SAD SAMBA BOYS STUNNED IN HISTORIC WORLD CUP SEMI-FINAL

‘No team in that famous shirt has ever suffered in the way Luiz Felipe Scolari’s did during a brutal first half in

Brazil’s fans can’t believe their eyes

which Germany scored five times in 19 minutes and played as though their opponents might as well have been invited from the beach.’ (The Guardian)

‘Germany destroy Brazil’s final dreams with seven-goal battering’ (The Guardian)

‘Goal, Goal, Goal, Goal, Goal, Goal, Goal, and Brazil’s day goes dark – Host Brazil stunned by Germany in semifinal’ (New York Times)

‘Brazil’s World Cup dreams ended in humiliating and brutal fashion as Germany inflicted their heaviest defeat in the first semi-final in Belo Horizonte’ (BBC)