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Host country fans show their disgust

Staff Correspondent
Brazilian fans watch the FIFA World Cup third-place match between Brazil and the Netherlands on a screen during the Fan Fest at Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on July 12, 2014. Germany and Argentina will play the final on Sunday. AFP
Brazilian fans watch the FIFA World Cup third-place match between Brazil and the Netherlands on a screen during the Fan Fest at Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on July 12, 2014. Germany and Argentina will play the final on Sunday. AFP

Brazil fans expressed disgust with their team after the hosts lost 3-0 to the Netherlands in the third-place playoff Saturday.

"I am suporting Holland -- our team is useless," spat businessman Diogo Chaer, who wore a Dutch shirt in Brasilia.

In Rio, some fans stayed to the end to dance at a post-match concert -- but others slunk away from the Fan Fest on Copacabana Beach after the Dutch largely outplayed the five-time world champions.

"I'm off to another party. Dreadful match," said Francisco Ramos, a 21-year-old soldier wearing a Brazil strip.

Fans said they would rather Germany win than see neighbours Argentina lift the trophy Sunday in Rio.

"The Argentines can just go home," said Eduarda Alves, a Rio student aged 16.

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