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Unfortunately the sample size can be only 3, but perhaps this is part of the reason why the 2 football teams in Manaus are also rans compared to the rest of Brazil?

I was shocked by how poor Italy were against Costa Rica (who aren't a good team at all, no matter how you put a fancy underdog spin on it), and how much Croatia capitulated in the 2nd half v Mexico. I was also very confident that we would at least draw Uruguay but we put in a much flatter performance than v Italy, coincidence? I highly doubt it.

Teams who have played in Manaus are at a huge, huge disadvantage than others, there's no surprise Uruguay came through late against both England and Italy when you consider this.

To put a tiny bit more evidence to this when I was in Vegas a few weeks ago, I met a Brazilian guy from Manaus amazingly enough (I have him on Facebook if anyone needs evidence by PM, fwiw), he said that he couldn't believe they chose to hold matches there when it was announced a few years back, not just because of the match itself which would be hell, but the effects would last weeks afterwards. On the evidence of this World Cup so far, he's spot on.

Perhaps that's why they're not playing any knockout games there...