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Wednesday, 14 June 2006 |
Brazil coach Carlos Alberto Parreira pays tribute to Croatia after World Cup win
Brazil coach Carlos Alberto Parreira paid tribute to Croatia after the World Cup holders gained a 1-0 triumph.
"The challenge is not only the first game," Carlos Alberto Parreira said after Kaka's first-half goal set up their win.
"In addition to the fact that the team hasn't played a lot together, we faced an adversary that was good and marking very well, with energy.
"I think the game was balanced, we had more shots on goal but we had a certain difficulty imposing our own rhythm."
And Carlos Alberto Parreira was sure that Brazil would get better in their second Group F game against Australia on Sunday in Munich.
"The performance could be better but it will improve in the next game. For us it was so important to start with a win."
Brazil captain Cafu added: "Without any doubt, the important thing is start on the right foot.
"I told the team before the game we had to go up seven steps, we went up one and now we have six to go," he said, referring to the number of matches Brazil will have to play to win a sixth World Cup.
Goal-scorer Kaka agreed with Cafu that their win was the only important factor from Tuesday night and admitted his side needed to "improve our movement, to be more creative and to mark better".
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