The funny thing is that soccer is usually used here to distract people from the real issues (corruption, privacy, healthcare, public transportation, education,

The funny thing is that soccer is usually used here to distract people from the real issues (corruption, privacy, healthcare, public transportation, education, etc). I wonder if this "Vice-President of the European Commission" has any idea that her message will be read as "blah blah blah world cup blah blah go team! blah blah blah". I really hope Brazil loses this tournament, that the abuses in building the stadiums are scrutinized further and a lot of government officials and companies are punished for this ridiculous private event paid with people's tax money. Yes, I'm a dreamer.