Brazil national team fans celebrate (Reuters)
A bizarre moment yesterday (Wednesday) interrupted the press conference of the Brazilian national team with the participation of Vinicius Jr., when a cat sat on the podium between the player and the communications officer of the Selção.
On the face of it, it was a strange event and nothing more, but the way in which the speaker disposed of the animal provoked severe reactions on the social network.
After petting the cat a little, the media officer grabbed it from above while pinching its skin, and let it fall to the ground from a height of about a meter.
The journalists on the spot were dumbfounded to a certain extent, while the speaker reacted with a face somewhat confused by the situation, before Vinicius, who stopped his words in the middle because of the occurrence, came out of the shock and the two burst out laughing.
The video clip from the press conference was quickly distributed online, and not only the members of the media who came to question the Brazilian soccer player thought that the speaker treated the cat in a cruel and merciless manner.
USA Today, for example, responded on Twitter: "Today we learned that the spokesperson for the Brazilian national team is much more interested in holding a press conference on time and in an orderly manner than in the madness of cute cats."
Even a senior sports journalist in Brazil, named Theo Jose, tweeted: "Damn, was that a cat or a jaguar? What a ridiculous scene by this man, being a representative of the Brazilian federation. It was not needed."
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