Horror!: Brazil fans react while watching the live broadcast of the quarter-final match against Croatia in Rio de Janeiro. — AFP
BRAZILIAN fans were overcome by shock, anger and disbelief after the favourites crashed out of the tournament at the quarter-final stage to 2018 runners-up Croatia.
Brazil’s strong momentum going into the World Cup had helped unify a nation left bitterly divided by an October election in which leftist President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva unseated far-right incumbent Jair Bolsonaro.
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