Posted on 07/08/2014 2:55:47 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Germany routed Brazil 7-1 today to reach the World Cup final, handing them its worst loss ever and breaking the hearts of millions of Brazilians.
Brazil played without its injured striker Neymar, who had suffered a fractured vertebra in his lower back last Friday during its quarterfinal clash against Colombia.
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Silva’s suspension probably had more effect today.
“The keeper plays in Toronto. Same as Witness Protection Program.”
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Or what the Seahawks did to the Broncos in the SuperBowl!
Yep
I had high hopes for Columbia and their coach Jose Pekerman. Not that I know that much about them, but I relished the prospect of the media saying "Pekerman" over and over again.
Pekerman isn't actually German, though, and the country isn't actually spelled "Columbia." Maybe it's just as well they're out. I still remember when one of their players put the ball in the wrong net and got killed for it.
Without Silva to run the defense, the game was pathetic. Neymar wouldn’t have helped the loss though it might have been closer. And a big plus: Germany is really good.
I have almost zero knowledge of the game of soccer, but it looked for all the world that after the third or fourth goal, the Brazilian players basically gave up and tanked the match.
I guess Brazil i not the same without the famous Pele.
I was at the 1970 world cup in Mexico city when Brazil beat Italy.
Y'all might remember the Redskins' (can I say that here?) perfect quarter vs. Denver in Sort-of-Superbowl Whatever. Doug Williams, a solid journeyman quarterback, was surrounded by a good defense, the posse, and the Hogs, and had a great season. Against Denver, the 'Skins came up with a perfect second quarter and scored 35 points. They could do no wrong, Denver could do no right, and boom. That's what happened today for a twelve minute stretch in Germany vs. Brazil. It's beautiful, scary, and eerie to watch.
Of the sports with which I'm most familiar, basketball is the most prone to this sort of thing. You are plugging along on a pretty competitive game, the score one minute is 36-32, and the next time you look up, it's suddenly 58-34. The big difference in basketball is that the coach can call a time out to try to break the momentum. Sometimes that works, sometimes it doesn't.
In the ten years I've watched my daughters play soccer (ok, not quite at the World Cup level ....), I've seem my older daughter's team, a reasonably competitive travel team, lose one game that looked as ugly. Fortunately, they've had perhaps three games that broke big the other way. That's over ten years. It happens. It's probably rarer in soccer than most other sports because of the dearth of scoring, but there are exceptions. We saw one today. History ... and I only wonder how much Germany could have scored if they hadn't called off the dogs after the fourth goal.
I think your right but they did come back for a few minutes in the second half only to collapse again. No apparent leadership on the field and Germany is a much better team.
On the next 30 for 30...The racist Germans have the audacity to beat a Brazilian team (full of minorities, mind you) at their own tournament.
Miroslav was the only “Klose” thing about the match ...
I flipped the game on shortly after the 5th goal had been scored looked at the score and said that can’t be right. Am I misreading it? Then as the commentary confirmed the score it became a WTF moment.
I can confirm that. We have a lot of shady characters up here including the mayor. :)
Miroslav is such a quintessentially Germanic-sounding name.
Believe it or not he is actually Polish. His parents moved to Germany when he was a child.
“Their defense absolutely stunk.”
Their center defender (who is also the captain) was out as well due to two yellow cards. So losing their star forward and the lynch pin of their defense was a blow. I imagine their spirit was already zapped by the loss of those two going into the game. And after the first two goals, they were even more affected.
Hard to believe though that hand-picking a team like that, one would have more depth of really talented players at all positions.
After the 5th Goal, the Germans took their foot off the gas. Smart not to expend too much energy or risk getting carded with the Final coming up on Sunday.
If The Netherlands v. Argentina match on Wednesday goes to extra time, the Germans will have a pretty easy time of it on Sunday with an extra day of rest and little energy expended today.
The German goalkeeper was brilliant again today.
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