Brazilians cry and curse at World Cup humiliation

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Brazilians cry and curse at World Cup humiliation

AFP PHOTO / VANDERLEI ALMEIDA

Brazilians cried, cursed their president and covered their faces in shame after their beloved football team's humiliating 7-1 thrashing by Germany in the World Cup semi-finals Tuesday.

After the fifth goal, well before half-time, hundreds of people left their expensive seats at the stadium in the southeastern city of Belo Horizonte.

A section of the crowd chanted obscenities against the players and President Dilma Rousseff, who during the cup had mostly enjoyed a reprieve from protests over the record $11 billion spent to host the tournament.

The tears began well before the final whistle, with the third German goal in the first half causing children and adults to start bawling in the stadium and in public screenings across the continent-sized nation.

As people streamed out, police reinforced security inside and around the stadium, but no incidents were reported there.

Others around the country shouted at their televisions and abandoned public screenings as the Selecao suffered the biggest defeat of its 100-year history.

"Neymar must be vomiting at home watching this disaster. The horror," said Marina Genova, 54, watching at a popular bar district in Sao Paulo, referring to Brazil's injured star.

Amid the deluge of goals, a downpour only added to the already gloomy mood of thousands of fans in Brazil's canary-yellow jersey at the official "Fan Fest" on Rio de Janeiro's Copacabana beach.

Two dozen fans scuffled, forcing police to intervene.

In Sao Paulo, several buses were torched in a parking lot but police could not confirm whether the attack was linked to the defeat.

Brazilians were already concerned about the team's chances after Neymar broke a vertebra in the quarter-final victory over Colombia.

But they never thought it would be this bad.

"This is a terrible match and Brazil without Neymar are terrible. I hate this match. It's embarrassing to lose like this," said Beth Araujo, 24, a biology student.

"The only good thing is I think it will affect President Dilma in the election. But all our politicians are even worse than the team," she said.

Rousseff said she was "very sad" and "sorry" about the result.

- 'Shame of Shames' -

Brazil had hoped to exorcise the ghost of its defeat to Uruguay in the 1950 World Cup final in Rio de Janeiro, a national trauma dubbed the "Maracanazo" because it was played in the Maracana Stadium.

This time, TV commentators were talking of the "Mineirazo," after the Mineirao Stadium, with the sports website globoesporte.com calling the defeat the "Shame of Shames."

But Jessica Santos, a 23-year-old photo student, was taking the massacre in stride.

"The cup is back in Brazil for the first time in 64 years so of course we'll cheer until the end," she said. "If Brazil wins, we party, if Brazil loses, we still party. It would have been worse to lose to Argentina in the final."

Others turned to social media jokes to ease the pain, posting pictures of Rio's iconic Christ the Redeemer statue covering its face in shame -- or even replaced by German Chancellor Angela Merkel.

- It's a disaster -

The insults against Rousseff, who is seeking re-election in October, showed that tensions remain following massive demonstrations that rocked the country last year when Brazilians demanded better health care and education.

Some Brazilians have voiced concerns that Brazil's failure to win the World Cup could spark more protests and clashes.

"It's a disaster. It will be chaos. People will break everything. They're going to be furious," said Karina Marques, a 17-year-old footballer who watched the game at a street screening in Rio attended by 30,000 people.

At a squatter camp of homes made of wooden planks outside Brasilia, people turned off their televisions in disgust before the end.

In tears, Maria Jose Costa Almeida, 35, asked: "Why spend so much on stadiums, bring the cup to Brazil, to win nothing?"

-- (c) Copyright AFP 2014-07-09

[neverdie]

Why do they get so worked up about it. Its sport. sometimes you win, sometimes you lose.

What part of that do these losers fail to understand.

douchebags.

[bigbamboo]

I guess now they know how United fans felt when they were totally humiliated on their own patch by City!

And how ironic the Germans were playing in Flamengo shirts too.

[Hawkup2000]

Why do they get so worked up about it. Its sport. sometimes you win, sometimes you lose.

What part of that do these losers fail to understand.

douchebags.

Because the media in Brazil have been going on for years about Brazil's superiority in football and the goldmedal in the tournament.

When it comes to reporting football Brazil media is almost as unbiased as political media in North Korea.

[lostmebike]

Why do they get so worked up about it. Its sport. sometimes you win, sometimes you lose.

What part of that do these losers fail to understand.

douchebags.

Because the media in Brazil have been going on for years about Brazil's superiority in football and the goldmedal in the tournament.

When it comes to reporting football Brazil media is almost as unbiased as political media in North Korea.

Think a little 'som nom na' goes out to some Brazilian fans for their arrogance and complacency.

Many had their countries name on the cup long before it started.

[neverdie]

Why do they get so worked up about it. Its sport. sometimes you win, sometimes you lose.

What part of that do these losers fail to understand.

douchebags.

Because the media in Brazil have been going on for years about Brazil's superiority in football and the goldmedal in the tournament.

When it comes to reporting football Brazil media is almost as unbiased as political media in North Korea.

So douchebagism is a national thing. fair enuf. thanks for explaining.

[tw25rw]

Schadenfreude is a wonderful thing.

[Hawkup2000]

Why do they get so worked up about it. Its sport. sometimes you win, sometimes you lose.

What part of that do these losers fail to understand.

douchebags.

Because the media in Brazil have been going on for years about Brazil's superiority in football and the goldmedal in the tournament.

When it comes to reporting football Brazil media is almost as unbiased as political media in North Korea.

So douchebagism is a national thing. fair enuf. thanks for explaining.

Haha, that was not what I was trying to say. What I meant was that it easy to understand why they are so upset. They expected so much and it all ended in a minor disaster(from a Brazilian football viewpoint).

