This thread really is disgusting. Just read it all.. the ease in which people write "fixed".. There is a very irrational hatred of Brazil here idk why
I haven't read it, but I can imagine. It's frustrating at times on here when everyone gets one-track-minded.
Mind, I don't think people hate Brazil at all, there's three factors here:
1. everyone loves an underdog (I would have rather Chile or Colombia purely on that basis, but now we have the worst case of them both out and a limp Brazil, which I would certainly prefer to what remains).
2. it's not jogo bonito, people abroad react with even more dismay at that than Brazilians themselves. It's funny because Scolari's teams have never been about that, not sure what people expected really.
3. that ridiculous peno on the first game (not your fault really) got to all those on here who love an injustice campaign and just won't let go.
I thought the ref was awful, too permissive, the sort of thing that results in unfortunate injuries like Neymar's just because players start getting ott with their challenges. Unlucky, I imagine it must be like a friggin' wake down there