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See yesterday's best photos" border="0" height="360" id="articleGalleryPhoto001" width="640"/>Goalkeeper Claudio Bravo of Chile celebrates after his team scored at the end of the match against Australia on Friday, June 13. Chile won 3-1. Today is the second day of the soccer tournament, which is being held in 12 cities across Brazil. See yesterday's best photos
Australia midfielder Mark Milligan reacts to the score.
Eugenio Mena of Chile is brought down during the game.
Chilean team fans react as they watch their team score against Australia on a giant screen showing the match at Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Australia midfielder Mark Milligan is pictured during the game.
Chile goalkeeper Claudio Bravo saves the ball.
Jorge Valdivia of Chile lies on the field after a foul.
Australian forward Tim Cahill, right, and Chilean defender Gary Medel vie for the ball.
Cahill reacts during the game.
Cahill celebrates after scoring a goal and cutting Chile's lead to one during the first half. Chile had jumped out to an early 2-0 lead.
Chilean defender Gonzalo Jara, left, clashes with Australian forward Mathew Leckie.
Jorge Valdivia celebrates after scoring a goal to give Chile a 2-0 lead. The goal came less than two minutes after Chile's first goal.
Chile's Alexis Sanchez scored the first goal in the game's 12th minute. He also assisted on Valdivia's goal.
Australia fans cheer for their team during the game.
Chile fans hold up banners before the start of the match.
Dutch fans cheer in Amsterdam, Netherlands, after watching their soccer team demolish Spain 5-1.
Spanish midfielder Andres Iniesta walks to the dressing room after the game against the Netherlands in Salvador, Brazil.
Dutch forward Arjen Robben scores the final goal in the Netherlands' victory. Robben had two goals in the match.
Robben gestures after scoring the final goal.
Dutch forward Robin van Persie celebrates after scoring against Spain. He also had two goals in the match.
Stefan de Vrij, left, deflects the ball in for the Netherlands' third goal while van Persie collides with Spanish goalkeeper Iker Casillas.
De Vrij celebrates after scoring the team's third goal.
Robben also scored the goal that gave the Netherlands a 2-1 lead. This was a rematch of the 2010 World Cup final, which Spain won in extra time.
Van Persie scored the Netherlands' first goal on a spectacular diving header in the first half.
Robben is felled by Sergio Ramos of Spain.
Spain supporters react while watching the game in Madrid.
Spanish midfielder Xabi Alonso takes a fall during the first half.
Alonso scores a penalty kick to give his team an early 1-0 lead in the first half.
Alonso holds a teammate as Spain celebrates its first goal.
Spanish defender Gerard Pique, left, chases down Robben.
Spain's David Silva, left, vies with Dutch midfielder Jonathan de Guzman.
Robben heads the ball in the first half.
Alonso, left, falls near Dutch defender Daryl Janmaat.
Pique and Robben eye a ball in the air.
Two Spain fans kiss before the match.
A Netherlands fan cheers before the match.
Oribe Peralta celebrates after scoring the only goal in Mexico's 1-0 win over Cameroon in Natal, Brazil.
From left, Cameroon players Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting, Nicolas N'Koulou and Stephane Mbia react at the end of match.
Peralta, third from left, celebrates his goal with teammates Miguel Layun, left, and Hector Herrera as Cameroon players look on in the second half.
The ball sits in the back of the net after Peralta's goal.
Choupo-Moting and three Mexican players compete for the ball.
Alex Song of Cameroon is challenged by Mexico's Jose Juan Vazquez, left, and Herrera during the first half.
Mexico's Paul Aguilar jumps near Mbia.
Mexican coach Miguel Herrera, center, speaks to referee Wilmar Roldan during the game. Two Mexican goals were disallowed in the first half after being called offside.
A fan holds a Brazilian flag during the match between Mexico and Cameroon.
Song controls the ball as Mexico's Giovani dos Santos, left, challenges him.
Roldan signals a call in the first half of the match.
Dos Santos reacts after his goal was disallowed in the first half.
Song challenges Vazquez during the first half.
Mbia jumps for a header.
Mbia challenges Mexico midfielders Herrera, left, and Vazquez.
Moreno, in green, knocks the ball away from Cameroon forward Samuel Eto'o.
