As Brazil’s supporters wandered in their thousands around the wide avenues of Belo Horizonte late into the night, it was as if the full realisation of the events that had unfolded at Estadio Mineirao had yet to sink in.
They had witnessed an occasion that will be remembered whenever the World Cup is played; perhaps, in a country that lives off the pride created by this sport, whenever it is even mentioned.
Brazil’s World Cup was the opportunity to expunge the memory of the darkest day in their sporting story, namely 1950’s “Maracanazo” when Uruguay won 2-1 at the Maracana to take the trophy from a host side who had seemed certain to be crowned champions.
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