The World Cup is live and Brazil is playing against Croatia in the opening match and here is a live blog and updated score for the game as Group A starts things off ahead of a full schedule on Friday and now the tournament is getting going from Sao Paulo at the Arena Corinthians.

Brazil comes in as one of the favorites and the team is looking very strong and they never lose at home and now they are matching up with Croatia. Brazil is the favorite in the group, but Croatia has a number of solid players and they are not a team to overlook, especially with Luka Modric and they are in a very tough situation. Brazil comes in looking to win and they now are down 1-0 in the opening minutes after an own goal from Marcelo and they have started to attack with Oscar and Neymar.

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Brazil has a tough road and they should make it through and they host the games for the first time since 1950 and they have won the tournament five times and now are looking to avoid their first opening loss since 1934. The announcers mentioned that Brazil did not look as intense in training the day before and during the day of the game and that may have been a factor. The team is working on starting with a win and they have Mexico and Cameroon as the other teams in their grouping.

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