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Japan Bows Out of the World Cup to Brazil — Pride, Post-Mortems and a Meme War
Japan led Brazil before conceding twice late to lose 1-2 and exit the World Cup in the Round of 32. Online reaction split sharply: some praised a gutsy showing against a giant and goalkeeper Zion Suzuki's heroics, while others slammed manager Hajime Moriyasu's tactics, piled on Ao Tanaka for the error that led to the winner, and stewed over Brazilian forward Cunha's taunt of Kento Shiokai. A lighter sideshow saw Hatsune Miku jokingly 'claimed' by Brazil as a meme.