A goal by Kaka shortly before halftime gave defending champions Brazil a 1-0 win over Croatia in World Cup play this afternoon. “La Verde Amarella” played well, though they did not come out “with all guns blazing” as I mentioned in an earlier post. Expect to read lots of criticism of Ronaldo in the Brazilian press who was disappointing and ineffective and was booed off the field when he was substituted for Robinho in the 65th minute. (For that matter it would be wonderful if someone could please link to articles from Brazil about the match via the comments to this post; my Portuguese is very rusty). No Latin America or Caribbean teams play on Wednesday, though four teams from the region will play on Thursday including Ecuador vs. Costa Rica.
Stay tuned tomorrow as The Latin Americanist will post on the economic and political impact of the World Cup on Latin America.
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