Re: “Brazil play beautiful football and lose to the Dutch; the conspiracy theories mount”

I totally agree with your analysis. It is the same thing happened to Brazilian team four years ago. Given that 2014 WC will be hosted by Brazil, FIFA has a very clear strategy, loose this WC win 2014. Also, FIFA want to maintain the equilibrium between South America and Europe. FIFA can't expect anyone else to win 2014 WC other than Brazil and if some else wins then there will be roits on RIO's street.
Know body know what was told to Brazilians during the half time break. They played like champions during first 45 mins and there is no way they can have such a pathetic performance in second half. Something real happened which forced them to play like a mediocre team and loose the match.