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2014 World Cup Brazil vs Germany

  • Brazilian World Cup legend Cafu thrown out by FA president from team changing room after Germany defeat

    According to Cafu, he went to the changing rooms to lend support to the players, who were visibly upset when they left the pitch in tears after finishing the match against Germany without its key players, the injured Neymar and the suspended team captain Thiago Silva. Silva was seen lending his support in the sidelines, while Neymar was brought home to recuperate from a fractured vertebrae he received from the team's quarterfinals game against Colombia. Cafu said that Marin spotted him and ordered him out of the changing rooms.
  • Brazil riots did happen after 7-1 World Cup semis loss to Germany at Copacabana viewing party

    Deep into the evening, there were several isolated incidents occured in several Brazilian cities, which include looting at an electronics store and setting fire to a bus station, Buzzfeed reported. Citing local news agency Infobae America, some of the attacks, especially the ones on the buses, may have been carried out in continues protest about public transportation issues in the country.
  • Twitter users post dated riot photos that supposedly happened after Brazil 7-1 loss to Germany

    The photos were taken by photographers for the Associated Press, who were covering the riots in key cities across Brazil, including in Belo Horizonte, last year in protest over the national government's handling of public issues like transportation, health services, education and security despite amassing revenues thanks to the heavy tax burden levied. Around a hundred thousand people that day had marched in the streets in what initially was a peaceful protest. It turned ugly when some protesters started clashing with police.
  • Thiago Silva, Luiz Scolari poses with 'lucky' Argentina flag ahead of World Cup semifinal

    Brazil manager Luiz Felipe Scolari and captain Thiago Silva had initially posed for a photo while holding a flag supplied by Argentina newspaper El Diario de la Republica during a press conference ahead of its last-16 match with Chile. Although the Brazilians had won the game through penalties against their South American opponents, Scolari was reportedly quick to accept the invitation to pose again while holding the flag once more before their clash against the Germans on Tuesday.
  • Low urges World Cup referee to control Brazil hard tackles

    Low has everything to worry, considering that the match has caused Brazil to commit 31 of the 54 fouls in the game, which is the current record in the World Cup. Brazil also took part in the previous match fouls record of 51 as well. Moreover, since Rodriguez had been the coach that missed out the infamous bite Luis Suarez has landed on Italian player Giorgio Chiellini, he might as well do a public plea for Rodriguez to keep in mind, for the sake of playing it clean, the Guardian noted.