35 Brutal Newspaper Front Pages That Capture the Agony of Brazil's World Cup Defeat
Brazil's historic capitulation to Germany on Tuesday — the most lopsided World Cup semifinal in history and the host country's worst loss since 1920 — has rocked a nation to its core. Here's a look at how the soul-crushing defeat played on Wednesday's front pages.
1. Metro Belo Horizonte (Belo Horizonte, Brazil)
2. O Popular (Goiânia, Brazil)
A historical puncture
3. Diario Catarinense (Florianópolis, Brazil)
How to explain?
4. Lance! Rio de Janeiro (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
Indignitation, anger, pain, frustration, irritation, shame, suffering, disappointment ...
5. Gazeta do Povo (Curitiba, Brazil)
The defeat of defeats
6. Jornal de Santa Catarina (Blumenau, Brazil)
Hangover
7. O Povo (Fortaleza, Brazil)
It wasn't a nightmare. It was real.
8. Folha de S. Paulo (São Paulo, Brazil)
The Brazilian team suffers the worst defeat in history
9. Hoje Em Dia (Belo Horizonte, Brazil)
DISGRACE
10. Super Notícia (Belo Horizonte, Brazil)
VHEXAME [a portmanteau of vexame ("embarrassment") and hexa ("sixth championship")]
11. Jornal do Commercio (Recife, Brazil)
Grief, Embarrassment, Shame, Humiliation, Blackout
12. Folha de Londrina (Londrina, Brazil)
Humiliating
13. Notícia Agora (Vitória, Brazil)
Cup of Cups? Embarrassment of embarrassments
14. A Gazeta (Vitória, Brazil)
MASSACRE
15. O Estado de S. Paulo (São Paulo, Brazil)
Humiliation at home
16. Diário de Canoas (Canoas, Brazil)
What to say?
17. Diario de Santa Maria (Santa Maria, Brazil)
The biggest fiasco in history
18. A Tarde (Salvador da Bahia, Brazil)
Here lies the dream of a sixth championship in 2014 / It died of shame
19. Correio (Salvador, Brazil)
Brazil suffers, at home, its worst defeat / Disgraceful
20. Diário dos Campos (Ponta Grossa, Brazil)
From dream to humiliation
21. O Diário do Norte do Paraná (Maringá, Brazil)
Germany 7, Brazil 1. Choose the correct answer: Blackout, Embarrassment, Fiasco, Disgrace or All of the Above.
22. Noticias do Dia (Joinville, Brazil)
23. A Notícia (Joinville, Brazil)
Disaster, Frustration, Embarrassment, Nightmare, Humiliation, Ravage, Unbelievable
24. Diário de Guarapuava (Guarapuava, Brazil)
Disappointment
25. Comércio da Franca (Franca, Brazil)
HUMILIATION
26. Notícias do Dia Florianópolis (Florianópolis, Brazil)
Disappointment
27. Hora de Santa Catarina (Florianópolis, Brazil)
Ash Wednesday
28. Pioneiro (Caxias do Sul, Brazil)
Felipe's fiasco
29. O Tempo (Belo Horizonte, Brazil)
Embarrassment wouldn't even begin to describe it
30. O Liberal (Belém, Brazil)
Humiliation!
31. Amazônia Hoje (Belém, Brazil)
An embarrassment for all time
32. Tribuna Impressa (Araraquara, Brazil)
The fun is over
33. Jornal Meia Hora (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
34. Agora (São Paulo, Brazil)
Brazilian team suffers the biggest humiliation in its 100-year history
35. Correio Braziliense (Brasilia, Brazil)
An embarrassment for eternity
