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<blockquote data-quote="KJ" data-source="post: 42320" data-attributes="member: 1">The term was originally coined by novelist and writer <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelson_Rodrigues" target="_blank">Nelson Rodrigues</a>, initially referring to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychological_trauma" target="_blank">trauma</a> suffered by Brazilians in 1950 when the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil_national_football_team" target="_blank">national football team</a> was defeated by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uruguay_national_football_team" target="_blank">Uruguay's national team</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uruguay_v_Brazil_(1950_FIFA_World_Cup)" target="_blank">the final match</a> of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1950_World_Cup" target="_blank">1950 World Cup</a>, which was held at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maracan%C3%A3_Stadium" target="_blank">Maracanã</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_de_Janeiro" target="_blank">Rio de Janeiro</a>. The estimated 200,000 spectators at the stadium that day were stunned into an eerie silence after the match was concluded, some so distraught they committed <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suicide" target="_blank">suicide</a> inside the stadium.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mongrel_complex#cite_note-1" target="_blank">[1]</a> Brazil would recover, at least when it comes to soccer, in 1958, winning the World Cup for the first of five times,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mongrel_complex#cite_note-2" target="_blank">[2]</a> but the idea persisted, cropping up again the next time Brazil hosted the World Cup in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_FIFA_World_Cup" target="_blank">2014</a> when it was defeated in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil_v_Germany_(2014_FIFA_World_Cup)" target="_blank">the semifinal match</a> against <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany_national_football_team" target="_blank">Germany</a> by a score of 7–1.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="KJ, post: 42320, member: 1"] The term was originally coined by novelist and writer [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelson_Rodrigues']Nelson Rodrigues[/URL], initially referring to the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychological_trauma']trauma[/URL] suffered by Brazilians in 1950 when the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil_national_football_team']national football team[/URL] was defeated by [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uruguay_national_football_team']Uruguay's national team[/URL] in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uruguay_v_Brazil_(1950_FIFA_World_Cup)']the final match[/URL] of the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1950_World_Cup']1950 World Cup[/URL], which was held at the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maracan%C3%A3_Stadium']Maracanã[/URL] in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_de_Janeiro']Rio de Janeiro[/URL]. [B]The estimated 200,000 spectators at the stadium that day were stunned into an eerie silence after the match was concluded, some so distraught they committed [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suicide']suicide[/URL] inside the stadium.[/B][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mongrel_complex#cite_note-1'][1][/URL] Brazil would recover, at least when it comes to soccer, in 1958, winning the World Cup for the first of five times,[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mongrel_complex#cite_note-2'][2][/URL] but the idea persisted, cropping up again the next time Brazil hosted the World Cup in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_FIFA_World_Cup']2014[/URL] when it was defeated in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil_v_Germany_(2014_FIFA_World_Cup)']the semifinal match[/URL] against [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany_national_football_team']Germany[/URL] by a score of 7–1. [/QUOTE]

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