Andrew O’Reilly – Fox News Latino, 7/9/2014
After the historic and heartbreaking 7-1 loss Germany handed host nation Brazil on Tuesday, the last thing Brazilians probably want to hear about is another big loss.
This one to their pocketbooks.
We know that it won’t be a Brazilian hoisting the World Cup trophy in triumph come Sunday, but Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff is dearly hoping that the country can still come out on top financially.
Simon Kuper – Financial Times, 7/11/2014
Despite Brazil’s 7-1 thrashing by Germany, the country could have had a much worse World Cup. Early in the tournament, I took the Rio metro to a match at the Maracanã stadium. I had never been in such a packed carriage. For minutes it was hard to breathe. When we got to the stadium, everyone tumbled out alive. It could have been different.
Then there was the stairway at the Maracanã, which began wobbling when hundreds of Argentine and Bosnian fans walked up it. It held, and was later reinforced. An overpass in Belo Horizonte built for the tournament did collapse, killing two people. Still, things could have been much worse.
With some luck, Brazil pulled off the World Cup – the organisation, at least. Now comes the question: what’s the legacy? The tournament won’t make Brazilians richer, and yet it has changed the country.
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