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Two coaches with very contrasting fortunes

Brazil's Scolari will pay the price for failing his countrymen, while Netherlands' van Gaal will be feted in a heroes' welcome

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Published Sun, Jul 13, 2014 · 10:00 PM

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LUIS Felipe Scolari's blunt assessment after Brazil's collapse to the Netherlands was that his team didn't deserve to lose by three goals.

He's wrong. They should have been hammered by a much wider margin in yesterday's match to determine the World Cup's third-best team.

That's not so much a reflection of how toothless Brazil's performance was, but also a testament to just how dominant the Dutch were from start to finish.

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