Richarlison felt Brazil s World Cup quarter-final defeat to Croatia was worse than losing a family member .
Pre-tournament favourites the Selecao won Group G and thrashed South Korea 4-1 in the round of 16 to raise hopes they could be crowned champions for the first time since 2002.
But their campaign came to a halt at the quarter-final stage in Qatar, losing on penalties to Croatia after Marquinhos and Rodrygo were unable to tuck away their spot-kicks.
The loss sparked emotional responses from a number of players with Neymar, who had given Brazil an extra-time lead before Bruno Petkovic s equaliser sent the game to penalties, left in tears on the pitch as Croatia celebrated their victory.
Richarlison told ESPN: It was a blow, I don t know. I think it s worse than losing a family member.
It was difficult to recover. To this day, when I watch videos on my social networks, it makes me sad.
