Germany Demolish Sorry Brazil

It was something totally unpredicted.


Brazil 1 Germany 7.

in Belo Horizonte, Brazil.

A World Cup semi final match.


Perhaps many have predicted a win for Germany but not with such scoreline. It was a total annihilation, not just to the host's World Cup hopes but to their pride as a footballing nation.

The defence was in total shambles with the German players carving chances at will. Nobody in a yellow shirt was really defending, as if they were saying to their opponents: "There you go sir, have a pop at our goal and don't forget to come back."

It seemed like losing Thiago Silva was a bigger factor in this defeat than losing Neymar. Perhaps the presence of their influential skipper could have a given the defence more confident, something that was lacking in the partnership between David Luis and Dante.

However, against an efficient German side the a win for Brazil also seemed unlikely but at least the defeat would not be as demoralised as this one.

I for one could not believe that the scoreline read 5-0 by the half hour mark.

Thomas Mueller came in unmarked to open the score from a corner and Miroslav Klose put himself as the player with most world cup goals with a strike in the 23rd minute.

A minute later Toni Kroos notched the third before helping himself to his second and Germany's fourth in the 26th minute. Sami Khedira then made it five three minutes later.

With the camera zooming on the Brazillian crowd, their faces were all sort of emotions from disbelief, sad, stunned, everything but happy.

Brazil restored some sort of stability in the second half and had a go at Manuel Neuer's goal a few times but the goalkeeper stood firm.

The Germans meanwhile looked like they were embarrassed to score with chances being missed on a few occasions.

However Andre Schurrle had no such problem when came on as a second half substitute to score a brace. His club-mate Oscar meanwhile ruined Manuel Neuer clean sheet by scoring a consolation goal as the match entered the final minute.

It is Germany that will contest the 2014 World Cup final, with Argentina and Holland playing today to determine who will win the right to face the three times World Cup winner in Maracana on Sunday.



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