ZURICH (Reuters) - This year's World Cup was supposed to mark the moment Brazilian football emerged from the shadow of the 1950 Maracanazo and stamped its authority on the sport by winning a sixth world title on home soil.
Coach Luiz Felipe Scolari told his team they had an "obligation" to win the tournament and any player who could not handle the pressure should go and work in a bank or "sit in an office and do nothing."
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