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13 Best Memes of Mexico & Brazil Qualifying out of the Group Stage
It wasn’t that surprising to see Brazil and Mexico qualify from Group A, but it was sure impressive to see them finishing the job with wins over Croatia and Cameroon, while the meme and joke makers mostly focused on Miguel Herrera, Neymar and Fred sporting an impressive mustache.
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12 Best Memes of Brazil Beating Croatia in World Cup Opener
As you might have guessed, the World Cup opening match between Brazil and Croatia got plenty of attention in the social media, as the memes and jokes that followed focus on Yuichi Nishimura and his awful refereeing, Marcelo scoring an own goal, Fred learning from Neymar how to dive and that weird mustache from Luis Gustavo, making him seem like a GTA character.
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On Brazil, Diving and one Awful Referee
Opening matches in the World Cup are sometimes dull affairs. Brazil facing Croatia was anything but with goals, some impressive ball playing skills from Neymar and Oscar but also another side of football which we can do without: Referees deciding matches, as Yuichi Nishimura saw a penalty where there was none, already giving us the first controversy of the tournament.
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Tears of Joy From Clarence Seedorf (Botafogo); Tears of Sadness From Fred (Fluminense)
The final day of the league is always an emotional one – teams get relegated, others win titles, or find themselves playing in the Copa Libertadores. The final matchday of the 2013 Brasileiro was no different – Fluminense, the defending champions, won but couldn’t save themselves from relegation while Fred, the team’s injured star, watching and crying in the stands. Far away from there in Rio de Janeiro, Clarence Seedorf scored the final goal in a Botafogo win, putting them in the Libertadores next season, and bursting into tears himself; tears of joy.
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Brazil – Neymar Couldn’t Have Wished For a Better Start
Neymar scored a fantastic opening goal as Brazil avoided any trouble in their Confederations Cup opener, and despite the usual critiquing expecting the Selecao to play some version of sublime football, compared to the road leading up to the tournament, they couldn’t have gotten something better.