This Thursday (24th), at 4 pm, the Brazilian team debuted at the World Cup in Qatar. With green and yellow uniforms, the players are winning over the crowd of people opposed to the current president Jair Bolsonaro (PL).
Like the current ruler, his supporters use the country’s colors as a form of political positioning. Almost a month after the second round of elections in the country and without evidence of fraud, Bolsonaristas still question the result of the polls.
With the arrival of the first game of the national team, users ask for the return of the colors of the flag and play with symbols of “Brazilianness” on Twitter. “Our colors, our Brazil”.
Publications dissociate the use of green and yellow from political analysis during the country’s debut in the World Cup.
Put the anthem to play
Criticisms of those who don’t wear the country’s shirt or support the national team also appear on the networks. “Whoever I see with a red Brazil shirt with a hammer and sickle will get a bandão and a neck to stop being weird and I’ll even film it to embarrass myself more”, wrote a profile. “It’s funny to root for the success of the selection and for the failure of Neymar at the same time. But I believe it”, tweeted another.
Is it for the Cup or not? While some are divided by the reasons for wearing the colors of Brazil, the tournament mobilizes even those who don’t understand football.
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