Brazil’s inglorious defeat in a World Cup's semifinal reached a fevered pitch, when fans once again turned on President Dilma Rousseff as the target of their fury.
The national team wasn't just defeated by the Germans. It was routed in front of the entire world, humiliated "at its own party". It conjured up painful memories of another painful defeat: Brazil's 1950 World Cup loss to Uruguay. Young and old, Brazilians shared in the anguish of what many were already calling a national calamity, the worst loss in its team's storied World Cup history.
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In Belo Horizonte, German fans were escorted out of Mineirao stadium after the game. Police were out on the streets all over the country to prevent potential riots, but hours after the game, Brazilians seemed more shocked than angry at first.
The rain of seven German goals, several in rapid succession, devastated fans who had gathered to watch the match on the big screens on Rio’s Copacabana beach.
"The problem is psychological," one of the fans said. "It would be normal for the team to lose against Germany, but not in this fashion."
Brazil spent billions of dollars preparing for the tournament, with expectations that home advantage could deliver Brazil a sixth title, but the high cost also ignited intense anger and protests against the World Cup, with demonstrators lamenting the costs when the nation is saddled with woeful public services.
Few thought Germany's stomping of Brazil would spark renewed mass protests — but it is certain to put a severely sour taste back into the mouths of the nation's fans.
Several buses were set on fire and an electronics store was looted in Sao Paulo today following Brazil’s crushing World Cup defeat to Germany, police said.
In Sao Paulo, Brazil's biggest city, thousands gathered in the Bohemian neighbourhood of Vila Madalena, the streets carpeted with yellow, green and blue — the colours of the Brazilian flag. The website Veja Sao Paulo, meanwhile, tweeted an image of Brazil fans burning the country's flag.
Torcedores revoltados com o placar do jogo queimam a bandeira do Brasil na Vila Madalena #vejaspnacopa pic.twitter.com/6tub3gTcPo
— VEJA SÃO PAULO (@VejaSP) July 8, 2014
Brazil police fire tear gas at protest outside World Cup match in Rio de Janeiro
Police in Brazil fired tear gas to break up hundreds of protesters outside Rio de Janeiro's Maracana Stadium, where Colombia and Uruguay were playing a World Cup knock-out-stage match.
About 350 anti-World Cup protesters marched toward the Maracana closely guarded by about 250 police, who fired tear gas to disperse them just as they came within sight of the stadium, AFP reports.
Mass protests erupted just over a year ago in Brazil, at first drawing hundreds of thousands of people into the streets to condemn the record $11 billion spent on the World Cup and shoddy schools, hospitals and public transport.
But recent demonstrations have been far smaller, with many Brazilians more interested in football or frightened by the violent tactics of hardcore protesters such as the anarchist Black Bloc movement.
Police charged a group of protesters wearing the Black Bloc's trademark black masks Saturday, breaking the demonstration into several smaller groups.
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