Brazil got off to a good start by beating Croatia 3-1 in their first match

The Dhaka Times Desk 11 minutes after kickoff, Sao Paulo was stunned. Croatia advance after keeping Arena Carinthia quiet. That too with the Brazilian defender Marcelo's suicide goal. But in the end nothing happened. Brazil won 3-1.

The host favorite Brazil stumbled on the mission of winning the World Cup for the sixth time. In the 11th minute of the game, Real Madrid fullback Marcelo put the ball in their own net while clearing a cross from Croatia's Ivica Olic from the edge of the box. Real forward made a record through this. The first Brazilian footballer to score a suicide goal in the World Cup.

But they did not have much time to return to equality; Neymar equalized 1-1 from Oscar's pass in the 29th minute of the game. After this, however, another attempt by Neymar failed - at the end of the first half, it remained 1-1. In the 21st minute, Neymar was shown a yellow card by the referee for illegally blocking the Croatia player.

In the second half, Brazil regained the rhythm of the game, the referee immediately awarded a penalty kick when Fred was fouled in the D box, and Neymar scored his own and the team's second goal of the World Cup 2014 from a spot kick to give Dalk a 2-1 lead. Neymar's goal made him the third Brazilian player after Pele Cafu to score two goals in the first match of the World Cup.

At the end of the game in the 89th minute, Brazil's forward Oscar went forward with the ball alone and beat two Croatian defenders and the goalkeeper to score his first and the team's third goal.

Before this, the two teams played a total of two matches. Brazil won 1 match, drew 1 match. Brazil scored 2 goals and Croatia scored 1 goal in the two meetings.

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