2014 World Cup: останні новини

Brazil faces an identity crisis in World Cup: Can the beautiful game survive?

Brazil's Pele is hoisted on the shoulders of his teammates after Brazil won the World Cup final against Italy, 4-1, in Mexico City's Estadio Azteca, June 21, 1970.

Houston Chronicle

When football gets political: The legacy of Brazil's 2014 World Cup

Brazil have advanced to the World Cup round of 16, despite many experts predicting that Japan would defeat the Seleção. The football-mad South American nation has lost some of its lustre since the team's dramatic 7-1 loss to Germany in 2014 on home soil – a World Cup that traumatised an entire nation, and not just because of the defeat.

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Brazil Isn’t Living Up to the Standard That World Soccer Sets For It, But Who Cares?

HOUSTON, Texas — Past the match day experiences, beyond the sampling of local cuisine and on top of all the cultural exchange that normally goes on at the World Cup, perhaps the most eye-opening aspect of this grandiose tournament every four years is how it can peel away the facade that certain teams have historically built up on the pitch.

Sports Illustrated