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Edited July 9, 2014 by Hawkup2000

[wabothai]

Why do they get so worked up about it. Its sport. sometimes you win, sometimes you lose.

What part of that do these losers fail to understand.

douchebags.

there's more to it than just sports mr. Never die.

[wabothai]

Thailand may take some notes.

[Jingthing]

Brazilian football kit to the bottom of the drawer now. (Along with the red and yellow shirts.)

[lostmebike]

Why do they get so worked up about it. Its sport. sometimes you win, sometimes you lose.

What part of that do these losers fail to understand.

douchebags.

there's more to it than just sports mr. Never die.

Indeed. Some say football's not just a game ... it's life!

From the games I've seen in Europe and from what I've seen of South American teams, it's definitely tribal.

[wounded duck]

LOL

hey i want to know why all these thai girls walk around with pommie football shirts when they are such losers.

perhaps they'll switch to germany shirts now?

Edited July 9, 2014 by wounded duck

[umbanda]

Americans never will understand Latino's passion for everything, from football to dance, to love and sex. Never. Please..."gringos" do not write opinions about things are not in your blood....but...if you want to learn about shame, ask a Brazilian woman what she think about your love making skills.

[neverdie]

Why do they get so worked up about it. Its sport. sometimes you win, sometimes you lose.

What part of that do these losers fail to understand.

douchebags.

Because the media in Brazil have been going on for years about Brazil's superiority in football and the goldmedal in the tournament.

When it comes to reporting football Brazil media is almost as unbiased as political media in North Korea.

So douchebagism is a national thing. fair enuf. thanks for explaining.

Haha, that was not what I was trying to say. What I meant was that it easy to understand why they are so upset. They expected so much and it all ended in a minor disaster(from a Brazilian football viewpoint).

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Got it. Thanks for the expanded explanation, I understand, kind of. lol.

douchebags the lot of them !

[neverdie]

Americans never will understand Latino's passion for everything, from football to dance, to love and sex. Never. Please..."gringos" do not write opinions about things are not in your blood....but...if you want to learn about shame, ask a Brazilian woman what she think about your love making skills.

I was once with a woman who had had a Brazilian. does that count?

What's a gringos?

signed

confused.

[Yahooka]

Unfortunately their national team also became more known for their crying instead of their football skills ......................

[ggt]

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Americans never will understand Latino's passion for everything, from football to dance, to love and sex. Never. Please..."gringos" do not write opinions about things are not in your blood....but...if you want to learn about shame, ask a Brazilian woman what she think about your love making skills.

When does the "love making" skills contest with Brazilian women begin...sign me up...

[Hawkup2000]

Why do they get so worked up about it. Its sport. sometimes you win, sometimes you lose.

What part of that do these losers fail to understand.

douchebags.

Because the media in Brazil have been going on for years about Brazil's superiority in football and the goldmedal in the tournament.

When it comes to reporting football Brazil media is almost as unbiased as political media in North Korea.

So douchebagism is a national thing. fair enuf. thanks for explaining.

Haha, that was not what I was trying to say. What I meant was that it easy to understand why they are so upset. They expected so much and it all ended in a minor disaster(from a Brazilian football viewpoint).

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Got it. Thanks for the expanded explanation, I understand, kind of. lol.

douchebags the lot of them !

Your honour Neverdie; I present to you exhibit A:

Americans never will understand Latino's passion for everything, from football to dance, to love and sex. Never. Please..."gringos" do not write opinions about things are not in your blood....but...if you want to learn about shame, ask a Brazilian woman what she think about your love making skills.

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[lostmebike]

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Americans never will understand Latino's passion for everything, from football to dance, to love and sex. Never. Please..."gringos" do not write opinions about things are not in your blood....but...if you want to learn about shame, ask a Brazilian woman what she think about your love making skills.

When does the "love making" skills contest with Brazilian women begin...sign me up...

yeah me too haha

[bigbamboo]

LOL

hey i want to know why all these thai girls walk around with pommie football shirts when they are such losers.

perhaps they'll switch to germany shirts now?

They wear 'pommie' shirts so everyone will know they don't like the 'convicts'.

[rlopes]

Americans never will understand Latino's passion for everything, from football to dance, to love and sex. Never. Please..."gringos" do not write opinions about things are not in your blood....but...if you want to learn about shame, ask a Brazilian woman what she think about your love making skills.

What a BS.

[lostmebike]

^ You mean 'What BS' right?

[boomerangutang]

Americans never will understand Latino's passion for everything, from football to dance, to love and sex. Never. Please..."gringos" do not write opinions about things are not in your blood....but...if you want to learn about shame, ask a Brazilian woman what she think about your love making skills.

I had a Puerto Rican 100% lascivious Latina (age 22) drive 300 miles, thrice, to make love (rather; have sex) with me, and I'm a yank, nearly as white as the driven snow. Does that count? Edited July 10, 2014 by boomerangutang

[wesleys]

Glad to see Brazil out, mainly because they have finally been exposed as being overrated. The results of the 2013 Confederations Cup flattered their true strength.

Before that, they were outside the top 10 in world rankings (I know, FIFA rankings are a joke), and it showed. One good mini tournament where everything went their way in a fairy tale type way, and they thought they could just do it again.

Emotion can win a Confed Cup for a host nation of decent strength, it’s not that big of a tournament, but it can’t take you all the way in the World Cup.

[boomerangutang]

Let me see if I got this right;

at 5 - 0 they leave the stadium in disgust

at 6 - 0 they boo en masse and set bonfires in the streets

at 7 - 0 they demand their PM step down

what would have happened if.....

8 - 0 The Brazilian Navy sets sail to seek assylum in Cuba

9 - 0 Natives in the Amazon declare an independent state called Amazonia, and nobody contests it.