WORLD CUP ’94 / DAILY REPORT : You Thought N.Y. Tabloids Were Tough?
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Brazil continued to draw criticism back home despite an 8-2 rout of Honduras on Wednesday night in a World Cup warm-up at San Diego.
“Brazil Blows Out Honduras, But Makes Many Mistakes,” read a front-page headline in O Globo, a Rio de Janeiro daily.
The daily Jornal do Brasil reported that Brazil “didn’t control the game. We have serious problems.”
Soccer writers were merciless.
“Rai hasn’t woken up,” O Globo said. “He tried to run but his legs didn’t obey. He missed simple passes, was afraid to create plays, was not daring.”
Sergio Noronha, a Rio sports columnist, wrote: “We still have no creativity at midfield. Rai--despite his goal--was a complete zero.”
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