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The greatest football show on earth is set to kick off at Sau Paulo’s Arena Corinthians with the match between the hosts Brazil and Croatia. Brazil have history on their side in the opening encounter as the script says the host nation has never lost the opening match of the World Cup and Brazil have never lost to Croatia in an official FIFA match as well.
The Selecao are supposed to run out comfortable winners amid a cauldron of noise at the Arena Corinthians, and set the tone for a successful tournament. But Croatia are far from guaranteed to follow the script. They may have only squeezed into the World Cup thanks to a narrow aggregate victory over minnows Iceland, but Niko Kovač’s team are more than capable of taking advantage of anyone that dares to underestimate them.
This would be the first ever World Cup match played on Brazilian soil since the debacle of the Maracanazo 64 years ago. Brazil go into the match carrying the hopes of an entire nation while Croatia would expect to cause a big upset early in the tournament, and set off their campaign with a win over the favourites.
Brazil coach Luiz Felipe Scolari is likely to start with the tried and tested 4-2-3-1 that saw Brazil storm to the Confederations Cup on home soil last summer, with the only real tactical question mark over who will partner the more defensive anchorman Luiz Gustavo in the midfield pivot. The early favourite is Paulinho, who Scolari has generally preferred since taking charge, though there’s the slight possibility Brazil’s other energetic box-to-box midfielder, Ramires, will be given the nod.
Neymar, is undoubtedly Brazil’s most important player in this tournament and he will be expected to step up. The man facing him at right-back would be the Croatian captain, Darijo Srna. Being the most-capped player in the history of Croatia, Srna comes in with loads of experience and has played the 2006 World Cup.
This may be the World Cup opener, but Croatia are still missing a key player through suspension. First-choice striker Mario Mandzukic is unavailable after turning the second leg of the playoff against Iceland into a karate match, leaving Kovac with a dilemma over who to start up top. He’ll likely opt for one of Nikica Jelavic or Eduardo, with the former a more like-for-like replacement.
Probable Starting Eleven
Brazil (4-2-3-1): Cesar; Alves, Luiz, Silva, Marcelo; Gustavo, Paulinho; Hulk, Oscar, Neymar; Fred.
Croatia (4 -2-3-1): Pletikosa; Srna, Lovren, Corluka, Pranjic; Vukojevic, Modric; Perisic, Rakitic, Kovacic; Jelavic.
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