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Kazan – Four years after the psychodrama of Neymar's wound and a humiliating defeat in the semi-finals of the World Cup as hosts, Brazi l forced to face the overwhelming disappointment of a failed mission to Russia.
This was not supposed to be like that, the Tite team abandoned the tournament in the quarterfinals by Belgium, losing 2-1
They had come to the World Cup with the firm intention to confirm their rebirth following the humiliation of 7-1 at the hands of Germany in Belo Horizonte, and there were many reasons to be optimistic.
Argentina and Italy were not even at the party, but Brazil seemed to be looking for its sixth title.
But instead, the Tite team missed the first confrontation with another contender. Belgium who pbades in the semi-final against France.
In all four World Cups As Selecao won the 2002 tournament in Japan and South Korea, he was eliminated three times in the quarter-finals.
The race to the semi-finals as a host is the exception, but the fans were desperate. To compensate for their disastrous collapse in 2014.
When Neymar was eliminated in the quarter-final victory over Colombia in the Brazilian city of Fortaleza and broken with a broken vertebrae, the prospects were not good for Luiz Felipe Scolari.
Yet no one could have predicted exactly what would follow, with the absence of Neymar, while Brazil capitulated dramatically to potential winners
They comforted themselves by thinking that four years later , a Neymar adjustment would be at its peak to lead a new badault for the title on Russian soil.
Now 26 and the most expensive player in the world, Neymar was good here, but only right. Brazil's preparation was dominated by his battle to recover from an operation on a broken bone in his foot.
He comes home after scoring only two goals, his biggest impact on this World Cup being his tears against Costa Rica
Neymar's response to a so-called brutal treatment by defenders of the Opposition has been ridiculed in some circles, and sympathy may be insufficient.
This applies even at home – "Sublime genius or pathetic farce?" He reads a title, in the weekly Epoca magazine
He follows the path of other superstars Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi, even his It will still be only 30 years before the next World Cup in Qatar in 2022.
It's been four years since Brazil can be very different – after all, Neymar was one of the most six survivors of the team from 2014.
And what about Titus? Such an impressive figure, its record since its recovery following the disastrous performance of Copa America 2016 should not be forgotten just now.
Under Dunga, Brazil was eliminated on penalties by Paraguay in the 2015 Copa America quarter-finals, and then eliminated in group stage the following year in the United States
. is hardly an exaggeration to say that they would not even have been able to qualify for this World Cup if Titus had not been named.
The Brazilian Football Federation (CBF) was ready to tie Tite for the next four years, until the World Cup in Qatar.
For now all that matters, for Neymar and all of one A country obsessed with football, is the agony of another failure of the Cup of the world.
Soon enough, they can think of the Copa America next year, but nothing compares to a World Cup for the Brazilians. far.
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