A Cameroon fan blows a horn during the match.
Mexico fans endure heavy rain as they wait for the start of the match.
Rain drips off a Mexico fan's sombrero before the match.
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- After the opener Thursday, three games are played in Brazil on Friday
- Netherlands routs Spain in a rematch of the 2010 final
- Interpol official notes worries about match-fixing, illegal betting
- Pope Francis jokes he promised Brazilians he'd remain neutral
(CNN) -- After officially hosting a single guest -- Croatia, which its national team ungraciously greeted with a 3-1 drubbing -- Brazil opened its doors wide on Friday, the World Cup's first full day of competition.
That meant welcoming the last World Cup's finalists, not to mentions tens of thousands of fans in the stands and millions more tuning in on TV.
Here are a few big developments -- from both on and off the pitch -- from Friday in Brazil:
Reigning champ goes down, hard
Jean Beausejour of Chile shoots and scores the final goal during the team's 3-1 win over Australia during the World Cup on Friday, June 13. Click through the gallery to see all the goals scored so far in the soccer tournament, which is being held in 12 cities across Brazil.
Australian forward Tim Cahill heads in a first-half goal to cut Chile's lead to one. Chile had a 2-0 lead at the time.
The ball bulges the back of the net after Chile's Jorge Valdivia scored in the 14th minute of the game. The goal came within two minutes of Chile's first goal.
Chile forward Alexis Sanchez kicks the ball past two Australians to score the opening goal of the match.
Spanish goalkeeper Iker Casillas, right, reacts after Dutch forward Arjen Robben, center, scored to put the finishing touches on a 5-1 win for the Netherlands on June 13. It was Robben's second goal of the match.
Netherlands forward Robin van Persie, left, celebrates after scoring his second goal of the match to put the Dutch up 4-1.
Stefan de Vrij, right, deflects the ball in for the Netherlands' third goal while van Persie collides with Spanish goalkeeper Iker Casillas.
Robben slides on the ground after scoring his first goal. It gave the Dutch a 2-1 lead in the second half.
Van Persie scores a diving header in the first half of the match against Spain. It tied the score at 1-1.
Xabi Alonso scores on a penalty kick to give Spain an early 1-0 lead.
Oribe Peralta celebrates after scoring the only goal in Mexico's 1-0 win over Cameroon on June 13.
Brazilian midfielder Oscar, right, celebrates after scoring a late goal to give his team a 3-1 win over Croatia in the opening match of the World Cup on Thursday, June 12.
Neymar scores a penalty kick to give Brazil a 2-1 lead. It was Neymar's second goal of the match.
Croatian goalkeeper Stipe Pletikosa dives but fails to stop the ball as Neymar scores his first goal to tie the match at 1-1.
Brazil's Marcelo, second from right, accidentally deflects the ball past his own goalkeeper, Julio Cesar. It was the first goal of the tournament, and it put the host country in an early hole.
Goooal! Keeping score at the World Cup
Goooal! Keeping score at the World Cup
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Photos: Every goal from the World Cup
Spain thrashing brings agony to Madrid
Interpol investigating World Cup betting
The last time Spain and Netherlands dueled on soccer's biggest stage, in 2010 in South Africa, they went scoreless for 90 minutes of regulation, then 25 more minutes of extra time. Andres Iniesta broke the deadlock, giving Spain its first ever World Cup title.
But Friday's rematch was an oh-so different ballgame.
Things started off well for Spain in the European powers' Group B showdown in Salvador, as it jumped ahead midway through the first half on a penalty call in the box.
The Dutch notched up the score just before the break on a pretty diving header by Arsenal striker Robin van Persie.
Then the onslaught began.
Netherlands pumped in four goals within 30 minutes in the second half, crushing the reigning World Cup champs en route to a convincing 5-1 decision.
Netherlands thump Spain
Interpol eyes allegedmatch-fixing
Considering Spain's success in recent world tournaments, one might think that Friday's rout is impossible to believe.
While there's no indication of any fix in the Spain-Netherlands' matchup specifically, Interpol Secretary General Rob Noble did tell CNN's Richard Quest on Friday that members of his international investigative agency are in Brazil and other places due to serious concerns about match-fixing and illegal betting during this year's tournament.
