Brazil vs. North Korea: Nil to Nil at 45th Minute

Unbelievable, the lowest seated team at the World Cup (North Korea) is playing stellar against the No. 1 seated Brazil, and Brazil is beginning to show frustration.

FIFA's No. 1-ranked team (Brazil) opens its World Cup campaign against the lowest FIFA-ranked team in South Africa, North Korea (105).  Watch the live coverage or if your web hosting won't allow you the Active X access you can follow along live at fifa.com

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30 minutes into the match and North Korea is holding its own, no one has scored yet!

Fun Facts for you:

Brazil has never been defeated at a World Cup finals by a side outside Europe or South America, keeping 13 clean sheets in 15 matches against sides from outside those two continents.

Asian teams are winless in 11 matches against South American teams in World Cup play. North Korea drew 1-1 against Chile in 1966 and South Korea drew 0-0 against Bolivia in 1994.

Brazil is 50-2-4 in its World Cup history when scoring first.