More on the Brazil-Croatia Bullshit...

Reaction spewing forth from the opening rig-job/farce/"match" of the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, where, with help of referee Nishimura from Japan, the hosts escaped with a 3-1 "victory" over a Croatian side...

• .... who feels so screwed that a boycott of the rest of the tournament is at least being vocalized to make themselves feel better.

Vedran Corluka, Croatian defender:  "If this continues, I think no one should play against Brazil," Corluka told Yahoo Sports. "We can just give them the World Cup and everyone can go home. [Nishimura] shouldn't be allowed to referee another game."

""Everyone saw that," Corluka added when asked if Nishimura had specifically favored Brazil. "Not just the Croatia players. Every 50-50 decision goes to them. It was the opening of the World Cup and you expect something more.""

• And one of those key 50-50 decisions that went Brazil's way could've seen Neymar sent off before he scored either of the first two Brazilian goals.

Watch the last seven seconds of this 28-second clip and tell me Neymar should not have been sent off for a blow to the head.


A straight red-card for Neymar not only eliminates him from the match and puts Brazil to ten men, but suspends Neymar for the next three matches, all the way through the Round of 16 in the knockout phase.

But they wouldn't have that.  Nishimura also had no control of the players over his decisions, not willing to book numerous players (in both questionable incidents favoring Brazil) for dissent or even possibly sending off for violent conduct.