Posted on 07/10/2014 12:36:55 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
It was the most shocking defeat in the history of the World Cup. Brazil's 7-1 semifinal annihilation in Belo Horizonte at the hands of a faultless German side brought the host nation's tournament to a shuddering, horrifying end. After billions of dollars spent on stadiums, after years of build-up and preparation, after so much accrued expectation for soccer's most famed national team, no one could have conceived that it would suffer its worst ever World Cup loss. But it did.
The reaction in Brazil has been a mix of anger and despair. The front page of one of its leading dailies on Wednesday, bluntly read, "Shame, Grief, Humiliation."
Another headline read "Historic disgrace." The impact of such a monumental blow will likely echo for months and years to come. Here's how.
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Idolatry
Some were in bad taste...but most were dark humor.
The population needs to kill itself in a giant conflagration. It's the only way to find ANY self respect.
They should insist that the team jump into the fire first.
I was remembering that it was Argentina that got the bigger share of the fleeing Nazis....
The little bit of Brazil I’ve seen...a few years back...strongly suggests to me that the country is nothing more than,and nothing less than,a Third World narco-state with nice beaches.We took a day tour of the area around Rio and at one point the guide pointed out a huge collection of shacks on a nearby hillside.She said it was a “favela” (meaning slum) and that it’s one of many such favelas that are so dangerous that the Brazilian *army* dares not attempt to enter it *during daylight hours*!
It’s like feeling bad for the Yankees. They’ve won 5 cups. Boo frickin’ hoo.
Let’s be honest. Brazil wasn’t going to win this World Cup anyway. They didn’t have enough offense to offset their suspect defense, all the more so with Neymar out, and the home crowd can only carry you so far.
So the loss can’t really be considered a surprise, just the sheer magnitude of it, and how they were shredded in the first half hour before the Germans decided to slow things down to a jog to save themselves for Sunday.
I mean, I thought Germany would win, especially with Neymar and Silva out, but like 3-1 or something.
If the Brazilians don’t have the pride to get their act together before Saturday, look for the Dutch to hang another 4-5 goals on them.
(A little aside: Note that on the DFB logo, the German word for football is spelled Fussball, not Fußball as it's normal in German spelling.)
“How Brazil’s World Cup disaster could change the nation”
Really? Change a nation?
Exactly, they are still way in front on titles won, 3 with Pele alone. It's just this time they had no Ronaldinho, the Brazilian Ronaldo, Socrates, Roberto Carlos, Bebeto, Zico or Romario. I still have videos of the '94 World Cup where the announcers would say the Brazilian "B" squad could defeat most teams.
They don't need to copy Europe, I think corruption is a big part of the problem as well there.
(A little aside: Note that on the DFB logo, the German word for football is spelled Fussball, not Fußball as it's normal in German spelling.)
Flavor of the month, after 2010 everyone was saying Spain's program was the one to emulate.
Netherlands fudged up their penalty kicks while against Costa Rica, the manager was being hailed a genius for bringing Krul in.
If you want a future nightmare for the US look at Brazil. Despite being a developing country it has a massive gov’t that spends 40% of GDP; a very high number for a Third World country. Despite spending 40% it seems Brazil cannot provide at least basic services for the people. Instead the money funds vanity projects and the salaries for the white elite governing class. Brazil is crony capitalism on steroids.
Brazil still has it as far as honor goes, at least on the pitch, they haven’t won by hook or crook like some other teams have done in the World Cup.
Except when they defeated the USA in 1994, can't forget that.
Good to see Nate Silver taken down a peg as well.
The world may still be reeling from last night’s World Cup semi-Final between Germany and Brazil, but none more so than Nate Silver the celebrated statistician behind the fivethiryeight blog. Silver had pegged Brazil as the favourites to win the cup and stated their chances of success against Germany last night at 65%.
Cheer up! Romo's saying the Cowboys will be much improved over last year.
I live in Valley Ranch. When the news came out the Cowboys were moving to Frisco, the response was "crickets".
For the sake of my family, I want to see the Cowboys do well. At this point, NFL and college football serve one purpose: entertainment until college hoops starts, specifically Gonzaga basketball.
It's also nice to live in the Mecca of High School football, Dallas/Fort Worth. Our team is the Coppell Cowboys. For the next 3 years we are in the same conference as Southlake Carroll and Euless Trinity...ouch!
I felt embarrassed for them. Their team played below subpar. Brazilian football at its best is fluid, beautiful, elegant and simply fun to watch. None of those qualities were evident Tuesday night.
Germany routed them but it had less to do with German efficiency than with Brazilian arrogance. They played the wrong kind of game and got soundly thrashed. This is not the way one plays football on the international level. Even the Americans did far better against Germany than Brazil did in its semi-final this week.
They need a through reform. Hopefully the magnitude of the loss will shake up Brazilian football. They coasted on their past glories and did nothing to earn a title as the host country. If Germany wins Sunday, that’s pretty much their fault.
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