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| Argentines Sing of Brazil’s Humiliation, Loudly and in Rio | |
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| As the Brazil team has come spectacularly undone in the World Cup, the pain for the host country has been compounded by the prospect that its hated rival, Argentina, could still lift the championship trophy on Sunday in Rio de Janeiro’s fabled Estádio do Maracanã, if Argentina manages to win its semifinal game against the Netherlands on Wednesday afternoon. | As the Brazil team has come spectacularly undone in the World Cup, the pain for the host country has been compounded by the prospect that its hated rival, Argentina, could still lift the championship trophy on Sunday in Rio de Janeiro’s fabled Estádio do Maracanã, if Argentina manages to win its semifinal game against the Netherlands on Wednesday afternoon. |
| The tens of thousands of Argentine fans who have invaded Brazil to cheer for their team, and taunt their hosts, brought with them a song that predicts not just triumph for Argentina, but deep humiliation for Brazil. And the players themselves have joined the chorus. | The tens of thousands of Argentine fans who have invaded Brazil to cheer for their team, and taunt their hosts, brought with them a song that predicts not just triumph for Argentina, but deep humiliation for Brazil. And the players themselves have joined the chorus. |
| The song, “Brasil, Decime Qué Se Siente,” or, “Brazil, Tell Me How It Feels,” asks the Brazilians how they like being bossed around in their own house and suggests that Lionel Messi is about to follow in the footsteps of Diego Maradona by returning the World Cup to Argentina. | The song, “Brasil, Decime Qué Se Siente,” or, “Brazil, Tell Me How It Feels,” asks the Brazilians how they like being bossed around in their own house and suggests that Lionel Messi is about to follow in the footsteps of Diego Maradona by returning the World Cup to Argentina. |
| The lyrics include a dig about a famous goal scored against Brazil by Argentina’s Claudio Caniggia in the 1990 World Cup, and the song concludes with what my colleague David Waldstein called “the most incendiary statement of all: ‘Maradona es más grande que Pelé.'” | The lyrics include a dig about a famous goal scored against Brazil by Argentina’s Claudio Caniggia in the 1990 World Cup, and the song concludes with what my colleague David Waldstein called “the most incendiary statement of all: ‘Maradona es más grande que Pelé.'” |
| Video clips of exuberant, bouncing Argentine fans singing the song — in the stands, on the beaches and in the streets of Brazil — have spread as the tournament has progressed. | Video clips of exuberant, bouncing Argentine fans singing the song — in the stands, on the beaches and in the streets of Brazil — have spread as the tournament has progressed. |
| Players for the national team joined in, offering one spirited rendition last month near their training camp in Belo Horizonte, and a second, more raucous one during their locker room celebrations after they defeated Belgium to advance to the semifinal. | Players for the national team joined in, offering one spirited rendition last month near their training camp in Belo Horizonte, and a second, more raucous one during their locker room celebrations after they defeated Belgium to advance to the semifinal. |
| As the Argentine journalist Lisandro Guzmán reported, the song, set to the tune of “Bad Moon Rising” by Creedence Clearwater Revival, is similar to one that was previously sung by supporters of the Buenos Aires club San Lorenzo de Almagro, Pope Francis’s team. | As the Argentine journalist Lisandro Guzmán reported, the song, set to the tune of “Bad Moon Rising” by Creedence Clearwater Revival, is similar to one that was previously sung by supporters of the Buenos Aires club San Lorenzo de Almagro, Pope Francis’s team. |
| Last year, a version was used by fans of another Buenos Aires club, Boca Juniors, to taunt their crosstown rival, River Plate. | Last year, a version was used by fans of another Buenos Aires club, Boca Juniors, to taunt their crosstown rival, River Plate. |
| The latest rendition of the song has also been sung back in Argentina, in the streets and on the air, though perhaps the most inspired version is a YouTube remix produced by a video blogger who added the new words to old footage of Creedence Clearwater Revival performing the original. | The latest rendition of the song has also been sung back in Argentina, in the streets and on the air, though perhaps the most inspired version is a YouTube remix produced by a video blogger who added the new words to old footage of Creedence Clearwater Revival performing the original. |
| While Argentine fans are approaching peak schadenfreude, Brazil could still have the last laugh: If Argentina loses its semifinal on Wednesday, the two South American neighbors would then meet in the third-place game on Saturday in Brasília. | While Argentine fans are approaching peak schadenfreude, Brazil could still have the last laugh: If Argentina loses its semifinal on Wednesday, the two South American neighbors would then meet in the third-place game on Saturday in Brasília. |