2022 World Cup events. In-form Brazil reach the quarter-finals. In front of them is Croatia. Brazilian footballer Vinicius Junior came to the press conference before that match. There was a cat lying on the table. The Brazilian press officer picked up the cat and tossed it spectacularly.
 |
|---|
Instantly, the video of the incident went viral on social media. The Brazilian team also fell into a somewhat uncomfortable situation. The Brazilian team then adopted a small cat to avoid criticism. With the support of everyone in the squad, the adopted cat was named 'Hexa'.
 |
|---|
But since that incident, Brazil has not been able to find a rhythm in field football. In the quarter-finals of the 2022 World Cup, they lost to Croatia in a tiebreaker. Brazil played 17 matches after the cat fight. Seleção played these matches in Croatia match, World Cup qualifiers, friendly matches and Copa America. Among them, they have to digest 7 draws and 5 defeats against 6 wins.Brazil, who were eliminated from the quarter-finals of the 2022 World Cup, have now made their way home from the last eight of the Copa America. The plight of the Seleção has been blamed by many Brazilians for the felines.
The next matches of the 2026 World Cup qualifiers are starting in September this year. Time will tell if Brazil can pull themselves out of that mess.