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The coaches shared a warm handshake and then a moment of
awkwardness came over Joachim Low as Luiz Felipe Scolari
handed him a gift. An empty-handed Low was in no mood to
hand out favours and hadn’t done the same. It was to be
a sign of what was to come. Julio Cesar placed his towel
next to the goalpost. Seconds before he had held up a
Neymar jersey in a sign of respect for the missing hero,
left behind to nurse a broken vertebrae in his back, in a
united stance of overriding passion during the country’s
national anthem. The Brazilian goalkeeper left his towel
and walked between two posts ready for the first half. He
had no idea that what was about to take place inside that
goal would stay with him forever. Forty-five minutes
later he would leave them for good. He picked up his
still folded towel and walked in silence to the dressing
room inside the Belo Horizonte stadium. A man who had a
won a Champions League title and numerous domestic
honours had just been involved in a half of football that
will always be discussed when people talk about his
career, his life, and his reputation. He was certainly
not alone. Eleven Brazilian players, ten dressed in
iconic yellow, jeered off by their home fans; embarrassed
after being demolished at what the nation was supposed to
do best. What happened that afternoon inside the Mineirao
Stadium in the southeast of Brazil was not only a
defining moment for the sport but for sport in itself. As
2014 comes to an end there are many sports across the
globe that are being discussed when it comes to best
moments, best games, and best storylines. There is no
argument when it comes to the global game. Today in any
bookstore around the world there are thousands of books
written that need updating. It was a half of football
that will be retold for generations to come. It was quite
possibly the most incredible half of football ever to be
played and without doubt the most remarkable result in
World Cup history. The world collectively spent endless
hours playing football during 2014 but the one thing the
year will be remembered for didn’t even last a full
hour. We all witness things through our own eyes but,
unless you are Brazilian, it is hard not to look back at
that semifinal encounter between the hosts and Germany
and not think of it as a true sporting blockbuster. It is
crucial to remember that as the teams kicked off most saw
the match as a true 50-50 game that either side could
win. Brazil had looked weak during the knockout stages -
fortunate to get by Chile on penalties and narrowly past
Colombia - but Germany had their own troubles against
Algeria. The world waited for a team to step up and show
us why they deserved to win a World Cup and on that day
it was Germany who over delivered on that promise. Every
true defining moment in sport needs a plot. Brazil
looking to finally win the pinnacle on their home soil
provided a perfect backdrop. It needed a hero, and in the
German team the tournament finally found an exceptional
side that every World Cup so desperately needs. Five days
later the team was crowned World Champions officially
after already showing they were the world’s best with
this 7-1 thumping of the hosts. It also needs villains,
and Brazil quickly became a side that was difficult to
root for, playing the role of deserving victim perfectly.
Hours of live television were focused on the recovery of
Neymar as his team got ready to play the semifinal.
Collectively the country drowned itself in pity and then
was stunned with the consequences. Players arriving at
the stadium with ‘Forza Neymar’ caps and holding up his
jersey as if he was seriously injured or ill were then
expected to be mentally ready for such a monumental
occasion. In the end, though, this was a story of more
than just mental capitulation. Many of the characters in
such a blockbuster were dressed in the unusual red and
black of Germany but there were others - like Marcelo,
David Luiz and Fernandinho - who were also major players
in how the events played out. We mustn’t also forget the
fans. The image of young boy crying when the fourth goal
went in will be played for longer than he will be on this
earth but they, much like their players, also deserved
such a humiliation. In the second half they took to
booing Fred, a striker who, admittedly, had played
terribly for most of the tournament but who on this day
could do nothing about the events. Afterwards polls
across the land felt the captain that day, David Luiz,
wasn’t to blame. A staggering claim considering how
pathetic he had played. Brazilian football had received a
very harsh lesson and instead of looking at itself in the
eyes and waking up to the reasons for it the people, the
coaching staff and some of the media brushed it aside as
a one-off. Yet, no matter how much they try the players
will never be able to brush it off as Fernandinho said
recently: “It was probably the lowest point of every
single one of the Brazilian players involved and I don’t
think I exaggerate when I say we will probably have to
answer questions about that game for the rest of our
lives. We will need to learn to live with that.” Some of
those questions will surround the full game, the
narrative and developments of 7-1 but the most incredible
part of this blockbuster came in the opening 30 minutes.
