Posted on 07/08/2014 7:49:48 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
BELO HORIZONTE, Brazil — The fireworks began at dawn. All around this city, loud pops and bangs rang out as men and women and children, so many dressed in yellow, set off flares and beeped car horns. It was supposed to be a magical day. The Brazilian national soccer team, playing at home, was one game away from a World Cup final.
No one could have guessed the tears would come before halftime. No one could have imagined there would be flags burning in the streets before dinner. Certainly no one could have envisioned that any Brazilian fans, watching their team play a semifinal in a celebrated stadium, would ever consider leaving long before full time.
At the very minimum, it will go down as Brazil’s worst loss, surpassing a 6-0 defeat by Uruguay in 1920. It was also Brazil’s first loss in a competitive home game since 1975, a stretch of more than 14,000 days. For more than six decades, Brazilians had been hoping to erase the embarrassment of their team’s defeat in the 1950 World Cup final — also against Uruguay — which denied them a championship the last time they hosted their favorite sport’s biggest tournament.
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Sheesh. About the only thing that goes on foreverer than the NBA and NHL playoffs is The World Cup.
So Germany won by a touchdown and extra point.
What do you call Brazil’s loss?
Um, pics?
After watching the replay, I’ve seen San Marino or Liechtenstein play better than Brazil did. Absolutely atrocious. Yes, the Germans played great, but Brazil gave them a lot of help.
I’ll take the other side of that. My good friend, Mr George Washington, believes that the Brazilians will be so shell-shocked that they’ll blow the Betty Bowl.
We need to send Hillary to tell them... what difference does it make
Der Fußball.
Mit freundlichen Grüßen
Suck it, Brazil. You loudmouthed punks. We held Germany to 1.
No, it’s “der Fußball”...
Heh. Well said.
In retrospect, it should have been obvious that Brazil was doomed.
Pele. Awesome name. Win
Ronaldo, Ronaldinho, Bebeto, Romario. Awesome names (more or less). Win
Fred, Joe. Uh, seriously? No really, that’s the best you can do? You lose. By six.
If the Brasilian defenders had been give wiffle bats in the second half, it might have been a much closer game.
Series, if they send their team up here we could teach them a number of other games.
Softball or water polo mebbe. Croquet?
Thank you Germany, for ‘taking out the trash.’
They’re all over Florida. Naturally, they brought their ‘norm’ (their lying, corrupt business practices) along with them.
And the ‘Noble Brazilians’ didn’t even behead any referees this time?
A Brazilian blowout :-)
Holland to win against Argentina, then a rather sombre third place match Brazi v Argentina, which neither side will want to play. Then Germany v Holland in a half empty Maracana in Rio on Sunday. But billions watching on TV.
Have a funny feeling that Holland might beat Germany. Quite likely to go to extra time and pks.
Brazil simply stank. They were appalling and deserved to lose. This is not how you play the beautiful game!
Germany’s Miroslav Klose is now the greatest football player of all time. He can help lift his team to the World Cup on Sunday.
Germany coasted through the U.S. game. They played with the U.S. like a cat played with a mouse.
I told some friends before this game that I thought Germany was sandbagging. Yep.
Just remember, we have the Olympics coming to Brazil.
I’ve heard where they are calling for the president of the country to resign. I wonder. Is it too late to demand that obama step down after the Broncos melt down in the Super Bowl?
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