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Entrance with your head held high
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One tweet summed up that feeling: “There are three things that bring joy to any Brazilian. 1. Barbecue 2. Vacation 3. Argentinian tears“. A supporter posted a selfie wearing the yellow and green jersey of the Seleçao, smiling broadly, with the comment: “Don’t cry for me Argentina“, the soundtrack performed by Madonna of the film “Evita”, the biopic on Eva Peron, actress and renowned Argentine politician.
Posts show the Argentinian flag with the sun in the middle replaced by a crying yellow emoji. “Schadenfreude is the translation of ‘Argentina got screwed’?“, asks another post.
The fans are holding here a form of revenge for the Seleçao, beaten by the Albiceleste in the final of the Copa America 2021, which is moreover at home in the Maracana stadium in Rio de Janeiro. But other supporters of Brazil, cited like Argentina among the potential favourites, tempered their enthusiasm. “Let’s calm down. Brazil are playing tomorrow, and they are favorites !”, Writes one of them before the debut of the band in Neymar Thursday once morest Serbia.
And then there is the still-living pain of humiliation, not so distant, experienced by the Brazilians at home during the 2014 World Cup once morest Germany (1-7).
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