Croatia Vs. Brazil: The Line Up.

For a first game not a bad performance on Brazil’s part but not awe-inspiring either. Brazil took the field knowing this would be its toughest test in an easy draw: Japan and Australia cannot possibly put up much of a fight, and you could sense that the Braz were holding back from unsnapping and revealing their bounties entirely. A bit disappointing for us, but if the score holds, it’s still a victory against one of Europe’s tougher teams, in Europe. The worry, of course, is Ronaqldo, whose cup size has gone from runneth over to double z, for snooz.
Pierre Uncensored http://www.pierretristam.com

Posted from  United States

Nice run there, but not the overwhelming display of power we expected from Brazil. Croatia has a strong defense, but Brazil was also short of ideas on more than one occasion. It wasn’t all Ronaldo’s fault. They have a bit of work to do if they’re to get back to their bounties–and our joys. Croatia’s offense was a nice good surprise too. Japan and Australia look like they have no chance.
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Posted from  United States

well well, we all knew it was goin to happen they suck brasil is an amazing team and i dont like brasil much but i hate croatia. viva portugal!!!!

Posted from  United States

Hey Croatia! Nice try with that extra man on the field. I kid of course, but that juvenile delinquent almost fooled the ref into thinking he was a player.

Also a nice try with those “ref whistles” from the stands. Every time Brazil got into the box in the first half, your fans made him look up to see if the game was stopped.

Interesting ploy. Did your breath run out for the second half, or were you just loaded on all the beer?

Posted from  United States

Hey Satoshi Sasaki! Please tell us more. Your brain is so super-huge, we are amazed.

How did you find out Brazil likes to warm-up against weaker teams? Must have taken long hours of fact searching and manual labor and sleepless nights.

Good going there, definitely!

Posted from  United States

Mike, try ESPN360.com

They have live feeds of the games, but only for some ISPs. Chances are though, it will work, because this includes many ISPs across the country.

Posted from  United States

Miguelinho,

The only fans I saw with whistles on there mouths were the Brazilians.

BTW the pitch invasion may have prevented a 2nd Brazilian goal but I stress MAY HAVE.

You have to agree that this was the best from the fans in the cup so far…. yes?

Posted from  Australia

Yep Brazil had the most colourful and beautiful fans in this world cup thus far but their team’s performance was dismal and Croatia must rue the fact that they do not have Daryl Suker in their midst.

Posted from  Australia

Congrats Croatia, for a good game! You deserved a draw… At least.

Posted from  Australia

Miguelinho , “Did are breath run out?” How about your only cheer is “USA” USA” very original..You will never experiance what a real crowd is…

So I wouldn’t talk yank.

As long as Croatia learn from today’s game, and play Japan and Australia with the same intensity and style as they showed against Brazil, then there are some positive things to take from this result.

A draw seemed very likely and would have been a realistic reflection of the possession and chances that both teams had.

Croatia were well organised in midfield and the defence was sound except for a few lapses that can be expected against a team like Brazil.

I was surprised that the ball was not sent down Srna’s wing more often. Babic had an excellent game, and it may be that our midfield will be our key strength in the next two games.

Croatia have an excellent chance of going through. We just have to step up and play the next two games in the same fashion that we started against Brazil.

A solid start to the World Cup for us. If a few things had gone our way, then a draw or even a win were on the cards until the last minutes.

Bring on Japan!

Niko

Posted from  New Zealand

Parreira, you to f**blind ! Ronaldo was a statue today, an useless.

Put Robinho, put me, put my grandmother in his place! Anyone !!

Posted from  Brazil

Hello My Fellow Croatians!!
I dont care what other people say..CROATIA PLAYED FREAKING AWESEOME TODAY, Im proud of the way they played. If they continue playing like this they could be the world cup champions!! YOu know why??? Because , we could of won this game…Oh boy did brazil stuggle..the lucky shot from KAKA was nice but lucky..

No wonder we beat argentina now I really belive we have a good team, I dont care if we lost today thats part of the game, but all I know is that we’re going to the next round.Im super confident..And I think it is VERY possible for us to be in the FINAL..

LETS GO CROATIA!!!!! YOU ARE THE BEST!!!

