DECRYPTION – After blocking the ball on the Croatian goal, the Brazilian defender missed the last shot on goal on Friday, in the quarters. Cruel and Painful.
Special Envoy to Doha
«Life must go on, we must raise our heads. We do not have a choice.Signed Thiago Silva, after the elimination of Brazil in the quarter-finals of the World Cup, against Croatia, Friday in Doha (1-1 ap, 4-2 tab). Easy to say ? More for some than others. His comrade Marquinhos, for example, will have more difficulty getting up, forgetting, digesting. As much as he has been able to display a certain feverishness here and there since the start of the competition, such as when he was physically eaten alive by Tottenham’s South Korean striker Son Heung-Min, we do not can’t blame him for much against the vice-world champions. Marqui did the job for 120 minutes against uninspired Croatian attackers. Others failed, like Vinicius Jr and Raphinha. The traditional lieutenants have abandoned ship. Not Marque.
And yet, it was he who involuntarily deflected Bruno Petkovic’s shot in the 117th minute at three…
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