Football · 2014 · Belo Horizonte, Brazil
The Mineirazo: Germany 7-1 Brazil
Hosting the World Cup without their suspended captain and injured star forward, Brazil concede five goals in eighteen minutes of a semi-final.
Brazil 1-7 Germany
Result
4
Germany goals, 23rd-29th minute
16 (all-time WC record)
Klose's tournament goal tally
Brazil arrived at their home World Cup semi-final without the suspended Thiago Silva and, more critically, without the injured Neymar, who had carried the tournament for them. Thomas Müller scored inside eleven minutes from a corner nobody defended, and the warning went unheeded.
Between the 23rd and 29th minutes, Miroslav Klose, whose goal moved him past Ronaldo as the World Cup's all-time top scorer, Toni Kroos twice and Sami Khedira all scored. It was 5-0 before the half-hour mark. André Schürrle added two more in the second half, and Oscar's late consolation made the final score 7-1.
Inside the Mineirão, Brazilian supporters were in tears well before the end and, in places, applauding the visiting side by the closing stages. It is called the Mineirazo in Brazil, after the stadium, and it remains the heaviest defeat suffered by a host nation in World Cup history as well as Germany's biggest ever win over Brazil.
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