“End of the dream”, “Brazil is crying”, “fatal error”: the sites of the main Brazilian media are obviously making their headlines on this surprise elimination. The GloboEsporte site deplored the “end of the dream of hexa”, an allusion to the sixth title of world champion which has escaped Brazil for 20 years. “Since it won its fifth trophy in 2002, the Seleçao has been eliminated each time it has faced a European team”, recalled this reference site.
“Brazil’s fatal error: how could we take a goal on the counter-attack when we won five minutes from the end of extra time? “, lambasted Paulo Vinicius Coelho, one of the most respected sports columnists in Brazil, on GloboEsporte.
The UOL news site made its headline with a photo of Neymar, who had opened the scoring during extra time, bursting into tears, with the title: “Brazil cries”.
Most commentators were very critical of coach Tite, in office since 2016, who had already announced that he would leave his post several months before the World Cup. “This time, Neymar was the least guilty of all. The crucial mistakes were made by Titus”can we read on the site R7.
The Estado de S. Paulo daily pointed to “Tite’s seven mistakes”, accusing him of having “virtually changed nothing” since the elimination against the Belgians in Russia in 2018. “Neymar is the best penalty taker of the Seleçao. Why wasn’t he the first to shoot? »asks the newspaper in particular.