Neymar scores two goals, including a controversial penalty, as hosts Brazil make a winning start at the 2014 Fifa World Cup.

Neymar has been elected Budweiser MAN OF THE MATCH!

Venue : Arena Corinthians Sao Paulo
Date : 12 Jun 2014 – 17:00 Local time

Line-ups Brazil 

• 12-JULIO CESAR (GK)
• 2-DANI ALVES
• 3-T SILVA (C)
• 4-DAVID LUIZ
• 6-MARCELO
• 7-HULK
• 8-PAULINHO
• 9-FRED
• 10-NEYMAR JR
• 11-OSCAR
• 17-L GUSTAVO

Line-ups Croatia

• 1-PLETIKOSA (GK)
• 2-VRSALJKO
• 4-PERIŠIĆ
• 5-CORLUKA
• 6-LOVREN
• 7-RAKITIĆ
• 9-JELAVIĆ
• 10-MODRIĆ
• 11-SRNA (C)
• 18-OLIĆ
• 20-KOVAČIĆ

Officials

Referee: Yuichi NISHIMURA (JPN)
Assistant Referee 1: Toru SAGARA (JPN)
Assistant Referee 2: Toshiyuki NAGI (JPN)
Fourth official: Alireza FAGHANI (IRN)

Marcelo auto-goal

Neymar goal

Neymar penalty

Oscar goal

“The players were fantastic. They kept calm and turned around the Opening Match of the World Cup, which is not easy. The fans deserve an even bigger hand, though. The support here in Sao Paulo was amazing. It was out of this world and people can’t imagine what it was like,”

Luiz Felipe Scolari, Brazil coach