Victory exposes Brazil's limitations

Once the euphoria of victory and hangovers pass, Brazil should feel the cold shiver of a World Cup disaster narrowly averted.

Saturday's 3-2 penalty shoot-out win over Chile exposed the Selecao's flaws, but also its lion heart. The question now is whether that strength will be enough to paper over those weaknesses.

The main storyline of the furiously-paced, high-stakes match that carried Brazil to the quarterfinals was of an aging goalkeeper on the backend of an impressive career rising to the occasion to prevent the World Cup host from tumbling into the abyss.