Match 1 - Group A - Brazil VS Croatia 21:00 BST including the opening ceremony

[georginho_juventusygr]

Oscar-winning goal.

[G-Man11]

Plekitosa is useless.

[Orzelek]

3-1 Oscar

Nice goal though

[martplfc1]

Nice goal Oscar, MOTM for me but my god day light robbery this!

[Rhino]

What a good, good goal by Oscar.

[Rob1981]

Can't decide which of these keepers is worse

[daylight]

Such a great first half, what a huge let down by the officials that ruined the game....

[Taz & The Devil]

Plekitosa is useless.

He should have done better with all 3 goals.

[CaptainPlanet]

That's a quality finish but goalie just so static

[Harryseaess]

Croatia completely robbed, this referee should be sent home in the morning, what a shocking performance.

[Dark Demon]

good goal by Oscar, why the hell are ITV going crazy over it though ffs?

[kpain16]

Typical Croatian keeper. Just another poor excuse for a footballer.

[Anti Spiral]

No more goals please.

[martplfc1]

Andy Townsend baffled at how a toe-y can be scored from outside the box that was a great finish!

[Animasta]

Plekitosa is useless.

it's like he doesn't shuffle enough before diving

[georginho_juventusygr]

Fred.

[crouchaldinho]

Such a great first half, what a huge let down by the officials that ruined the game....

Totally agree. This game leaves a bad taste in the mouth.

[sebs]

that's a goal that deserved to win the match, shame it was just the icing on a hollow cake rather than a stunning finish

[darren1983]

Keeper has cost Croatia more then the ref has

[Carmi88]

great goal, shame the ref ruined this game long ago

[Rhino]

good goal by Oscar, why the hell are ITV going crazy over it though ffs?

Cos it caps a great individual performance by Oscar, and helps set up the tournament nicely with a win for the hosts. Was a decent enough goal, too.

[Confused Clarity]

Tbf most refs rule that out despite nothing being wrong with it.

Agree on that.

It's something a lot of referees blow up for, but there's absolutely nothing in the Laws of the Game that say it's a foul.

Frustrating.

Just because it is given as a foul, doesn't mean it is or should be.

[ReggaeBwoy]

Yeah, take my comments back about Oscar. Has been excellent second half

Still sceptical about Neymar though.

Someone confirm to me that the Croatian keeper has 0 concentration in FM please?

[sean_oc16]

Nice goal from Oscar.

[morology]

Ref looked totally guilty when he gave that penalty, like a dog that's **** on the rug. Probably been paid.

[Chr1s Lawson]

Definite foul from Ramires before Oscar picked it up and scored!

[DJ]

Hard to express how disappointed I am with this. Finally we start, then the first match is sold all the way and the ref hardly attempts to mask it either. I'd much rather have seen a boring 0-0 than this cheatfest.

[Rhino]

Some of you conspiracy theorists need to have a word with yourselves, by the way.

[EnterUsernameHere]

Anyone else get a flashback of Ronaldo fooling Turkey's goalkeeper with an early toe-poke in 2002? Very nice goal.

Great game, shame the referee (partially) ruined it.

[martplfc1]

Did anyone see the Simpsons tonight where homer becomes a ref at the WC? This is exactly what's happened here, except the actual ref doesn't have Lisa as a moral guide

[Confused Clarity]

You do know you can't touch the goalie on the keeper area, there's a special rule for that.

You aren't allowed to unfairly impede the goalkeeper.

The emphasis is on "unfairly".

Olic, imho, wasn't unfairly impeding him.

[Harryseaess]

Give Brazil the trophy now, outrageous.

[Jeroen Thijssen]

Someone confirm to me that the Croatian keeper has 0 concentration in FM please?

0 means a randomly assigned number...

[dudge7]

****ing hell the hyperbole over the refs performance bored of this already if this is the reaction to every dodgy decision.

[aiston]

Will people be bitching this much tomorrow when bad decisions happen?

[ReggaeBwoy]

0 means a randomly assigned number...

1 then

[SpillBlood]

Foul in midfield?

I wondered that, would like to see a better view of it.

[Orzelek]

A very good game totally ruined by the idiot in black

Croatia really deserved to get a point out of this one, but it's always tough to play 11 against 12

[Cubiscus]

Definite foul from Ramires before Oscar picked it up and scored!

Yeah I noticed that too, these officials should be sent home.

[Lermon]

great game to start the tournament. Brazil surely too knackered for the next game.

[ringwoodrob]

Good game!

[BoroPhil]

Some of you conspiracy theorists need to have a word with yourselves, by the way.

because match fixing is non-existent in football?

[ReggaeBwoy]

Happy Brazil got a 3rd goal tbh because it would have been a shame to see the game end 2-1 on a debatable penalty decision.

[Jeroen Thijssen]

Will people be bitching this much tomorrow when bad decisions happen?

Nahhhh, it will just be the those dirty Dutch barstewards.

[kpain16]

I can't imagine Brazil winning this tournament if they play like this. Rather pathetic display that would be severely punished by a better team than us.

[dudge7]

because match fixing is non-existent in football?

I might just be naive but I'm going to say the world cup isn't fixed.

[crouchaldinho]

The referee from tonight's game - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuichi_Nishimura

Some interesting edits on the wiki page already!

[morology]

Some of you conspiracy theorists need to have a word with yourselves, by the way.

Yes, because there's no corruption in football.

[Confused Clarity]

Some of you conspiracy theorists need to have a word with yourselves, by the way.

Indeed.

Nothing to do with FIFA wanting to win the game at all, it's purely & simply their ridiculous decision to have referees from all over the world, many of whom simply aren't qualified to go.

Ridiculous that Clattenburg isn't there when you look at some of the jokers that got to go.

[av3ry]

Quite a good game, silly penalty decision and Croatia's goalkeeper was rubbish. He should have saved the penalty and Oscar's shot.