(BBC Sport) Greatest moments of the decade: Brazil 1-7 Germany, World Cup semi-final

Fuu · Dec 28, 2019

Such a monumental loss, and it doesn't help that it was all downhill for Brazil as a country from that moment on. There's even a saying that was coined that I still see being used: "every day a new 7-1".

guilhermessg said:
as a brazilian, i'll be honest: our self-esteem dropped A LOT after this. i'd argue that 7-1 helped Bolsonaro and the far-right. i cried so much lol

It was definitely a massive blow. It might sound silly for non-Brazilians, but you could almost feel how the vibe of the country changed after that.

TitlePending · Dec 28, 2019

Bradbury said:
That's the moment Brazil fall to fascism started

Come to think of it, Brazil's prep for the WC and 2016 Olympics were heralded as the rise of the country to 1st World status. When the country fell short of what commentators had expected, it really felt like Brazil never really recovered.

Xando · Dec 28, 2019

As a good german i was in a hofbräuhaus with some friends watching the game. When it was halftime everyone was shocked it was quiet as fuck and i remember a lot of people were embarrassed when it was 7-0.

Americans don't know what this means as there is no real equivalent of it in american sports.

Syder · Dec 28, 2019

it made it worse that it felt like Germany let their foot off the gas in the second half

Xando · Dec 28, 2019

Syder said:
it made it worse that it felt like Germany let their foot off the gas in the second half

German players outright admitted it after the WC was over. I think it was Kroos who said they agreed to turn it down a bit for the second half as the game was over by then.

hurroocane · Dec 28, 2019

I don't even care about soccer but I still knew a surreal once in a lifetime thing was happening when I watched that live on the tv lol.

Wamb0wneD · Dec 28, 2019

RavFiveFour said:
I just found out about this so no, greatest sports moments take place in Super Bowls.

RavFiveFour said:
I know but the casual sports fan is likely to know NFL, international sports on paper is really great but its one of the worst, soft marketing, you can tell me its the biggest and I'll agree with you. There's plenty of sports that should be propelled into mainstream but my argument is this is the first time I'm hearing about this and you're telling me its the greatest moment ever? I don't believe that.

This is hilarious.

Jeff Vader · Dec 28, 2019

I remember watching this and being in shock at the score being ran up lol.

JaseC64 · Dec 28, 2019

I couldnt believe what I was watching lol.

Juan29.Zapata · Dec 28, 2019

Considering how Colombia lost against Brazil the match right before that, we were loving all the schadenfreude.

Fuu said:
It was definitely a massive blow. It might sound silly for non-Brazilians, but you could almost feel how the vibe of the country changed after that.

I gotta admit, I feel Latam countries really put a lot of their national identities over futbol. Not healthy for the country all in all.

Big-E · Dec 28, 2019

As a person of Italian heritage this game was very bitter sweet. Brazil didn't get their sixth but the Germans got their fourth to tie us.

Dr.Phibes · Dec 28, 2019

Big-E said:
As a person of Italian heritage this game was very bitter sweet. Brazil didn't get their sixth but the Germans got their fourth to tie us.

We're actually ahead. Titles bought by the fascists don't count.

Piggus · Dec 28, 2019

All the crying and blubbering by the Brazilian players was so embarrassing to watch. Such a bad look. It's what I'll always think of first when the Brazilian national team comes up.

Fuu · Dec 28, 2019

Juan29.Zapata said:
I gotta admit, I feel Latam countries really put a lot of their national identities over futbol. Not healthy for the country all in all.

For sure. I personally don't even care about the sport, but it's impossible to ignore how much it affects the country. Usually the first piece of clothing you see babies wearing are small t-shirts of whatever local club their father cheers for. The devotion is like a religious fervor, and it's heavily incentivized by the media and people on top. The results are unfortunate.

Mass_Pincup · Dec 28, 2019

That was one of the greatest moment of football history. The teams, the setting, everything made it historic.

What still makes me laugh is that they also got trashed 3-0 for the 3rd place game after all that crying.

leder · Dec 28, 2019

Sorry Brazil era, this was indeed an incredible game.

Heshinsi · Dec 28, 2019

RavFiveFour said:
I know but the casual sports fan is likely to know NFL, international sports on paper is really great but its one of the worst, soft marketing, you can tell me its the biggest and I'll agree with you. There's plenty of sports that should be propelled into mainstream but my argument is this is the first time I'm hearing about this and you're telling me its the greatest moment ever? I don't believe that.

The match was the most discussed sports game ever on Twitter, according to the company - with more than 35 million tweets. On Facebook it was a similar story. The match triggered the highest level of conversation on Facebook for any single World Cup game so far. More than 66 million people had over 200 million interactions and host nation Brazil dominated about a quarter of the global conversation.

https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-28226010

World Cup 2014 had over 3.2B viewers, and the final was watched by over 1B people.

