From Ecuador fans, for the officials, who they believed had denied them a huge scalp in their opening Copa America Centenario clash. But the longer the game went on, the harder it became for the two sides to create chances, and what started as an open encounter became increasingly attritional. Ecuador cried robbery, Brazilian fans just cried about what their team has become. Miler Bolanos ran down the left flank and crossed the ball just as it hit the goal-line. From the Brazilian fans, for their own team, who had offered a display which summed up the nation’s footballing ills of recent years.

Source: The Star June 05, 2016 11:37 UTC