Brazil Fans Boo off their Fallen Heroes after Crushing 7-1 Defeat by the German Juggernaut ....

Daily Mail (UK) ^ | July 8, 2014 | Willis Robinson

[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.

[Mister Da]

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

[Billthedrill]

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?

[chajin]

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.

[ReaganÜberAlles]

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

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

[Talisker]

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

[kearnyirish2]

“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.

[Dr.Deth]

I read that security escorted German fans out of the stadium after the ass-whooping.

Torschüsse macht sie nicht frei

[Paradox]

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.