On Saturday night, Brazil's Copa America hopes came crashing down after a penalty shootout defeat to Paraguay in the quarter-final.

Given that it follows last year's World Cup humiliation (you may remember Germany put seven past them), it has prompted plenty of soul-searching about the state of football in the country so associated with the game.

Brazil had started positively against Paraguay, taking a 1-0 lead through Robinho. But a clear handball in the box from defender Thiago Silva led to the equaliser - and a couple of Internet memes like these ones:

Thiago Silva no vôlei e saudade dos craques... Vejas os melhores memes da queda da seleção http://t.co/OwB1luRoar pic.twitter.com/Y4l93ZOhTR

— Portal R7.com (@portalR7) June 28, 2015

Obviously, Silva's team-mates were not amused by what happened on the pitch and before the penalty shootout, it appears that Robinho and Filipe Luis were among the players to have a go at the 2014 World Cup captain, with Robinho's gesticulation clearly alluding to the nature of the argument: