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Brazil Fans Boo off their Fallen Heroes after Crushing 7-1 Defeat by the German Juggernaut ....
Daily Mail (UK) ^ | July 8, 2014 | Willis Robinson

Posted on 07/08/2014 4:00:29 PM PDT by Cecily

The dreams of millions of Brazilian football fans have been left in tatters as Germany beat the host nation a 7-1 in the World Cup semi-final.

Spectators inside in The Mineirao Stadium in Belo Horizonte were in tears as their side succumbed to the humiliating defeat, ending dreams of a title on home soil.

The side were booed off following the disappointing performance, the biggest defeat in a World Cup semi-final and Brazil's worst defeat in their history.

Four goals in the space of just seven first-half minutes silenced an entire nation and the shell-shocked hosts leaving them an almost impossible task to progress to the final.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Germany; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: worldcup
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To: St_Thomas_Aquinas

There is always the wife & kids, or you can kick the dog.


61 posted on 07/08/2014 6:44:06 PM PDT by Mister Da (The mark of a wise man is not what he knows, but what he knows he doesn't know!)
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To: Cecily
Just saw the highlights. Yipes. Last time the Germans did anything like that there were Stukas involved.

Makes you wonder what the fans are going to be like during the final, doesn't it?

62 posted on 07/08/2014 6:46:26 PM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: Talisker
simply not hating someone you would have loved a moment before because their best wasn’t good enough for world mastery is, I think, a reasonable start

As I type this, Grant Balfour is pitching for the Rays against the Royals. Given the way he has blown opportunities to hold or save games for the Rays, it would be easy for a watches-every-game-they-play-Rays-fan (like me) to hate him. I confess I feel trepidation when he takes the mound, but hatred? There are worse things in life than losing a ball game--but you don't learn that lesson until you learn that there are far better things in eternity than winning a ball game.

P.S. Balfour just got out of the inning, leaving runners at the corners.

63 posted on 07/08/2014 6:47:30 PM PDT by chajin ("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
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To: Paradox

http://pmreddick.wordpress.com/category/sports/soccer/

Good site that compares soccer goals to: hockey, basketball, baseball and football


64 posted on 07/08/2014 6:54:53 PM PDT by ReaganÜberAlles (Remember, you can't spell "progressive" without "SS".)
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To: chajin

The mound is a dangerous place. Anyone who goes there without proper qualifications deserves what he gets.


65 posted on 07/08/2014 7:53:38 PM PDT by Talisker (One who commands, must obey.)
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To: Mister Da

“I’m thinking the severe drubbing the Germans gave the Brazilians will encourage angry Brazilian fans to return the drubbing on the streets, especially to loud, boastful, partying Germans.”

More likely they’ll vent on their government, which wasted a lot of money on this event that would have been better spent elsewhere.


66 posted on 07/09/2014 3:13:38 AM PDT by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
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To: Wyrd bið ful aræd
I read that security escorted German fans out of the stadium after the ass-whooping.

Torschüsse macht sie nicht frei

67 posted on 07/09/2014 8:08:05 AM PDT by Dr.Deth
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To: ReaganÃœberAlles

Thanks for that link. Not quite sure if a simple approach like that is the final answer, but for sure, a 7-1 beating in soccer, at this level of play, is unheard of, and I cannot remember or imagine a drubbing like this in another sport.


68 posted on 07/09/2014 11:29:46 AM PDT by Paradox (Unexpected things coming for the next few years.)
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