Brazil’s World Cup Dreams Dismantled by Consecutive Flops
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Brazil began the World Cup on home soil as the soccer tournament’s only five-time winner. It left after giving up 10 goals in two games, its star player injured on the sidelines and head coach Luiz Felipe Scolari’s future in doubt.
The country where soccer is called “the beautiful game” will have to rebuild its national team after yesterday’s 3-0 defeat to the Netherlands in the tourney’s consolation match. President Dilma Rousseff, who skipped the team’s final game, said the squad needs to be “renewed” and called on players to stay in the country instead of leaving for teams abroad.