Dunphy's swearing was apparently a response to the question posed by presenter Bill O'Herlihy on the level of expectation of the host nation's team, and had referred back to the controversial penalty goal made by Neymar against Croatia in last week's opener, the Guardian said.
According to reports, the 49 year-old Mexican native is wanted in both his homeland and the US over drug trafficking charges. The US Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) had provided assistance to Brazilian authorities in alleged drug lord Jose Diaz Barajas' arrest.
The Guardian said that the blast would be the latest in a series of attacks at football viewing centers in the country that had been blamed on the militants, who have since been waging a deadly insurgency in the northern area of Nigeria since 2009.
Along with the controversial call that had Japanese referee Yuichi Nishimura awarded a penalty kick to Brazil, Scolari appeared to be riled up about the questions being brought up during the press conference, the Guardian said.
