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The idea behind a tournament is that the number of entries are whittled down to a single winner. Unless there are only two entries and this "tournament" is a single match, there will always be more losers than winners. In the World Cup, there are 25 entries, or 32 teams each trying to win. When 31 of those 32 teams (96.8%) have to lose — when that is a necessary consequence of the tournament format — crying at loss is so ludicrous as to defy all proportion.
Winning in a tournament necessarily has the implication that others must fail. For the Columbian to cry that his team lost is to cry that another team didn't. Good for the Brazilian players for demonstrating a magnanimity in victory which the Columbian didn't demonstrate in defeat.
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