The only time Brazil and Croatia faced each other in the world cup football had finished with the scoreline for 1-0 in favor of Brazil.
With that victory Brazil set the record to become the first team in the world cup history to win eight consecutive matches.
Kaka scored the solitary goal on the 44th minute of the match held in 2006 at Olympia Stadion, Berlin.
The whole world is waiting for the commencement of the world cup, the greatest show on earth will unveil with the opening match between Host Brazil and Balkan power house Croatia.
The best success in world cup for Croatia is reaching the semifinal of 1998 version, when their talisman striker Davor Suker became top scorer with six goals of the tournament.
Meanwhile Brazil is the most successful team in the world cup, popularly known as Selecao has won record five times in the tournament, however losing the final in the 1950, the only occasion they hosted the tournament before 2014 has been the greatest tragedy for this crazy footballing nation, hence they are desperate to quench their thirst of victory and efface the horrific trauma they have been carrying for over 6 decades.
However, Real Madrid and Croatian star Luka Modric could numb the huge crowd of Arena Corinthians of Sao Paolo, the venue of the opening match,
Modric and his team mates could take their inspiration from history as world cup openers are often known for unexpected results, notably the win for Cameroon against defending champion Argentina on 1990, and Senegal shocking France on 2002 on the opening matches of world cup.
The whole world is keen to see whether Neymar and his team mates can fulfill the humongous pressure and repeat the success of his predecessors.
