Soccer: Portuguese get raspberry

Portugal's squad arrived home to jeers and scuffles amid soul-searching about what their exit said about the national character. Newspapers said the red cards to Joao Pinto and Beto in their loss to South Korea underscored the Portuguese characteristic of flouting the law. The team's failure also ruined hopes for good news amid a struggling economy, they said. The World Cup showed that Portugal was a country that "cheapens the values of good behaviour", Publico newspaper said.

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