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Croatian defender Dejan Lovren said his team are "not scared" of Brazil ahead of the World Cup opener.

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SOUNDBITE: (English) Dejan Lovren, Croatia defender (On playing Brazil in the opening game)

"For sure it will be a difficult game because it is the opening game also and of course on the other side it's Brazil, a big team, big players, but I think we have the confidence. We are not scared and I think we will do a good game against them."

SOUNDBITE: (English) Dejan Lovren, Croatia defender (On defending the likes of Neymar, Fred and Hulk)

"Yeah of course they are big players, top strikers, but I think we are not scared, we have the confidence and we have also a good team, good players and we need to just think about our game and to play our style."