Sad End to Brazil’s #WorldCup run as Netherlands clinch 3rd Place with 3 – 0 Win

Brazil fans are pleading for someone to wake them up from this nightmare right now…unfortunately it is not a dream. This is their reality!
After their shattering 7 – 1 loss to Germany in the Semi-Finals, the third place match today against the Netherlands at the Estádio Nacional de Brasilia was an opportunity for the Brazil national team to redeem themselves. They didn’t.

A 3rd minute penalty conceded by Brazil was fired home by Robin van Persie. Though there are questions around if a penalty should have been given as the tackle occurred outside the penalty box before Arjen Robben catapulted himself into the penalty area. That said, the penalty decision stood and it was 1 – 0 Netherlands.