Italy got the better of England, while Costa Rica stunned Uruguay and Colombia coasted to victory against Greece on Saturday.
Mario Balotelli's second-half goal secured a 2-1 win for Italy in their 2014 World Cup opener against England in Manaus.
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Uruguay's all-time leading goalscorer Luis Suarez could only sit and watch from the sidelines as a superb Costa Rica produced a shock 3-1 victory in Fortaleza.
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Colombia had no such problems with the absence of talismanic striker Radamel Falcao as they eased to a 3-0 win in their Group C clash against Greece in Belo Horizonte.
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Wilfried Bony and Gervinho scored within two minutes of each other as Ivory Coast rallied in the second half to beat Japan 2-1.
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