Brazil's World Cup campaign came to a miserable end as the hosts were convincingly beaten by the Netherlands in the third-place play-off.

Goals from Robin van Persie, Daley Blind and Georginio Wijaldum condemned Brazil to back-to-back defeats on home soil for the first time since 1940, following Tuesday's embarrassing 7-1 loss to Germany in the semi-final.

As an added insult, Brazil must now watch on as their fiercest rivals Argentina take on Germany for the chance to win the World Cup at Brazilian football's spiritual home, the Maracana, on Sunday.

Having been backed so vocally throughout, home supporters turned on Brazil on Tuesday, cheering the opposition attacks and directing loud boos at their own players, and their frustration continued in the capital Brasilia.

Coach Luiz Felipe Scolari bore the brunt of their anger, and his long-term future as national team boss is now in doubt.

Brazil's fans throughout the tournament had packed homes, bars and fan parks to watch the action, leaving streets near empty, but the shock defeat to Germany left a question mark over how they would greet their team for Saturday's game.

To their credit there was little indication in the build-up that their interest had wavered, as thousands had descended on the Copacabana beach fan park in Rio de Janeiro, while the Estadio Nacional was close to capacity.

When the teams emerged from the tunnel to go through their pre-match warm-ups, the players were greeted by loud cheers, which were significantly louder when their injured talisman Neymar appeared.

The striker - who scored four goals before a back injury ruled him out of the Germany debacle - was wearing a full training kit but watched from the bench as his team-mates went on to the pitch.

It seemed the Brazilian fans were determined to support their team but they also made it known they had not forgotten the defeat by Germany as loud boos rang out when the names of Scolari and beleaguered striker Fred were read out.

Fred was one of six starters against Germany who were relegated to the bench against the Netherlands, and several players from Brazil's 23-man squad will likely have played in their last World Cup.

Whatever the future does hold for Brazil and its squad, it was briefly forgotten about for the start of Saturday's game as the players and a largely packed-out Estadio Nacional once again sang the Brazil national anthem in unison.

It was as rousing a rendition of the anthem as any throughout the tournament, but thoughts of redemption lasted barely three minutes, when Brazil captain Silva pulled back Robben and the referee awarded a penalty, which Van Persie expertly converted.

The home fans were stunned into silence, but it was to get worse barely 15 minutes later when they conceded a second. This time defender David Luiz headed a tame clearance straight to Blind and the Dutch midfielder found the top corner for his first international goal.

Brazilian faces were sullen, perhaps fearful of similar capitulation that saw Brazil concede five goals in just 18 minutes against Germany.

They improved as the half wore on, but it was not enough for the players to avoid being booed as they trudged towards the tunnel.

The game slowed to a pedestrian pace in the second half, with the Netherlands seemingly content to sit on the advantage had, to the frustration of Brazil, whose fans continued to express their anger at Scolari with boos every time the big screen in the stadium centred on the 65-year-old.

Ramires flashed a shot wide while Oscar was booked for diving as Brazil strived for some way back into the game.

Instead, though, Wijnaldum completed another miserable defeat for Scolari's side with a third in stoppage time.

Echoing full-time in the defeat by Germany, the final whistle was greeted with a huge chorus of boos.

A tournament that started with high optimism and promise for Brazil ended in frustration and leaving fans wondering how the five-times winners of the World Cup can rediscover former glories.