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Even if you’re not a football fan, you’ve heard of Brazil’s dramatic and humiliating 7-1 loss to Germany. It was quite the match, destroying Brazilian hearts and filling Germans hearts with joy.
Brazil were the favourites going in, even with their few unconvincing wins, but a German win had decent odds as well. Still, who could have predicted this large a defeat?
Football is unpredictable but that’s what makes the game so exciting. You thought the Netherlands beating Spain was huge, well Germany beating the legendary Brazilians on their own soil by an even bigger margin is insane.
A tough game to watch for Brazilians but a truly historic match, if you missed it you’re probably kicking yourself right now and I suggest you watch the highlights now.
Brazil didn’t play as a team. They didn’t play with their usual passion, they didn’t show heart, and they didn’t show their skill. After the inspiring and emotional Brazilian anthem you truly thought Brazil were going to put on an amazing show of football, and the opening 20 minutes saw Brazil dominating. Even with Germany’s opening goal by Thomas Müller in the 11th minute, Brazil still looked in control.
But as soon as Miroslav Klose’s record-breaking 16th World Cup goal hit the back of the net, the Brazilian players broke. Including Klose’s goal, Germany scored four goals in six minutes, making it 5-0 in 29 minutes.
You just don’t come back from that.
The starting line-up was a complete disaster. Luiz Felipe Scolari showed faith in Fred all tournament, starting him even though he never performed. Fred is a striker yet he only scored one goal, which was heavily debated for being offside. Starting Bernard was another error. While Bernard did show energy, it usually led to nothing.
Willian was the obvious choice to start in place of the injured Neymar. Willian possesses creativity, just like Neymar. Willian is not an outstanding player but his creativity and work ethic would’ve been helpful.
Without Thiago Silva at the back, keeping the rest of his defence in order, the Brazilian defence fell apart. I’m not saying Silva could have won Brazil the game, but a lot of Germany’s goals came from horrendous marking and Silva would’ve directed his players to the proper position.
David Luiz was not up to the challenge of captaining this Brazilian squad. Unlike previous games where Brazil thrived under pressure, the pressure got to Luiz, playing truly awful balls forward.
The midfield was out of order too. Having Luiz Gustavo in the midfield was nice, he was constantly covering for Marcelo at the back and he was carrying the ball forward as well. Yet one man can’t do it all and you can’t really say any Brazilian was a standout player after a 7-1 blowout.
Oscar had a truly remarkable performance in the opening match against Croatia but against Germany all he was able to do was score that 90th minute consolation goal. Taking Hulk off at halftime was another error. Hulk was the only one getting dangerous crosses into the box.
Júlio Céser had a negative impact on the game. The Brazilian goalkeeper had an excellent performance in the World Cup before this game, but Germany was a different story. One or two of the seven goals should’ve been saved, but the others were mostly defensive mistakes. Of course it was Céser’s mistake for not communicating with his defence. After the seventh goal he laid down beside the net.
This was a disastrous game for the Brazilians. One bright moment was before the game when Scolari’s squad exited the bus wearing ‘Força Neymar’ hats. Silva wore his hat in the stands, watching in agony.
The Brazilian team still have to play for third place in Brasillia on Saturday, a chance to try reduce the humiliation.
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