Why Brazil is losing its fans

Brazil's decline in football is proof that talent alone isn't enough—poor management and politics are killing the sport in the country.

Dropping this after they draw Costa Rica in the Copa America 💀

I believe Brazil's inability to develop elite coaches is a huge factor in the downfall of the national team got to fix that

7-1 wasnt just "one of the worst" world cup losses, it was easily THE biggest loss in all of football history, contextually speaking. It was unthinkable

Just a linguistic curiosity: many foreigners picture "seleção" as a word we only use to describe the Brazilian national football team, but actually it is the common word in Brazilian Portuguese for any national team: for instance, "Seleção Inglesa" (English Selected) or "Seleção Alemã" (German Selected). We just only use "Seleção" to talk about "Seleção Brasileira" by elipse, like anyone else: if we talk about ours, we don't need to specify it (like an English in England saying "the national team" means the English one).

It’s hard to overstate how crazy the 7-1 game was if you’re not a football fan. As the vid said, one of the worst losses ever, and it was in a semi finals with arguably the 2 favourites. This isn’t an incredible team vs one that barely qualified. I’ll never forget watching that game.

There is a lot more that was left out. There is corruption inside the Brazilian soccer system, where agents pay CBF (Brazilian Soccer Federation) so their players get called to play and then they are worth more. I also don’t blame the players but, before they played for the jersey, now they don’t want to get hurt in a national game because they already make millions at their club. Last night Brazil tied Costa Rica, which is hilarious, the wage of one starting player in Brazil is worth more than the entire Costs Rican team.

Whatever happens, NOTHING can delete my memories of watching the Brazilian team in 2002 and enjoying players like Ronaldo, Ronaldinho, Cafu, R. Carlos, Rivaldo and so on in the Champions League. My fondest memories of football have to do with brazilian "magicians". Bless you Brazil for the wonderful moments.

Growing up, Brazilian footballers like Pele and Ronaldinho were Demi-gods in our circles.

As an Argentine I always want Brazil to be at the top of its game because it means that we need to be at the top of our game. The greatest continental rivalry in football means nothing if one team is languishing. And as for what Brazil is going through it's exactly what Argentina went through in the past 30 years before we won the Cup in 2022. I hope that the Scratch gets back up and give us that beautiful old rivalry.

I'm 28. I miss the old Brazil. Football hasn't been the same sport I fell in love with since I was 6 and lack of Brazilian magic is part of it.

My dad grew up in Africa in the 70s/80s. Him and his friends shined shoes for weeks in order to afford a plain yellow t-shirt that they'd share between themselves. They then did the same to afford a green t-shirt. They took both t-shirts home to his mother, who cut out a '10' from the green shirt and stitched it onto the back of the yellow. It's crazy because they had no way to watch live football. They'd never seen Zico. They'd never seen Pele. They'd never seen Garrincha. They'd never seen Rivelino. Yet they still knew how special that yellow number 10 was. This really highlights the influence of Brazil on football culture imo. Kids in Africa spent hours trying to emulate a style of football that they'd never even seen, yet they knew was beautiful! I've been on this Earth for 21 years and am yet to see Brazil achieve anything... I hope that changes one day soon!

The Brazilian championship does not stop during the Copa América, so players called up for the competition miss their clubs in more than 10 rounds of the Brazilian championship. This is yet another reason for Brazilian fans to stay away and not support the CBF team.

who's here after Brazil crashed out vs Uruguay?

As a Bangladeshi, 🇧🇩 I grew up obsessed with Brazilian football. The fandom here is huge—during World Cups, every house and street is covered with Brazilian flags. I still remember watching my first World Cup in 2002, where Brazil won and I became a huge fan. It’s sad to see them struggling now; I really miss the vibrant team spirit they used to have.

Every great national football team experiences ups and downs. As legends retire and future legends are born, these teams naturally need to rebuild and adapt to modern football. Often it takes a decade or two before a national team manages to reach the top of the world again. This is what keeps the sport exciting. Long periods of failure make the victories even more special and memorable.

We should not forget that, after winning in 1970, it took Brazil 24 years and 6 tournaments to win again and, after that, it reached two more finals, winning one. So maybe Brazil's third golden era is just around the corner.

Bruh. As soon as you started talking about “talking to someone”, I was dreading where this was going.

Neuer was so pissed when Brazil scored in that 7-1 game.

For a channel that prides itself with its research, I would expect some more digging into the sponsorships you take.