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Brazil national football team
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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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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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Serbia's footballer Nemanja Matic vies for the ball with Brazil's Neymar during a friendly match ahead of the upcoming Brazil 2014 FIFA World Cup, at Morumbi stadium in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on June 6, 2014
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Q Germany Germany32107
Q Switzerland Switzerland31205
3 Hungary Hungary31023
4 Scotland flag Scotland30121

Group B

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Q Spain Spain33009
Q Italy Italy31114
3 Croatia Croatia30212
4 Albania national flag Albania30121

Group C

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Q England flag England31205
Q Denmark Denmark30303
Q Slovenia Slovenia30303
4 Serbia Serbia30212

Group D

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Q Austria Austria32016
Q France France31205
Q Netherlands Netherlands31114
4 Poland Poland30121

Group E

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Q Romania Romania31114
Q Belgium Belgium31114
Q Slovakia Slovakia31114
4 Ukraine Ukraine31114

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Q Portugal Portugal32016
Q Turkey Turkey32016
Q Georgia Georgia31114
4 Czech Republic Czech Republic30121


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