Host Brazil Stunned, 7-1, by Germany in Semifinal
Brazil was humiliated by Germany in a defeat of historic proportions.
Germany ruthlessly dismantled Brazil in the semifinal, 7-1. It was the most goals ever scored by a team in a World Cup semifinal.
The scoring began in the 11th minute when Thomas Müller tallied his fifth goal of the Cup after being left unmarked in the box. But it was the brief period from Minute 23 to Minute 29 that devastated Brazil.
First Miroslav Klose scored his record-breaking 16th career World Cup goal, surpassing the former Brazilian great Ronaldo. Then in rapid-fire succession came two goals from Toni Kroos and one by Sami Khedira. Just like that, it was 5-0.
Brazil, playing without its star Neymar, who broke a vertebra in the quarterfinal, looked livelier in the second half. But the sixth and seventh goals also went to Germany, as substitute Andre Schurrle added to Brazil’s misery. Oscar scored a late consolation goal that was little consolation to Brazil.
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