Cafu Expelled From Brazil Soccer Team Dressing Room After Brazil Vs. Germany 1-7 Defeat: Luiz Felipe Scolari Apologizes, Captain Scolds Players, “Stop Crying”

Cafu, the two-time World Cup winner, wanted to console the Brazil soccer team players post their 1-7 defeat against Germany. Instead, CBF president Jose Maria Marin told Cafu to leave the dressing room. But other Brazilian legends weren't as compassionate as Cafu. Carlos Albert, the captain of 1970 World Cup, scolded the players to "stop crying!".

After the 90 minutes complete horror, Cafu, who made 142 appearances for Brazil during his career, dashed to the changing rooms to comfort the players. However, his efforts to console was shut down immediately.  

"President Marin said he didn't want any strangers in the dressing room," Cafu told ESPN. "I told him I'm no stranger. I was only there to embrace the boys, to give them some comfort. I didn't want to talk about anything else. I was only there because the boys needed support, that's why I came to the dressing room.

"I was surprised that I was practically expelled from the dressing room. Humbly, I left the changing room. I endured a similar thing back in 1998 and I know what a World Cup defeat feels like. I knew the boys needed some attention and needed to be comforted at that moment. I wasn't there for self promotion, I don't need this kind of thing. I went to give a hug to Felipao and [Carlos Alberto] Parreira."

When Scolari was able to get a word out of his total shock, he said, "We ask for forgiveness".

Even the Germany coach Joachim Löw, possibly the least liked coach of the World Cup, felt like he had to say something nice. "All 200 million people here want you to get to the final," Löw told a German television interviewer. "That can cause your players to tighten up... I feel sorry for [Scolari]."

Other former players for Brazil soccer team wasn't so comforting. Carlos Alberto, the captain of Brazil's 1970 World Cup champion, said: "The team is crying when they're singing the anthem, when they get hurt, when they shoot penalties. Stop crying! Enough! They say it's the pressure from playing at home. But they should have been prepared for this".

Even the president of Brazil, Dilma Rousseff wrote on her Twitter, "I am immensely sorry for all of us".

Where is Regina Brandao, the sports psychologist, when you need her?

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