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Brazil national football team
World Cup | Group Stage
Jun 12, 2014 at 9pm UK
 
Croatia national football team

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Neymar (29', 71' pen.), Oscar (90+1')
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Marcelo (11' og.)

Thiago Silva expecting step up in challenge from Croatia

Thiago Silva believes that there can be no doubting the difficulty of the challenge ahead of Brazil when they take on Croatia next Thursday.

Thiago Silva has admitted that he is expecting a tough test from Croatia next Thursday after Brazil recorded victory in their final warm-up match ahead of the World Cup.

Fred's goal earned the hosts a 1-0 win over Serbia on Friday night, but Silva believes that there can be no room for complacency as they prepare for the opening game of the tournament.

"Today we had a lot difficulty in the first half and this served to show us how much more difficult it will be against Croatia," the Paris Saint-Germain defender told reporters.

"Croatia should play the same way [as Serbia]. We must be very careful, learn our lessons from this game and believe that our opening match will be very complicated."

Brazil will also meet Cameroon and Mexico in Group A.

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Q Netherlands Netherlands32107
Q Senegal flag Senegal32016
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Q United States USA31205
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Q Poland Poland31114
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4 Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia31023

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Q France France32016
Q Australia Australia32016
3 Tunisia Tunisia31114
4 Denmark Denmark30121

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Q Japan Japan32016
Q Spain Spain31114
3 Germany Germany31114
4 Costa Rica flag Costa Rica31023

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