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World Cup favourites Germany and Brazil endure day to forget

Reigning world champions Germany started their World Cup defence with a shock 1-0 defeat to Mexic...
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21.45 17 Jun 2018


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World Cup favourites Germany and Brazil endure day to forget

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21.45 17 Jun 2018


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Reigning world champions Germany started their World Cup defence with a shock 1-0 defeat to Mexico.

Hirving Lozano scored the only goal of the game in the second half to seal a memorable victory in Moscow against the holders.

Fellow World Cup favourites Brazil also dropped points as they drew 1-1 against Switzerland in Group E.

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Philippe Coutinho gave Brazil the lead before Steven Zuber equalised for the Swiss in the opening minutes of the second half.

Elsewhere, Serbia beat Costa Rica 1-0 thanks to Aleksandar Kolarov’s pin point free-kick.


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