From ‘there is no weak rival’ to ‘we can’t go wrong’, see clichés said by Brazilians after defeat

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The Brazilian team players left the lawn of the Lusail stadium with their speech ready (and beaten): the chance to make mistakes is over. For them, the victory of Cameroon by 1 to 0, this Friday (2), leaves a lesson for the round of 16 game against Korea, already on Monday (5).

“This is a touch of attention for us to alert that there is no weak rival, everyone is playing something. The lesson is that we need to be concentrated the whole game. There is no more margin for error. It is good that these things happen It’s time to warn. You have to fight for spaces, for centimeters inside the field”, said right-back Daniel Alves, who, when he entered the field this Friday, became the oldest Brazilian to play a World Cup game, at 39 years old.

For midfielder Fabinho, the team even had a good group stage, despite the defeat against the Cameroonians.

“The objective was to try for first place, to play the three games well, and I believe we did that. Today we knew it was a dangerous opponent on the counterattack. We played better than them, but in competitive games like this, the opponent only needs one chance to complicate things and that’s what happened,” he said.

“It’s a learning curve, we can’t miss so many goals. In competitions like this, you have to kill the game. Create opportunities and play well, but you have to kill.”

Defender Bremer, starter this Friday, also turns on the alert. “Losing is never good, but now it’s time to think about the round of 16. And we can’t make mistakes in the round of 16, because it’s just one game.”

“We had a great game, in my opinion. We got there many times ahead, we had many occasions, but football has these things, the best team doesn’t always win”, said striker Raphinha, who entered in the second half.

“Nobody likes to lose, but this defeat doesn’t change anything we’ve been working on.”

Striker Gabriel Martinelli, who started the game in the starting line-up, also saw a good performance by the team and lamented the goal conceded in stoppage time.

“Of course we wanted the victory, but I think we played well. That’s what football is, if you don’t score a goal in an opportunity that the opponent has, it can complicate things.”

Defender Eder Militão said that the team created a lot, but regretted the lack of attention. “The goal was missing. I think the team had opportunities in the end, but they also lacked a little more attention. But on Monday they already have a very important decision.”

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