The clock hadn’t reached the half hour mark and the
score was 5-0. For a semifinal the game was wildly open
from the start. Much of this came from Marcelo’s
positioning. The Brazilian left back played so high up
the pitch and never reacted to Germany targeting his
flank. The intelligent Germans first went after this in
the fourth minute, from a quick throw in their own half,
when Thomas Muller easily got away from Marcelo and
sprinted into space. Miroslav Klose made a poor decision
and didn’t pass the ball. Muller was fuming and put his
head on his hands. He thought his chance had gone but
Marcelo would give him many more. The Real Madrid
defender continued to spend much of the game in the
opposition’s half and even when his centre-backs had the
ball in possession he was nowhere to be seen... Seconds
later Germany won the ball back and they attacked that
area again with Marcelo absent. Three minutes later the
hosts finally got burned. Marcelo gave the ball away high
up the field and Germany countered down his flank to win
a corner. Marcelo sprinted back and as the ball went out
of play he put his arms up to apologize. Seconds later a
Toni Kroos corner found Muller unmarked and it was 1-0.
David Luiz had lost his man in the box. Ten minutes
later, as the clock approached 22:00, Muller had gotten
in behind the wandering Marcelo again. It helped Germany
win a throw and from that came Muller’s ball inside to
Kroos that Fernandinho mis-timed… A quick 1-2 between
the two Germans helped Klose break the Brazilian
Ronaldo’s World Cup record when he slotted the ball into
Julio Cesar’s net on the second attempt. Two minutes
later it was 3-0. Mesut Ozil joined the party happening
on Germany’s right side and he played a ball to Philipp
Lahm who became the latest player to have time on that
flank to do what he wanted. The skipper looked up, played
a ball across the box and Kroos smashed home on his left
foot. It was the type of finish people would be talking
about for years if it had been the only goal to win a
game of this magnitude. In the end it was one of four
goals inside seven minutes but it shouldn’t be so easily
forgotten because it was marvelous technique from Kroos.
The camera was still focusing only on him seconds after
Brazil restarted when he sensed another opportunity.
Fernandinho got the ball and was immediately pressed,
cowardly caving in and handing possession over again to
the Germans who brutally inflicted more damage as Kroos
and Sami Khedira passed the ball between each other in
the penalty box like kids in a playground before Kroos
side footed home. 4-0. Fernandinho had played a massive
part in the goal but once again the positioning of
Marcelo was laughable, forcing Luiz Gustavo to again
cover for him and, therefore, not be an outlet for the
Man City midfielder in possession as you can see by the
shape of the back four… By now a nation wept. Brazilian
players couldn’t believe what they were a part of. There
was no screaming at each other. Fernandinho hung his head
inside the goal and Dante ran and threw the ball out of
the net. Oscar and Fred couldn’t look at each other. No
one said a word. Their dream of winning the World Cup on
home soil had turned into a nightmare but they weren’t
allowed to wake up yet. There remained no escape. Four
minutes later space opened up for Mats Hummels to run
into and David Luiz comically left the backline and
charged into midfield to attempt to win a ball he had no
business wanting. Khedira occupied the space he vacated
and after some more fun with passing in the box he
slotted home the fifth. Four goals in six minutes and
forty seconds. Five goals in the opening 30 minutes of
the match. The World Cup had seen five goals in total be
scored in the first 30 minutes of all 12 of the knockout
stages prior to the semi-final. What happened next was
easily forgotten. Germany rested players for the final,
moved down a few gears, added a couple more before Brazil
scored the most meaningless goal in World Cup history
seconds before the end. As the world watched in awe of
the developments that unfolded that day it was not easy
to put it all into perspective. That’s what the present
can do. Yet time can be the greatest guide in these
assessments. It was a sporting tale that the future will
ensure is forever being retold. When fans of the sport in
years to come think of 2014 their minds will always lead
them back to the day Brazil were humiliated by the
eventual World Champions.
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