BRAZIL
ven defeat in the final group game against Cameroon didn’t dampen enthusiasm around this Brazil side. A 4-1 thrashing of South Korea in the round of16 reinforced the idea that Tite’s team could turn on the style when they wanted, and a brilliant Neymar goal in the quarter-final felt like a significant moment for the star player and his nation. But it was to be their last, as the spirited, talented Croatia took the game to
