“OK, so there are no more penalties for Brazil, right?” Scolari said, fronting up to everybody in the auditorium. “That’s my question for you. All you did was criticise Fred … ”
It was a curious line of attack. What Scolari was referring to was the outcry in the Brazilian media over how Fred, the striker, had essentially conned the Japanese referee, Yuichi Nishimura, into awarding Brazil the penalty that had helped them to victory over Croatia in the opening Group A tie. Thanks to that, Scolari seemed to be saying, there would be no more penalties for Brazil at the World Cup.
World Cup 2014: Luiz Felipe Scolari takes on media after Brazil draw | Football | The Guardian
It would have been a much better idea if they simply admitted it was an idiotic penalty... Everybody could see it for themselves anyway. And it wasn't as if Fred was such a success on the pitch:
Fred’s stats, provided by Fifa, show no shots, no assists and a single run into the attacking third during the entire game. If it wasn’t for his reaction to the slightest of tugs by Dejan Lovren and the fact he actually lined up for the national anthem, one would be excused for doubting Fred had been on the Arena Corinthians pitch at all.
Not much better against Mexico either..