Is there still a curse to knock out Brazil? The teams that have eliminated Brazil in the World Cup over the years have suffered

The World Cup is an event that many fans are concerned about, because this event is held every four years, so many players hope to be able to perform well in the World Cup, but the Brazilian team, which has performed best in the World Cup, has not performed very well in recent World Cups, and many fans are also regretting that such a team is becoming less and less aura, and its performance is getting worse and worse. However, the teams that eliminated Brazil in the last few World Cups also seem to have suffered a curse, and their performance in the next World Cup is quite poor.

France, 1998

France can be said to be the best team to perform after the World Cup expansion to the round of 32, and of course they are also one of the most inconsistent teams after the expansion. In the 1998 World Cup, Zidane's super performance in the final helped the team defeat the biggest favorite to win the championship, Brazil, and won the Hercules Cup. This is also the first time that the French team has lifted the Hercules Cup.

But no one expected that in the 2002 South Korea-Japan World Cup, the French team was like a curse, and the French team, which has the three leading scorers of the Premier League, French Ligue 1 and Serie A, was defeated 1-0 by Senegal, known as the "second French team", in the first round of the World Cup.

At the end of the entire three group games, the French team did not even score a single goal, and finally finished at the bottom of the group stage and went out in shame.

The French team's exit this time also became the beginning of the curse of the defending World Cup champions, and since then, there have been many cases of the defending champions being eliminated from the World Cup group, which began with the elimination of France in this World Cup.

France, 2006

In the 2006 World Cup, the defending champion Brazil failed to break into the semi-finals, which may be difficult for many fans to accept at the time, but in fact, this will be a norm in the future, in fact, except for the World Cup on home soil, Brazil has not reached the World Cup semi-finals since 2006.

In the quarterfinals of the 2006 World Cup in Germany, Brazil encountered the old enemy France, and this time it was Henry's sword that sealed the throat, and the French team eliminated Brazil. However, in this World Cup final, France lost to Italy in a penalty shootout and could not go further.

However, in the 2010 World Cup, although they were not the defending champions, the French team still broke out during the World Cup, and the team's fighting power was quite poor, and they finally performed poorly, and they returned home at the end of the group stage, and even finished at the bottom of the group.

2014 World Cup Germany

The 2014 World Cup was held in Brazil, and many fans also hoped that Brazil could take advantage of the home advantage to break into the final and win the eventual championship. But this World Cup has become a painful memory for Brazilian fans.

In that World Cup, after the Brazilian team qualified from the group, they eliminated the South American duo Chile and Colombia one after another. Their semi-final match against Germany attracted the attention of many fans, but no one expected that Brazil would become a one-sided situation after the absence of a few key players. In the end, Germany swept Brazil 7-1, and this game also created the largest score gap in the World Cup semi-finals.

Germany, who reached the final, did well, and they battled Argentina until extra time, where they beat their opponents to lift the Hercules Cup.

In the 2018 World Cup, when everyone thought that Germany's style of play would definitely break the curse of the defending champions, the performance of the German team shocked everyone. They lost 1-0 to Mexico in the opening round of the group stage and faced South Korea in the final round, and a win for Germany will give them a chance to qualify directly from the group.

However, Germany suffered a surprise defeat to South Korea, who were eliminated from the group stage with both South Korea and Germany, while Mexico and Sweden joined forces in qualifying.

Belgium at the 2018 World Cup

In the 2018 World Cup, the Belgian golden generation can be said to be in good shape, and in the last World Cup, the Belgian team performed well, but in the face of Argentina, it was still blocked out of the semi-finals. In 2018, Belgium can be said to be strong, beating England in the group stage with three wins and three wins to win the group.

Although Belgium almost lost to Japan in the first round of the knockout round, the team finally completed a big comeback and broke into the top 8. Facing Brazil in the quarter-finals, Belgium relied on an own goal from their opponent and De Bruyne to seal the win in the first half. Although Belgium lost to eventual champions France in the semi-finals, they beat England in the third-place final to finish third.

However, in 2022, Belgium, who were grouped with Croatia, Morocco and Canada, were the favourites to qualify from the group before the start of the tournament, but the golden generation suffered a complete defeat against Morocco and finally regretted the group exit.

In the '98 World Cup, only one team has escaped the Brazilian curse, and that is the Netherlands, who eliminated Brazil in 2010 and still reached the last four at the 2014 World Cup. However, the Netherlands missed the 2018 World Cup after beating Brazil in the 2014 third-place final.