Fifa World Cup 2014 Brazil Column

Brazil got off to a winning start to its Hexa Mission for the World Cup. Score in the inaugural match of the 2014 World Cup will read: Brazil 3 - Croatia 1. It's one of the best score in an opening match.

12 June 2014, 18:01 PM

O is ready to roll

Too near, yet too far. Lionel Messi came so close to what was required to surpass Diego Maradona, the football god of his country. But the World Cup, tragically for the Albiceleste, remains elusive for a player considered one of the greatest of all time.

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Fifa World Cup 2014 Brazil Column

Messi remains Club King / Messi remains Club King

Messi to win against the machine / Messi to win against the machine

Goodbye, Big Phil / Goodbye, Big Phil

Fifa gains in game of losers / Fifa gains in game of losers

Fatigue fails the Dutch penalty plot / Fatigue fails the Dutch penalty plot

Shock bigger than Maracanazo / Shock bigger than Maracanazo

Will Big Phil's Plan B work? / Will Big Phil's Plan B work?

Expect an unspectacular Brazil / Expect an unspectacular Brazil

The Dutch bury penalty ghost / The Dutch bury penalty ghost

Scolari needs Plan B now / Scolari needs Plan B now

Match won, not the hearts

O is ready to roll