Brazil fans back home shocked after World Cup elimination
SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil soccer followers had been shocked into silence again house after the nationwide workforce was eradicated by Croatia from the World Cup on Friday.
The temper in Sao Paolo and Rio Janeiro was festive at first after Neymar put Brazil forward in additional time. But then it rapidly turned somber after the Croatians equalized after which received a penalty shootout in Qatar.
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Wearing a large hat in Brazil’s yellow and inexperienced colors, 34-year-old engineer Sergio Faria watched the match at a bar in downtown Sao Paulo. He mentioned he was calm at kickoff, sure that Brazil and Argentina would face off within the semifinals.
“It is the most awkward feeling. Croatia shot on goal once, Brazil wasted so many opportunities. It is the strangest Brazil elimination I remember,” Faria said. “But I still don’t understand why our coach Tite took Vinicius Junior for Antony, I don’t know why Neymar was not the first to take a penalty in the shootout, I can’t see why Brazil was not more aggressive.”
Rodrygo and Marquinhos missed their photographs within the penalty shootout. Tite, who had already introduced he would depart the job after six years as quickly as Brazil’s marketing campaign in Qatar ended, mentioned at a news convention that Neymar was anticipated to take the fifth and remaining spot kick.
But Brazil and Neymar didn’t make it that far, with Croatia wining the shootout 4-2.
Neyla Berle, 56, was in tears after the match. The hardcore fan was sitting on the sidewalk of the bohemian district of Vila Madalena, the place bars had been anticipated to play samba music into the night time if Brazil had gone via.
“We need a foreign coach to fight for titles again. We thought Tite was our best and he delivered another failure. I can’t believe we allowed Croatia to score in a counter when we were minutes away from the semifinal,” she mentioned. “Brazil might have averted this.”
At the official fan pageant in Sao Paulo, the ambiance was solemn. Giovana Arcanjo, 22, was upset not just for herself, but additionally for her crying daughter Ana Luiza.
“It was very emotional and unhappy. She had numerous expectations. Her cellphone lockscreen was the World Cup trophy, her cellphone cowl image was the gamers. We thought the sixth title was coming, but it surely didn’t,” Arcanjo mentioned.
Copacabana seashore was additionally one of many venues for tens of 1000’s of Brazil followers to observe the match. Lucas Santos, 45, was there along with his two sons, Eduardo and Henrique, who’re 10 and 13 years previous. Both youngsters had been enthusiastic about Brazil’s younger gamers and hoped they might carry house the nation’s first World Cup title since 2002. They must wait for one more probability in 2026.
“I saw Brazil win two World Cup titles, but it hurts to watch it with your kids, hope they get to see the same, and then it doesn’t work. I blame the coach more than these players, because many of them will still be around for another two World Cups and will mature,” Santos mentioned. “Tite brought a lot of strikers, but this match was for midfielders and we fell short.”
