An insight into the Unrealistic Burden of Being a Brazil Fan

Brazil is the only country to have attended every World Cup and is the country to win the most Cups. This is well known.

But Brazil is also the country with the 2nd most attendances at the final match (7) and Brazil has not failed to advance from the Group Stage since 1966, plus Brazil is the only country to win two back-to-back World Cups.

All this adds up to a crazy amount of expectation of success at the WC, not just from the outside world, but especially from the fans.

Nevermind not wining every World Cup, there are many other events that would doom Brazil to be held as a failure:

* Don't qualify in the top 2 of CONMEBOL? - Failure * Don't win every qualifying home game? - Failure * Tie a game at the WC? - Failure * Not play {insert Barca millionaire name here}? - Failure * Not win the Group? - Failure * Not score at least one amazing goal per game? - Failure * Not put on a Beautiful Game footy clinic in every game? - Failure * Win a game 1:nil? - Failure * Not take at least 20 shots at goal every game? - Failure

This kind pressure has made being a Seleção fan a bummer much of the time. (Porra!)

I do think Brazil does best when everyone thinks they will suck.