2014 FIFA World Cup Day 1: Brazil vs. Croatia Match Thread

The Teams

Group A

Brazil

Region: CONMEBOL

Manager: Luiz Felipe Scolari

FIFA World Ranking: 3

How They Got Here: Hosts (Automatically Qualified)

Croatia

Region: UEFA

Manager: Niko Kovac

FIFA World Ranking: 18

How They Got Here: Defeated Iceland in UEFA second round playoff.

Other Info

Lineups

Brazil XI: Cesar; D.Alves, T.Silva, D.Luiz, Marcelo; Paulinho, L.Gustavo; Hulk, Oscar, Neymar; Fred #BRAvsCRO

— ESPN FC (@ESPNFC) June 12, 2014

Croatia XI: Pletikosa; Srna, Corluka, Lovren, Vrsaijko; Brozovic, Modric; Rakitic, Perisic, Olic; Jelavic. #BRAvsCRO

— ESPN FC (@ESPNFC) June 12, 2014

Date: June 12th, 2014

Gametime: 3:00 pm central

TV: ESPN

Location: Arena Corinthians, Sao Paulo, Brazil