Super Bowl?!

Timmm · Dec 28, 2019

Juan29.Zapata said:
I gotta admit, I feel Latam countries really put a lot of their national identities over futbol. Not healthy for the country all in all.

They do, but I think the equivalent thing happening in most of Western Europe could well have had similar results too, the World Cup is a really big deal to European countries too. Can you imagine the reactions if (say) Germany had the same result vs England/the Netherlands, or Italy did this to Germany? Each of these countries try and host a World Cup to get a realistic chance of winning the thing, and then to have it blow up in their faces with a 7-1 scoreline in a semi-final goes beyond a humiliation.

NSESN · Dec 28, 2019

Fuu said:
For sure. I personally don't even care about the sport, but it's impossible to ignore how much it affects the country. Usually the first piece of clothing you see babies wearing are small t-shirts of whatever local club their father cheers for. The devotion is like a religious fervor, and it's heavily incentivized by the media and people on top. The results are unfortunate.

To be fair ever since 2014 the fanaticism dropped a lot, the games of the brazilian team arent the event they once were and most teenagers nowadays prefer playing league of legends

dapperbandit · Dec 28, 2019

Jimmy Glass

Goalkeeper for Carlisle United runs up to join a corner and scores in the last minute, saving his team from relegation from the league

Cup O' Tea? · Dec 28, 2019

guilhermessg said:
as a brazilian, i'll be honest: our self-esteem dropped A LOT after this. i'd argue that 7-1 helped Bolsonaro and the far-right. i cried so much lol

I also come from a country which is obsessed with sports but I don't think it's ever had any impact on politics here, unless you count politicians sculling beers at the cricket to score points with voters.

SMD · Dec 28, 2019

Acorn · Dec 28, 2019

All hail Fred

Astandahl · Dec 28, 2019

Acorn said:
All hail Fred

Imagine going from the GOAT

to Fred.

Citizencope · Dec 28, 2019

McMoneyman said:
Slightly biased but... oh well.

But yeah the Germany-Brazil game is a good pick.

I need to YouTube this. What is that from?

Pankratous · Dec 28, 2019

I was absolutely steaming drunk in a casino when I saw this game and I remember it vividly.

And I'm not really even into football.

Heshinsi · Dec 28, 2019

Citizencope said:
I need to YouTube this. What is that from?

Liverpool go down 0-3 against Barcelona on the away leg, and then pull this performance out of a hat at Anfield.

It's as if the universe is making up for that ridiculous game it allowed to happen when Barcelona came back from being down 4-0 against PSG on aggregate. Both years after that saw Barcelona go up with a 3 goal advantage against Roma one year and then Liverpool the next, only to be knocked out on the second leg.

Bubukill · Dec 28, 2019

Damn, I got called for a job interview set just during that match, so basically, I missed watching almost 70 minutes of the match in live. Although, thankfully, I got that job cause I'd have been absolutely mad if it were otherwise.

I couldn't believe the results after leaving the job interview. I went back to my home immediately and watched the match's broadcast which was broadcasted again and again and again everywhere for over 24 hours.

That match was the only World Cup match I missed during the past 16 years :/

TimeFire · Dec 28, 2019

It's funny how a sport can have such a social and political effect on a country. The 7-1 was probably the biggest morale hit Brazil ever had since the 70's. It isn't too silly to say it helped the rise of far-right movements and proto-fascism. It's obviously not the only reason, of course, but it helped. It's like other poster said, the whole vibe of the country changed after that.

The memes were incredible though. And I remember thinking we're never gonna be more ridiculed than our 2006 loss before this happened lol

Citizencope · Dec 28, 2019

Heshinsi said:
Liverpool go down 0-3 against Barcelona on the away leg, and then pull this performance out of a hat at Anfield.

I don't watch too much soccer(football) but I did see the Germany/Brazil game live and I do remember seeing highlights of this match. I'd take the Liverpool comeback by a mile.
I need to do my football homework. So Liverpool plays Barcelona?

SMD · Dec 28, 2019

i_am_ben · Dec 28, 2019

The greatest sporting moment was finally catching Lance Armstrong

looking forward to catching Froome in the 20s

Jakenbakin · Dec 28, 2019

Don't even watch football, but I know to reference this when playing Rocket League. Also amusingly saw it referenced in an anime (Assassination Classroom) recently.

ReplacementPelican · Dec 28, 2019

McMoneyman said:
Slightly biased but... oh well.

But yeah the Germany-Brazil game is a good pick.

As someone not biased, that was an amazing moment in an amazing game. Just waiting for Pool fans to all acknowledge that TAA is their best player and he'll be the Lucy Bronze of men's football in no time.

Though to be fair it was fucking amateur of Barça to switch off that like, even Arsenal's defence wouldn't be that thick.

