Brazil followers again house shocked after World Cup elimination

SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil soccer followers have been shocked into silence again house after the nationwide staff 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. However then it shortly turned somber after the Croatians equalized after which received a penalty shootout in Qatar.

Carrying an enormous hat in Brazil’s yellow and inexperienced colours, 34-year-old engineer Sergio Faria watched the match at a bar in downtown Sao Paulo. He stated he was calm at kickoff, sure that Brazil and Argentina would face off within the semifinals.

“It’s the most awkward feeling. Croatia shot on aim as soon as, Brazil wasted so many alternatives. It’s the strangest Brazil elimination I keep in mind,” Faria stated. “However I nonetheless don’t perceive why our coach Tite took Vinicius Junior for Antony, I don’t know why Neymar was not the primary to take a penalty within the shootout, I can’t see why Brazil was no more aggressive.”

Rodrygo and Marquinhos missed their pictures within the penalty shootout. Tite, who had already introduced he would go away the job after six years as quickly as Brazil’s marketing campaign in Qatar ended, stated at a information convention that Neymar was anticipated to take the fifth and ultimate spot kick.

However 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 have been anticipated to play samba music into the night time if Brazil had gone by means of.

“We’d like a overseas coach to battle for titles once more. We thought Tite was our greatest and he delivered one other failure. I can’t imagine we allowed Croatia to attain in a counter once we have been minutes away from the semifinal,” she stated. “Brazil might have prevented this.”

On the official fan competition 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 a number of expectations. Her cellphone lockscreen was the World Cup trophy, her telephone cowl image was the gamers. We thought the sixth title was coming, but it surely didn’t,” Arcanjo stated.

Copacabana seashore was additionally one of many venues for tens of hundreds of Brazil followers to observe the match. Lucas Santos, 45, was there together with his two sons, Eduardo and Henrique, who’re 10 and 13 years previous. Each kids have been enthusiastic about Brazil’s younger gamers and hoped they might convey house the nation’s first World Cup title since 2002. They must wait for an additional probability in 2026.

“I noticed Brazil win two World Cup titles, but it surely hurts to observe it together with your children, hope they get to see the identical, after which it doesn’t work. I blame the coach greater than these gamers, as a result of lots of them will nonetheless be round for an additional two World Cups and can mature,” Santos stated. “Tite introduced a number of strikers, however this match was for midfielders and we fell quick.”

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