During the interview in France, Noble said that whenever "there are organized groups engaged in illegal betting" -- as is happening in connection with the World Cup -- there are worries they might try to impact results.
"With illegal betting, there's a greater likelihood that there could be an influence on the outcome of the match or an influence on what happens on the pitch, based on a bribe or some kind of corrupt act," Noble said.
FIFA slaps Beckenbauer over corruption probe
The idea of corruption in international soccer is unfathomable, you think? Well, you might want to think again.
The latest scandal that has embarrassed the sport has to do with the awarding of the 2022 World Cup to Qatar, setting the stage for a tournament in that small, dry and scorching (if the event in summer, as it usually is) Middle Eastern nation.
So far, there's been no official finding this decision wasn't aboveboard -- though the whole process has already claimed a few high-ranking officials in Nigeria's Amos Adamu and Oceania representative Reynald Temarii.
In addition, Mohammed bin Hammam has been banned for life in connection with another bribery scandal, while FIFA Vice President Jack Warner quit after being implicated in the same case.
The latest official in the sport to be ensnared in all this is also one of its biggest names: Franz Beckenbauer.
Beckenbauer banned by FIFA
The only man to win the World Cup as a team captain and coach has been provisionally suspended from all soccer-related activity for 90 days, FIFA announced Friday. He was one of the 22 FIFA executive committee members who voted on the 2022 site.
The sport's world governing body claimed that the 68-year-old Beckenbauer failed "to cooperate" with a probe of Qatar 2022 and its bidding process "despite repeated requests for assistance" in answering questions either in person or in writing.
Last week, Beckenbauer told German media that he did not respond to the questions because they were in English and he did not understand them. FIFA said in its statement that the questions were presented in German as well as English.
Latin American teams win again
But enough of these downers. Let's get back to Latin America, where the fun has begun -- especially for teams from there.
Brazil, by virtue of its tournament-opening win, was the first to join the party. Then Mexico, out of North America, took center stage in the next contest in Natal.
The game wasn't always pretty or clean, with three controversially disallowed goals (two by Mexico, one by Cameroon). It certainly wasn't dry, with a persistent, pelting rain drenching everything in sight. But Friday's matchup was successful for El Tri, which earned a 1-0 victory to even Mexico up points-wise with Brazil in Group A.
The final contest Friday pitted Chile against Australia in the inland city of Cuiaba, which is closer to the Bolivian capital of Sucre than Rio de Janiero, Brazil.
The Chileans pounced on the Socceroos from the get-go, notching two goals within the first 14 minutes. Australia got within a goal and narrowly missed several chances to tie it up, only to give up another score late to fall by a 3-1 margin.
Tuning in, from Thailand to the Vatican
While only eight countries have taken the stage so far, that doesn't mean the rest of the world hasn't been watching.
Some 3.2 billion people watched the 2010 World Cup, according to FIFA. And while ratings aren't in yet about the current edition, the expectation is that these numbers will grow.
Brazil 2014 set to smash TV records
This despite the fact that there's a lot of other stuff going on. Not just things like work, chasing after kids or making a sandwich, but dealing with war, famine and other harsh realities that plague our world.
The people of Thailand have been dealing with the aftermath of a military coup, which followed months of unrest that destabilized the elected government and spawned outbursts of violence. The Asian nation's leaders subsequently instituted a nighttime curfew to keep things in check.
But on Friday, they lifted that curfew in more than 30 provinces and districts, including tourist havens Phuket, Pattaya and Krabi. That's a good thing for soccer fans, given that -- due to the time difference with Brazil -- games run from 11 p.m. and into the early morning, local time.
Those in Bangkok, though, still can't go out to watch games with friends and family, because the curfew there is still on.
Soccer-mad Bangkok still under curfew
One man who seems likely to catch a game or 10 lives half a world away in the Vatican. An Argentinian with Italian roots born as Jorge Bergoglio, he's today better known as Pope Francis.
The erstwhile supporter of the Buenos Aires club San Lorenzo declined, in an interview with the Spanish newspaper La Vanguardia, to say which team he'll be rooting for this World Cup.
The pontiff -- who, per the Roman Catholic faith, has big-time connections in the highest of places -- said he's promised Brazilians that he will remain neutral.
