As opening games go, last night's 3 - 1 win for Brazil over Croatia was not the worst game of football.

But the game did include one of the most controversial refereeing decisions that an opening match has witnessed at a World Cup.

Where does that unconvincing performance leave Brazil and what can we draw from the overall showing by Neymar?

We got our teeth into the curtain raiser in the latest episode of Team 33 with the help of Salvador-based Irish Daily Mail writer Joe Callaghan.

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I also caught up with my Newstalk colleague George Hook and you can hear why he wants Brazil to win the World Cup on home soil.