Awaiting Brazil in Belo Horizonte were Germany, who had limped and stumbled through the tournament to that point. No one could have predicted what was about to happen. Germany ran out 7-1 winners.

Germany would have normally been expected to score 3.1 goals given the quality of their opportunities compared to Brazil's not-so-paltry 1.7 goals. While ExG is much more illustrative of the ...

For Germany, it holds significant memories, but it resulted in humiliation for Brazil. “I just wanted to give some happiness to my people. To my people, who suffer so much already. Unfortunately ...