Brazilian still smarting at omission from Luiz Felipe Scolari’s World Cup squad

New coach needs to impose some of his personal steeliness into a Brazil squad

The 1994 World Cup winning captain was unveiled at a press conference this afternoon

Luiz Felipe Scolari stood down in the wake of World Cup semi-final defeat

Under-20 coach Alexandre Gallo expected to take over on temporary basis

Thiago Silva guarantees hosts will treat third place play-off against the Netherlands as a final

Hard to imagine the home crowd getting behind their team against the Netherlands after semi-final humiliation

Things could get even worse for the hosts if Lionel Messi and co win on Sunday

Mary Hannigan looks at the fallout from that Brazilian defeat to Germany

Brazil’s media struggles to find right words to express the country’s historic humiliation

Neymar’s injury is neither forgotten nor forgiven but his team-mates will play for their absent friend

The 2002 final was the first time the sides had ever met in the World Cup

Fifa also rule out taking action against Colombia’s Juan Zuniga for Neymar tackle

Talisman grabs two goals as hosts set up second round clash with Chile in Belo Horizonte

Luiz Felipe Scolari defends his side and says he’s satisfied with the way they are playing

In these crowded streets you would not be surprised if bunting was sold by the kilometre. It is sensually explosive. And beyond poor

Dubious penalty one of many decisions to go against Niko Kovac’s side last night

Tom Hennigan reports from in São Paulo after opening night jitters for the hosts

Soft penalty the decisive moment as Brazil run out 3-1 winners against Croatia

Poor organisation and spiralling costs make for a rather sad backdrop to what might yet, we hope, be a tremendous tournament