The dust is slowly beginning to settle on what has been, and there really is no way to sugar coat this, a shameful showing from Brazil at the Copa America Centenario.
Even with enthusiasm for the Selecao at what must be one of the lowest ebbs following their humiliation at the 2014 FIFA World Cup, and subsequent premature elimination from continental competition in Chile last year and struggles in World Cup qualifying, this felt like a new low.
The sorest issue is that this new exit hasn’t been met with surprise in the national press, more a weary shrug, a sullen acceptance that, perhaps, this is just how things are these days.