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On a cloudy morning, the disheartened Mexicans got up feeling disappointed because of the defeat of their country at the hands of Brazil, in the Copa América Peru 2004.
¿How was the match, sir?¿, a newsvendor asked his client. ¿Awful!¿, he answered.
This was just one of the comments heard in the ealry hours of the day, after the ¿gloomy¿ night for the Mexican team, beaten 4-nil by Brazil in the quarterfinals of the longest-running continental team championship in the world.
Mexico, who had previously been praised by the press for their triumph in the first phase, after the 1-nil win against Argentina, one of the firm favorites for the South American title, was highly criticized for their erratic performance.
¿Very weak¿, was the headline in the morning ¿Esto¿, which added in the article: ¿It¿s over. Mexico were eliminated by Brazil in disappointing fashion.¿
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