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Fanny LOTHAIRE

When football gets political: The legacy of Brazil's 2014 World Cup

World Cup Brazil Selecao (Person) a World Cup Germany Japan

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Brazil have advanced to the World Cup round of 16, despite many experts predicting that Japan would defeat the Seleção. The football-mad South American nation has lost some of its lustre since the team's dramatic 7-1 loss to Germany in 2014 on home soil – a World Cup that traumatised an entire nation, and not just because of the defeat.

At the time, Brazilians took to the streets to protest against the mega-event's astronomical costs, saying the country needed more schools, hospitals and public transport instead. In Brazil, there is a "before" and "after" 2014; a "Brazilian spring" that divided the nation.

FRANCE 24's Fanny Lothaire and Marine Resse report, with Jan Onoszko.

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