Brazil fans jeer national team on their return
4/7/2006 15:22
The Brazilian team were greeted by jeers from fans as they arrived
yesterday in Sao Paulo following their World Cup exit.
Only Marcos
Evangelista de Moraes (Cafu), Cris and Mineiro stayed to face the music.
Ricardinho, Rogerio Ceni, Robson de Souza (Robinho), Luisao, Cicinho, Fred and
Gilberto Silva, sneaked out of the airport through a different terminal,
according to local reports.
Fans chanted "greybeard" and "grandad" at Cafu,
35, telling him to retire. Cafu told waiting media that he will consider whether
to retire, but he would first meet with his family and watch the World Cup
finals with them.
"Then I will think calmly about my future in the team. I am
always willing to help them," he said.
"We lost because we as a team did not
know how to act after conceding a goal: we did not have strength. The lesson we
learned was that it is not always the best to win. We are considered the best,
and we gave a show, but other teams surprised us," he said.
He added that
despite losing a game, they had not turned the current generation of Brazilian
football into losers.
"In the last four World Cups we have reached the finals
three times and won two of those finals,"he said.
Brazil had been heavily
favored to retain the world title but their title defense came to a surprising
end following a 1-0 defeat to France at the quarter-finals.
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