Brazil out of World Cup after 1-2 loss to Norway — "a generation of losers"

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Carlo Ancelotti and his players have been lambasted for their ‘shameful’ and ‘embarrassing’ World Cup exit

The wait for the hexa – the record-extending sixth World Cup – continues. Brazil’s 2-1 defeat to Norway in the last-16 of the World Cup means they have now gone six tournaments in a row without being crowned champions. Some in Brazil are calling it the reverse hexa .

As you would expect, the reaction back home has been scathing. Neto, the former Brazil player who is now a pundit on Radio Bandeirantes , laid into the current crop of players. “It’s a generation that won fuck all,” he said. “There are six players who won one Copa América and that’s it. It was embarrassing from the beginning and everything that happened before that game. It was a shameful campaign and these guys are losers. It’s a generation of lies.”

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