Stunning goals from Dutch captain Robin van Persie and Arjen Robben ensured an awful start to Spain's World Cup defence as the Netherlands destroyed one of the tournament favourites 5-1 in Group B on Friday.
巴西隊在世界杯揭幕戰(zhàn)中3-1戰(zhàn)勝克羅地亞隊，以下是巴西各個球員的評分。
Brazil topped Croatia 3 to 1 in World Cup opener. Below we grade Brazilian players.
西班牙兵強馬壯，非常均衡。他們防守不錯，門將很好，中場很棒
Spain have got a good squad, it’s well balanced too; they’ve got a very good defence, good goalie, good midfield players
Four years ago Spain and the Netherlands played the World Cup final in South Africa, and on Friday both teams meet again in Salvador in group stage.
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Neymar gave Brazil a winning start to its home World Cup, scoring twice to lead the host nation to a 3-1 come-from-behind victory over Croatia in the opening game on Thursday.
The World Cup is just around the corner. If you are one of those loyal football fans, you might have already started to note the game schedules and have already planned how to spend those exciting hours watching football.
A confident Croatia is ready to spoil Brazil's party in their World Cup opener and continue a long tradition of first match upsets at the tournament.
There is never a shortage of soccer prophets come World Cup time, so let's take a look.
The quadrennial FIFA World Cup is a feast of entertainment for all fans of the "beautiful game". Not only popular among ordinary people, matches are also enjoyed by world leaders.
