee Yuichi Nishimura bore the brunt of the Croatian media's anger on Friday for awarding what they termed was a non existent penalty to hosts Brazil in the World Cup opening match with Croatia which they ultimately won 3-1....