Posted from  United States

I don’t think luck had anything to do with Kaka’s goal. He is a brilliant player and took an opportunity given to him.

oioi brazil r a brilliant team if england dont win (obviously nt) then i want brazil to n if england dnt win den i gt a tenner hehe :D:D hehe

Posted from  United Kingdom

DUDE BRASIL KICKED CROATIAS ASSS OK??
IM SORY IF YALL THINK CROATIA IS SO F****N K00L BUT THEY’RE NOTTTT

OKKKKKKKKKK

Brazil

WANKER ALERT!!!!!!!!!!!WANKER ALERT!!!!!!!!!!!!WANKER ALERT!!!!!!!!!!…………………………………………

Posted from  Australia

I think HAHAHA is a writer for Sports Illustrated. I’ve seen similar reports on their World Cup page.

hey i saw the game Croatia were very well organized and a very good team and brazil was not all that i expected them to be and Mexico is my team So HAHAHA do you not remember how mexico beat Brazil last year in the confederations cup even though brazil had ronaldo Ronaldihno and all them losers….hahahahaha
MEXICO

Posted from  United States

Hey Denis talk bout ur head in the clouds,lucky shot by Kaka? that was a magnificent goal and FINAL??? Pls man don’t embarass urself. U still havn’t beaten anyone at this world cup and have to beat Japan in order to avoid the dreaded wooden spoon and a quick EXIT from this WC. Just caus u held Brazil to 1 goal doesn’t change the end result. Brazil WON!! and that was that. All it done was save u from the indignity of having to be at the bottom of the group via goal difference but if u lose to Japan, goal difference won’t save u.

Posted from  Australia

LiverpoolFC

by lucky shot I didnt really mean KAKA was lucky, I meant that he wouldn’t of had that shot if Kovac was still in game.

And by the way Liverpool, australia is not gonna go anywhere croatia is gonna beat them, and Japan, so you can, start buying your team the tickets home a little early. One lucky game against Uruguay, ONE lucky Game against JAPAN, and two games you wont have luck with, CROATIA and BRAZIL BABY..WHo cares about yur three points, thats the only points you guys are going to get..Dont thinks your so cools cuz you guys are in the world cup now.
It will just be more painfull when you guys realize your 3rd in the Group..

LETS GO CROATIA!!!!

Posted from  United States

HERE A POEM I MADE COUPLE OF DAYS AG

My Little lucky croatian poem….

Hello Croatia how are you, My name is Denis and I love you. My prayers will always be with you. My fellow Croatia and I will always belive in you. Makes us proud, and we will remeber you. Even if you lose we will still love you. Win the world cup and I will see, if I can do the same as you. You are the croatian heros who we belive in the most. Im proud to be croatian and I will always give it my most, and I will also give a toast to the croatian crew,and the people that love football and that respect you.

Red white and blue, are the color that are true, the checkers on your shirts dont lie, they makes us proud of who we are. We dont expect very much from you, we would just love to see a win or two, as long as you makes us proud I will always remeber you. Not just me, but everybody in the croatian crew. Go croatia go, never give up on us and we will never give up on you. Croatia I love you so much that I would win the world cup just for you. If you give croatia a chance we will use it wisely and we will never stop the dance, and we will also go ahead of our group and easyly advance. Football is always in our blood, and Croatian Football spirit is alwais in every croatians mood, score for us once, we will love you twice. Score for us twice, we’ll make you ice. If you win for us, we will always support you and then you can always depend on us.

FOR THE CROATIAN SOCCER TEAM AND ALL THE CROATIANS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD WHO LOVE CROATIA AND WANT THEM TO WIN…

LETS GO CROATIA..!!

Posted from  United States

LISTEN U LOSERS

God chose Simunic to be born in Australia, but Simunic thought he was smarter than God and so played for Croatia!
God ended up having the last laugh at Simunic’s expense and Simunic didn’t enjoy it one bit as we could see from his temper tantrum. Go to church Simunic and ask for forgiveness for thinking that you’re better than God…and learn to speak proper Croatian while you’re at it!
It’s time we had true blooded born-in-Croatia players, not overseas wannabes coming and taking our birthright away from us.

Posted from  Australia

hey dude im a goon i want england to win the world cup even tho it was about four months ago viva spain lol

Posted from  United Kingdom