With 2 from Neymar and 1 from OScar Brasil won 3 points against Croatia at the beggining of the World Cup. When the match was 1-1 the referee Nishimura gave an inexisting penalty for the brazilians.
Brazil had to win at its debut as host but Croatia's strong and compact team was not an easy opponent.
At the 10th minute things were not going very well or Brazil as the european Olic shot from the side, the ball got to the brazilian area and Marcelo trying to get it out made a goal against his team.
Nerves were passing through the crowd and more than one brazuca reminded about the 50's ghost.
But even so, Neymar the young skilled player put the team on his shoulder to turn things around. Thanks to his struggle he scored the 1-1 after a let foot kick, taking down the keeper Pletikosa.
Ont he second time it was more of the same thing, Brazil attacked but Croatia had put up a well estructured defense.
Brazil's second goal came from an inexisting penalty given by referee Nishimura, who saw Fred falling in the rival area and made the call Neymar took charge and the 2-1 was official
luiz Felipe Scolari insists Brazil did not benefit from a contentious penalty decision against Croatia despite angry post-match claims from Niko Kovac.
The Selecao fell behind after an own-goal from Marcelo after 11 minutes before two goals from Neymar, the second a hotly-debated penalty, and a late Oscar strike gave them all three points in a 3-1 win.
Croatia boss Kovac was furious at what he saw as an extremely soft penalty when Fred went down under a challenge by Dejan Lovren, but Scolari claimed he saw nothing wrong with referee Yuichi Nishimura's decision to point to the spot.
Towards the end and after several chances by the Croatians, Oscar scored the 3-1
After this result Brazil heads for Mexico this tuesday on the next match of the Group A
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