Brazil
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3 – 1
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Croatia
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Neymar has proved his worth hanging hopes for him and led
the Brazilian team to a strong start by beating his Croatian counterpart 3-1 in
the confrontation, which embraced the stadium "Arena Corinthians,"
the city of Sao Paulo, in the first round of group matches of the World Cup in
Brazil.
Friendly fire awarded the progress of Croatia, after Brazilian
Marcelo scoring own goal (11 m), but the golden boy Neymar scored the equalizer
(d 29) and provides for Brazil from the penalty shot (71 m), while Oscar scored
the third goal (90 +1 m), and by this result the samba team leads group with
three points.
Neymar proved that he will compete strongly for the title of
top scorer and best player after scoring two goals... and had the ball for most
of the match, but the samba attackers ran into a fortified defense of Croatia,
which relied on the counter-attack and played a big role individual skill in
resolving things.
The roar of Brazilian fans did not prevent Croatia stars of defensive
and offensive sparkle, in the first minutes of the meeting, although the
acquisition by Brazil, but the players have not managed to penetrate the
defenses of the Croatian strongholds, where guests adopted on defense and
counter-attack, and one of them specifically in the 11th minute and the ball was
passed to Iviza Olic to the left side,
sent a cross to Jelavic who failed to direct it , and collided with Brazil
defender Marcelo foot, to inhabit goalkeeper Cesar announcing the first goal
for Croatia.
Concern of opening surprises made Seleção Stars rushing to
the attack, opportunities rolled where goalkeeper Pletikosa addressed Oscar’s shot
gracefully... After receiving a warning for roughness first samba star Neymar announced
for his presence in the 29th minute, a shot with his left foot from outside the
penalty area hit the post left of the goalkeeper to enter in the net announcing
the equalizer for Brazil, and Brazil star tried to promote the goal, but the
half ended with one goal of each team.
The beginning of the
second half did not differ from its predecessor, Croatia offering for an attack
in the quarter hour of the first half amid attempts to Brazil, and time passed
without the gravity of the fact that the two nets, and Neymar tried to take
advantage of his individual skill, but he faced strong defense.
Japanese referee Nishimura Saved samba Stars by calculating
a penalty after blocking Fred and protested by players Croatia, Neymar shot in
71 minutes announcing the second goal for Brazil, and Star sambas achieve tried
to score more goals and Oscar could to score the third goal in the minute(90
+1), ending the game with three goals against a goal.