Brazil is the land of carnivals. So the Samba boys were happy with the warm reception they received at the Kolkata airport and in the team hotel yesterday afternoon ahead of their FIFAâu00c2u0080u00c2u0088U-17 World Cup quarter-final clash against Germany on Sunday. From Maracanazo in 1950 to Mineiraozo in 2014, Brazilian football has suffered a lot in its own country. The hosts were annihilated 1-7 by the Germans in the semi-final of the 2014 World Cup in Belo Horizonte.

Brazil are unbeaten in the FIFA U-17 World Cup. Pic/AFP