Disappointed with Brazil’s defeat in the quarterfinals of the World Cup, Casemiro lamented the blunder that occurred in the final minutes. The team won until 12 minutes into the second half of extra time, took the tie by 1 to 1 and lost to Croatia on penalties.
“We are upset by the way it was. It was in our hand and escaped there. Difficult. Now it is peace of mind”, said the steering wheel to TV Globo. “All defeats are painful, especially when you have a goal, when you’ve been working for years. It’s been four years for this moment. It’s hard to find words, but it’s life that goes on, you have to go on.”
The Manchester United player minimized the fact that the selection was eliminated for the fifth consecutive time for a European. The last victory over a representative of the old continent in the knockout of the World Cup was in the 2002 final, against Germany.
“Normal. Europe has many more teams in the competition, you end up playing more against European teams. [perder para] European teams. We had been doing a great job, believing, with a good atmosphere. It’s a football thing, it happens”, said Casemiro, who doesn’t intend to leave the green-and-yellow group.
“I’m 30 years old, man, 30 years old. There’s always kids coming, but I’m 30 years old, I live happily at the club where I’m at. There’s a new coach, I need to see if he’s going to call me up, I have to have respect. But it’s difficult . We don’t have to think about it now. It’s peace of mind”, he concluded.
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