World Cup Diary | World Cup diary: Brazil weeps for Neymar, but team reaped what they sowed
After kicking James Rodriguez off the pitch, selecao have a cheek to castigate Juan Zuniga for rough stuff - maybe they should look at the ref
The fallout from Brazil-Colombia looks set to continue for a while, with Fifa considering taking retrospective action on Juan Zuniga for the knee in the back that ended Neymar's World Cup and sent a nation into shock.
Zuniga's foul wasn't much worse than anything else in the game - Brazil clearly set out with the tactic of kicking James Rodriguez off the park, so can hardly complain - and it's a slippery slope if every foul is going to be punished after the event.
But then again, it's Neymar, in Brazil, so all bets are off.
Zuniga was immediately trending on social media, AFP reports having dipped a toe into the cesspool - and mainly because of death threats and foul-mouthed, even racist, abuse:
'Among the less offensive posts, contributors [sic] called the 28-year-old a ”monster” and the “biggest villain in the history of football”.'
But surely most of the blame should be laid firmly at Carlos Velasco Carballo's feet, the Spanish referee who seemingly had forgotten his cards, especially where Brazil were concerned.