Brazilian fans blamed former head coach Luiz Felipe Scolari for the 7-1 defeat in the semifinal of the FIFA World Cup, which took place in the country and ended on July 13, according to a poll released on Wednesday.

According to the poll, carried by research community Conecta, 72 percent of interviewees blamed Scolari for the bad result. A total of 55 percent also blamed the players, and 28 percent blamed the Brazilian Soccer Confederation (CBF) as well.

Scolari's performance as head coach was considered a disappointment to 75 percent of interviewees, and 48 percent considered his work much below expectations, which were most likely very high since the last time Scolari was coach, in 2002, Brazil won its fifth World Cup.

Scolari, along with several members of the coaching crew, was fired after the World Cup. He coached the team in a last match against the Netherlands, in which Brazil lost 3-0.

Former player Dunga, captain of the team who won Brazil's fourth World Cup in 1994 and the national team's coach in the 2010 World Cup in South Africa has already been announced to replace Scolari.

Even though Brazilians were dissatisfied with the performance of the national squad in the World Cup, the event itself was more to their liking: 62 percent of interviewees said the World Cup was better than they expected, 22 said it was within their expectations and 16 percent said it was below their expectations.

Infrastructure received praise as 52 percent of interviewees considered the state of the arenas above expectations, 40 percent considered the airports' service above expectations and 45 percent considered security above expectations. Traffic was the only item which did not receive good grades, as only 27 percent of interviewees considered it above expectations during the World Cup.

The survey was carried out on July 15-20 with 1,181 people from all over Brazil.