Scolari lashes out as Brazil adapt to ‘underdog’ status

Brazil coach Luiz Felipe Scolari vents his anger at reporters ahead of Colombia clash

Brazil's head coach Luiz Felipe Scolari
(Image credit: Scott Heavey/Getty Images)

Brazil coach Luiz Felipe Scolari told reporters to "go to hell" during a tense press conference on the eve of his side’s quarter-final clash with Colombia.

The World Cup hosts find themselves in the strange predicament of being slight underdogs for the match after their less than impressive performances to date. Only the underside of the crossbar kept them in the competition in last week's Last 16 tie with Chile in which Mauricio Pinilla’s thumping shot rattled the bar in the dying moments of extra-time.

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Bill Mann is a football correspondent for The Week.co.uk, scouring the world's football press daily for the popular Transfer Talk column.