It's been a tremendous first round of fixtures in the World Cup so far, with great goals, superb fightbacks and lots of colour and atmosphere combining to deliver the tournament everyone hoped for.

Here's some of the best images from the first round of games:

Opening Ceremony

Celebrations after Brazil's third goal versus Croatia

Van Persie and Van Gaal celebrate the equalising goal in Holland's 5-1 drubbing of Spain

Pablo Armero leads the celebrations as Colombia take only four minutes to score their first goal of the tournament

Tim Cahill scores in another World Cup for Australia

Peralta celebrates scoring the winner for Mexico versus Cameroon

Daniel Sturridge gets England on level terms against Italy

Costa Rica stun Uruguay with a third goal

Drogba and Gervinho celebrate a second goal in three minutes as Cote D'Ivoire fight back to beat Japan

Pepe 'head-butts' Thomas Muller of Germany, and is then sent off

Messi Magic saves the day for Argentina

Dries Martens shows his love after scoring Belgium's winner versus Algeria

Loud and proud: Brazilian players belt out the national anthem before the Mexico game

Neymar attempts to cool down during the Mexico game

Ochoa heroics earn Mexico a point against the hosts

Photo: Action Images

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