Neymar is publicly asking for fans to applaud his team's efforts to fight off the Germans. He said, "What has happened is inexplicable. But even at 6-0, 7-0 down, they did not give up, they kept running, kept trying. I'm not ashamed to be Brazilian and I'm not ashamed to be part of this team. I am proud of every one of my team-mates."
According to Cafu, he went to the changing rooms to lend support to the players, who were visibly upset when they left the pitch in tears after finishing the match against Germany without its key players, the injured Neymar and the suspended team captain Thiago Silva. Silva was seen lending his support in the sidelines, while Neymar was brought home to recuperate from a fractured vertebrae he received from the team's quarterfinals game against Colombia. Cafu said that Marin spotted him and ordered him out of the changing rooms.
Wagner Ribeiro, who is Neymar's agent, went on a Twitter rant expressing his thoughts about Scolari's leadership of the Selecao, especially during the match. It could be recalled that his client was absent due to a career-threatening back injury, while team captain Thiago Silva is out due to the terms of the yellow cards he had earned in previous matches.
The analysis done by Fare during the tournament in Brazil revealed that racist and homophobic activity at the tournament had reached double figures ahead of the semifinals this week. None of the incidents mentioned and analyzed by Fare for the report were said to have been given action by FIFA despite the fact that it has publicly made aware of the majority of the incidents by Fare itself of by media.
