The much expected event started on Thursday with an opening match featuring Brazil and Croatia full of controversy and flashes of great Futbol, the host country usually gets favorable looks from the referee and 2014 looks to be no exception A light bump in the small box caused the Japanese ref to blow the whistle and call a penalty, Neymar Jr scored and the Brazilians went on to win 3-1 in a much closer game than the score line indicates.
Friday was the first full day of action and Mexican fans can dream as their beloved "Tri" won a deserved 1-0 first game against a flat and uninteresting Cameroon team.
Holland took some revenge on Spain as the defending champions could not answer Hollands total football 2.0 and suffered a 5 -1 drubbing that gives the Iberians a lot to thing about.
In the third game, Australia's lone MLS start scored against an inspired Chile squad that scored 2 in the first 20 minutes and goes on to win 3-1 to setup the Chileans to make a deep run in this tournament.
The USA sees action on Sunday ! till then. lets enjoy the world party !
#gol #goal
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