A stunning late equaliser, a controversial penalty and Vinicius Jnr at his goalscoring best, the World Cup rarely disappoints on the field, and it was the same again on Sunday.

Brazil fans might take issue with the notion of disappointment given their team’s performance against Morocco, so might Switzerland’s talkative captain Granit Xhaka, but then for every cloud there is a Qatar-like silver lining.

We’re halfway through today’s action, and given everyone should be up and ready for Haiti v Scotland at 9am, and Australia against Turkey at 12pm, here’s what happened overnight.

Honours even

When is watching Brazil not like watching Brazil? Mostly when they’re being outplayed by Morocco and need a moment of magic from their star striker to preserve a remarkable record.

The five-time champions have not lost their opening game at a World Cup since 1934, and had won 17 of the 20 since then before their encounter with the North African side at MetLife Stadium.

A sluggish start put that in jeopardy, and with Morocco doing their best impression of Brazil, Brahim Diaz’s 21st-minute pass split the South American’s open like a bola surpresa, and Ismael Saibari supplied an utterly sublime finish.

Less impressive was the Gulf of Mexico-sized gap that existed between central defenders Gabriel Magalhaes and Marquinhos that Saibari ran into before lifting his first-time shot over goalkeeper Alisson Becker.

This Brazil are not a great team, but they do have great individuals and 10 minutes later, Vinicius Jnr cut in from the goal line on the left, put the ball on his right and smashed it past goalkeeper Yassine Bounou.

And that was it until deep into the 10 minutes of stoppage time when Allison stopped Neil El Aynaoui’s low strike and then reacted superbly to get a hand to the follow-up effort from Ayyoub Bouaddi.