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Old June 14, 2006, 08:29 PM
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Croatia are a good team so it's unwise to underestimate them, and it's too early to say Brazil are worse, especially after Paraguay-England and Poland-Germany matches, I wasn't too surprised from Croatia's performance against Brazil.

Here's an excerpt from the BBC report of Brazil v Croatia match-

"Brazil have won their last eight World Cup matches which is a new record, breaking Italy's seven successive victories between 1934 and 1950. Brazil's last defeat dates back to 1998 when they lost the final against France (3-0). They've kept a clean sheet in their last three World Cup matches. Brazil have remained unbeaten in their World Cup opener for the 16th consecutive time, winning the last seven.

Croatia suffered their first defeat since a 2-4 loss to England on 21 June 2004, during Euro 2004, a streak of 10 matches.
Six of Croatia's 11 World Cup matches have ended with a 1-0 scoreline (two wins, four defeats)."

So I'm not surprised Croatia gave Brazil a hard time in their very first match. I hope this is only the beginning, because Australia is next
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