evidence: Brazil fans back home shocked after World Cup elimination SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil soccer fans were shocked into silence back home after the national team was eliminated by Croatia from the World Cup on Friday. [...] "It is the most awkward feeling. Croatia shot on goal once, Brazil wasted so many opportunities. It is the strangest Brazil elimination I remember," Faria said. "But I still don’t understand why our coach Tite took Vinicius Junior for Antony, I don’t know why Neymar was not the first to take a penalty in the shootout, I can’t see why Brazil was not more aggressive."