After the painful defeat this Saturday once morest Uruguay on penalties, only memories of having conquered the world in 2002Brazil had what promised to mark an era, they did it by winning the Copa America of 2004 and 2007; Even though they did not achieve the second world championship, it did not seem to affect because Brazil was a hotbed of talents that might reconquer the World Cup in the future.
They are already 22 years without lifting the World Cup and of the last 6 editions of the Copa America it has won one, in 2019 as a local. Now a brief summary of Brazil’s poor results in recent tournaments:
Copa America 2015 and 2016
After the great blow suffered in the 2014 World Cup, falling 1-7 to Germanyit was expected that the “brazucas” would react in the following two tournaments but finally it was not so, in Chile 2015 would be eliminated on penalties once morest Paraguay in the quarter-finals, later in the edition of the 2016 held in the United States would fall in the group stage, With rivals like Ecuador, Haiti and Peru, they only beat the Caribbean team.
Russia World Cup 2018
In this World Cup they arrived as the undisputed leaders in the qualifiers and with a generation of good footballers like: Marcelo, Dani Alves, Neymaramong others, still in force but would not be able to advance from the quarterfinals because Belgium would eliminate them in the 90 minutes.
Copa America Brazil 2021
After the edition in which they finished champions, 2019they arrived with the obligation to achieve the second championship because they had back Neymarwho had not played in the last cup; however, in the grand final, in their stadium, the Maracaná and once morest their biggest rival, once morest Argentina they would lose 1-0 being the second final that they would fall in their history, along with the famous “Maracanazo” of the 1950 World Cup.
Qatar World Cup 2022
In this World Cup they would arrive, once more leading the South American Qualifiers and with an undefeated record that invited optimism, several talented players, a mix of youth and experience; trusting in the coach’s process Tite for the second World Cup but would be eliminated in the quarter-finals, on penalties once morest Croatia.
First home defeat in the Qualifiers:
After completing the management of TiteBrazil tried to wait to hire a better technical director, but they failed to do so and kept him as interim coach Fernando Dinizchampion of the Libertadores with Fluminense; it would not end well because they would lose to Uruguay as a visitor the October 17, 2023they had not lost in the qualifiers since they visited Chile in October 2015; but the most painful defeat came on November 21, 2023 once more at the Maracaná, Argentina beat them 0-1, losing for the first time in the qualifiers in their country.
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