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FIFA U-17 World Cup: Not concerned about Brazil's past defeats against Germany:

Updated on: 20 October,2017 01:41 PM IST  |  Kolkata
Kashinath Bhattacharjee | mailbag@mid-day.com

Brazil is the land of carnivals. So the Samba boys were happy with the warm reception they received at the Kolkata airport and in the team hotel yesterday afternoon ahead of their FIFAâu00c2u0080u00c2u0088U-17 World Cup quarter-final clash against Germany on Sunday

FIFA U-17 World Cup: Not concerned about Brazil's past defeats against Germany:

Brazil is the land of carnivals. So the Samba boys were happy with the warm reception they received at the Kolkata airport and in the team hotel yesterday afternoon ahead of their FIFAâu00c2u0080u00c2u0088U-17 World Cup quarter-final clash against Germany on Sunday. From Maracanazo in 1950 to Mineiraozo in 2014, Brazilian football has suffered a lot in its own country. The hosts were annihilated 1-7 by the Germans in the semi-final of the 2014 World Cup in Belo Horizonte.


Brazil are unbeaten in the FIFA U-17 World Cup. Pic/AFP
Brazil are unbeaten in the FIFA U-17 World Cup. Pic/AFP


But Neymar had led the comeback in Maracana two years later when Brazil won their first gold in Olympic history beating Germany at 2016 Rio Games. "If we are to draw inspiration, we are doing so from the Olympic gold we had won beating Germany in the final. We are not really concerned about what happened in Belo (Horizonte)," Brazil Coach Carlos Amadeu said.


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