For the past few days, social media has been abuzz with a video of an official Brazilian national team Removes a cat in front of the player, Vinicius Junior, in a way that was considered “brusque”.
In detail, during Vinicius’ speech at a press conference on Thursday, his statements were interrupted by a cat, which sat in front of him on the conference platform.
It was only one of the officials of the Brazilian national team to remove the cat from the platform in a “hard” way, which sparked anger on communication sites.
Netizens see the CBF consultant’s “rudeness” with the cat at the press conference.
Images recorded by Metrópoles show that the feline remained under the table where players hold a press conference after receiving the “red card”.
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“curse of the cat”
Media activists have linked Brazil’s exit from the World Cup in Qatar to what they termed the ‘cat curse’, as the ‘cat curse’ afflicted the Brazilian national team, eliminated on penalties by Croatia on Friday.
In addition, the National Forum for the Protection and Defense of Animals has filed a lawsuit against the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) for alleged mistreatment, seeking a fine of one million Brazilian riyals, according to local media. He said the money will be invested in the Union Environmental Fund.
Broken hope
Interestingly, Brazil’s hopes of winning their sixth title and ending their 20-year fast since their last title were dashed on Friday when they lost 4-2 on penalties to Croatia.
Rodrigo’s first shot was saved by Dominic Levakovic, while Marquinhos hit the post. And Croatia, runners-up in 2018, successfully made all their shots to reserve a place in the semifinals, according to Reuters.
After a 90-minute goalless draw, Brazil looked to be approaching the bottom four when he scored Neymar With a distinct individual effort before the end of the first extra period.
But Croatia didn’t give up and Bruno Petkovic equalized in the 117th minute, in the second extra time, with a deflected shot, extending the match to penalties.
