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08-10-2016, 04:45 AM
It's panic time for Brazil men's soccer after two dismal Olympic showings
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A scoreless draw with South Africa in its Olympics (http://mashable.com/category/olympics/) opener was one thing for the Brazil men's soccer team. Lots of pressure, the dawn of a sacred quest, the fact that Olympic hosts traditionally start a bit slow in their first matches — you could rationalize the whole thing as a fluke, if you really wanted to.*
But ... Iraq?*
Iraq?!*
IRAQ?!?
After Brazil labored to a**ther scoreless draw in its second Olympics match, this time against Iraq, a low-ranked team from a war-torn country with one World Cup appearance to its name, **w might be time for fans of the Seleção to press the panic button.*
SEE ALSO: Rafaela Silva wins Brazil's first gold in Rio, and you couldn't pick a better hero (http://mashable.com/2016/08/08/rafaela-silva-brazil-gold-medal/) Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/08/09/brazil-soccer-olympics-denmark/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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A scoreless draw with South Africa in its Olympics (http://mashable.com/category/olympics/) opener was one thing for the Brazil men's soccer team. Lots of pressure, the dawn of a sacred quest, the fact that Olympic hosts traditionally start a bit slow in their first matches — you could rationalize the whole thing as a fluke, if you really wanted to.*
But ... Iraq?*
Iraq?!*
IRAQ?!?
After Brazil labored to a**ther scoreless draw in its second Olympics match, this time against Iraq, a low-ranked team from a war-torn country with one World Cup appearance to its name, **w might be time for fans of the Seleção to press the panic button.*
SEE ALSO: Rafaela Silva wins Brazil's first gold in Rio, and you couldn't pick a better hero (http://mashable.com/2016/08/08/rafaela-silva-brazil-gold-medal/) Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/08/09/brazil-soccer-olympics-denmark/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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