The newspaper used three pages to recall the game fifty years ago. People who participated in the game still cannot let it go. Jiziniho was the star of the Brazilian team at that time and was incredible about the tactics used by Uruguay because it was the same way the small suburban team Karioca used when he was young.

The tragedy of Maracana has troubled the Brazilian people so much that there is a special word: Maracanazo. In Brazil, in order to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the tragedy of Maracana, countless books about describing and analyzing and commenting on that game were published.

In sharp contrast, the only book about Brazil's 1970 World Cup was published in the UK, and it only has an English version, and it is not available in Brazil...

Robert Damata, a famous Brazilian anthropologist, believes that the failure of the 1950 final was "perhaps the biggest tragedy in Brazil's history, because the tragedy happened before hundreds of thousands of audiences without any mental preparation, because it happened during a period when Brazil began to consider itself a great power. The results of the game left us in the abyss, falling into endless excuses and self-blame for this shameful failure."

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The impact of the failure of that game on this country, the people of this country, and the entire society is now impossible for the members of this Brazilian national team to know or understand.

No one wants to live in the shadows and shames of losers all his life.

No one wants to be liberated like Barbosa, only death can be liberated, or even death cannot be liberated.

When they were young, they probably had such a dream - one day, they could score goals for Brazil in the World Cup final held in Maracana, help Brazil win the World Cup, and while creating new history, they could also smooth out the trauma brought to the entire country by the old history.

This means they have to keep winning, reaching the finals, returning to Maracana Stadium, and then winning there and holding up the gold cup.

Until then, they can't lose, and they can't relax for a moment.

They have not been shrouded in the dark clouds of "losers", but they are already under tremendous pressure.

In fact, after the opening game of the World Cup, the psychologists of the Brazilian national team made a report of more than 100 pages on the players' anxiety mentality, and then submitted it to head coach Scolari. After reading the report, Scolari specially asked the psychologists to provide psychological counseling for the "Maracana Massacre" and hoped that they would not be affected by history. But in fact, Scolari himself empathized with this. He once told the Brazilian media that he still couldn't sleep all night when he thought of Maracana's failure.

There is such a huge pressure from coaches to players that when they face difficulties, they often stay calm and hesitate. They must bear heavy pressure when thinking about every problem and every matter.

And these pressures in turn affect every judgment they make.

With a few minutes to finish the first half, Brazil chose to be conservative, and they were afraid of losing the ball.

So the Brazilian team, which has always been famous for offensive football, played a bit ugly at its home court...

The Brazilian fans in the stands were even more dissatisfied when they saw their team performing so poorly.

For a time, boos against the Brazilian team also appeared sporadically - this was definitely not made by Chinese fans. Compared with the number of Chinese fans and Brazilian fans, almost any voice of Chinese fans was released. Only when Brazilian fans were silent can they hear their voices, but the problem is to silence Brazilian fans, only by scoring their goals...

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Brazil chose a conservative strategy and successfully defended until the end of the first half.

When the referee Weber blew the whistle at the end of the first half, the score was 1:1 and the two sides tied.

Commentators from all countries commented on this first half.

He Ping was very satisfied with the performance of the national team: "... After unexpectedly conceding the ball, we quickly regained our strength and equalized the score thirteen minutes later. Next, we even gained the upper hand in the field. The Brazilian team dared not attack and could only shrink their defense. This is so difficult for the Brazilian team to play at home..."

The commentator of Brazil TV was dissatisfied with the team's performance in the first half, or to be precise, dissatisfied with the performance after conceding the ball: "After we took the lead, our players seemed to underestimate the opponent. And when we were equalized, we performed too weakly! If we hadn't seen it with our own eyes, I could not believe that this was the Brazilian national team!"

As a neutral commentator, Marcel Leif said objectively: "Brazil and Chinese team played good goals for a while. After the game started, the Brazilian team's offense was obviously more threatening. The concealment of the ball seemed to be Yan Min's own goal, but in fact, even without Yan Min's leg, David Ruiz could score. However, after the Brazilian team scored, they seemed to have no idea how to play. The Chinese team seized the opportunity and played their rhythm. Zhou Yi's goal was an opportunity that Yan Min grabbed in the frontcourt... After equalizing the score, the Chinese team's counterattack was more handy, and Brazil didn't know how to play. We could even hear boos on the court... To be honest, Brazil's performance was reasonable before the goal was scored, but it was not possible afterwards..."

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When the last Chinese player walked into the locker room, Lippi walked in and closed the door.

He had a faint smile on his face: "How is it? After fighting them for forty-five minutes, what do you feel? Is Five-Star Brazil very strong?"

The Chinese players looked at each other, and Yan Min raised his hand: "It's similar to us..."

Lippi smiled: "It's still better than us, but the strength is limited. What you satisfied me the most in the first half was the change after conceding the ball, whether in terms of tactical execution or mental outlook. A team cannot never encounter problems, so the key is not to avoid setbacks, but what to do after encountering setbacks. Starting from the first game of the World Cup, there were only the third group stage, and we scored goals first, including today's game. There were three games we lost the ball first, but so far, we haven't lost. What does this mean? It means we have the ability to get out of the predicament. I'm very happy that this is a sign of whether a team is mature or not..."

Lippi was praising his players, while Scolari was furious and criticizing his team.
Chapter completed!