WORLD CUP 2014 – LIVE! [OPENING DAY]

theguardian.com ^ | June 12, 2014 | Tom Lutz and Tom Bryant

[Berlin_Freeper]

Live coverage as Brazil prepares for 2014 World Cup kick-off

[dfwgator]

I think it would be fun to keep track of which professional club has the most goals in the WC....So Barcelona now has 1 with Neymar scoring.

[goldstategop]

End of first half.

A tie.

[dfwgator]

Croatia definitely is on their heels now.

[goldstategop]

The autumn weather is perfect.

Soon it will be winter.

In the southern hemisphere, the seasons are reversed.

[dfwgator]

I was wondering why it got dark so early there.

[goldstategop]

Its autumn... the day gets longer here and its gets dark earlier there.

Quite logical, if you stop to think about it.

[dfwgator]

Yeah, it took me a few seconds to realize it....I was thinking that basically they were in the Eastern Time Zone.

[goldstategop]

Second half now under way.

[goldstategop]

Yellow card issued by referee to Croatia’s Codrulka.

[morphing libertarian]

Great Thread, thanx.

[goldstategop]

GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL!

Brazil scores on a penalty kick.

2-1.

[darkangel82]

Neymar’s penalty kick gives him 2 goals today and breaks the tie. 2-1.

[cartan]

I was out of the room when the foul happened. The TV commentator says it was no penalty.

[BookmanTheJanitor]

It wasn’t

[goldstategop]

Brazil header. Near goal miss.

[mware]

Please Lord, don’t let them have those damn horns that they used during the whole game in the last world cup.

[cartan]

Somebody put in the CD…

[goldstategop]

Yellow card issued against Brazil’s Gustavo.

[RetiredArmy]

cheap ref call.

[mware]

I just love the fans singing during the game, Swing Low, You'll never walk alone.

Those damn horns ruined the entire world cup for me. It also gave me one hell of a headache.