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Brazil: Twitter Jokes on a ‘Red Card Player’

Written byRaphael Tsavkko Garcia
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Posted 5 July 2010 0:52 GMT

Considered by many the main culprit for the elimination of the Brazilian team at the 2010 FIFA World Cup due to his bad behaviour in the football field, player Felipe Melo became the victim of a series of jokes in the twittersphere [pt].

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