Einchy · Dec 28, 2019

I still can't stop thinking about someone just now hearing about 7 - 1 and believing this means that something NFL related is a bigger deal.

Heshinsi · Dec 28, 2019

Citizencope said:
I don't watch too much soccer(football) but I did see the Germany/Brazil game live and I do remember seeing highlights of this match. I'd take the Liverpool comeback by a mile.
I need to do my football homework. So Liverpool plays Barcelona?

Yeah in the Champions League (a tournament where the top teams across the various European leagues compete, with the Europa league being the second tier). So Barcelona beat Liverpool 3-0 at home, and considering how amazing of a team Barcelona is, it's not at all surprising if you were to believe that Barca would take care of business on the away trip (plus Barcelona scoring an away goal would almost assuredly make it very hard for Liverpool as they failed to score such a goal on the first leg).

But nope, Messi and his merry band are chased out of Anfield, and that 4th goal was just the most perfect bow to wrap it all up. Messi's stunned face gets me every time I watch the highlights.

Astandahl · Dec 28, 2019

i_am_ben said:
The greatest sporting moment was finally catching Lance Armstrong

looking forward to catching Froome in the 20s

Why?

SMD · Dec 28, 2019

Kingdizzi · Dec 28, 2019

It was absolutely beautiful to watch

janoGX · Dec 28, 2019

Eoin said:
They progressed with a penalty shootout win over Chile (who looked like the better side for most of that match)

Thank you for reminding me "el palo de Pinilla"

We were so unlucky...

Schreckstoff · Dec 28, 2019

Wtf no.

Deleted member 721 · Dec 28, 2019

Mr_Moogle said:
I also come from a country which is obsessed with sports but I don't think it's ever had any impact on politics here, unless you count politicians sculling beers at the cricket to score points with voters.

Brazil passion for soccer is mostly due to the fact it was (is?) brazil biggest pride and what the world knows brazil for. Brazil WC victory of 1994 was used by the government to make people believe in the new currency of the time Real, it worked. Brazil WC victory of 1970 was used as propaganda by the dictatorship to show how brazil was now a great country in the world, that also worked, and this defeat was used and helped the pessimism towards the labor party government, everyone was laughing of brazil, it was humiliating, it helped destroy any optimism in the country, it also helped the rise of fascism (not originated it) the idea to return brazil to the glory of the "good old days" of dictatorship, when brazil had the "best team in the world history of soccer" and the world "respected" brazil.

Heshinsi · Dec 28, 2019

Honourable mention:

I had no idea a water bottle could do that. I suppose since they were all in a tight huddle, the water bottle viciously hitting Messi, sent enough of a shockwave through their huddled mass, that it caused the players further away from Messi to collapse back in agony. Or Messi is telepathic and he shared his pain with his team mates, and that's why they all collapse.

This isn't just a great sports moment, it's an historic moment for science as well. I need someone to explain the science to me 🤔

Edit: Fucking Mascherano grasping his head. GTFO 🤣

i_am_ben · Dec 28, 2019

Astandahl said:
Why?

Because he is highly highly highly suspect in all the ways Lance Armstrong was.

Astandahl · Dec 28, 2019

i_am_ben said:
Because he is highly highly highly suspect in all the ways Lance Armstrong was.

If he is than must be pretty mediocre. Lance was much better than him.

i_am_ben · Dec 28, 2019

Astandahl said:
If he is than must be pretty mediocre. Lance was much better than him.

Different times different drugs.

Citizencope · Dec 28, 2019

Heshinsi said:
Yeah in the Champions League (a tournament where the top teams across the various European leagues compete, with the Europa league being the second tier). So Barcelona beat Liverpool 3-0 at home, and considering how amazing of a team Barcelona is, it's not at all surprising if you were to believe that Barca would take care of business on the away trip (plus Barcelona scoring an away goal would almost assuredly make it very hard for Liverpool as they failed to score such a goal on the first leg).

But nope, Messi and his merry band are chased out of Anfield, and that 4th goal was just the most perfect bow to wrap it all up. Messi's stunned face gets me every time I watch the highlights.

Oh I see. Thanks!

DStubbs · Dec 28, 2019

ReplacementPelican said:
As someone not biased, that was an amazing moment in an amazing game. Just waiting for Pool fans to all acknowledge that TAA is their best player and he'll be the Lucy Bronze of men's football in no time.

Though to be fair it was fucking amateur of Barça to switch off that like, even Arsenal's defence wouldn't be that thick.

After Trent's game against Leicester this week I might be inclined to agree haha.

Astandahl · Dec 28, 2019

i_am_ben said:
Different times different drugs.

Different competition as well :)

ty_hot · Dec 28, 2019

NSESN said:
To be fair ever since 2014 the fanaticism dropped a lot, the games of the brazilian team arent the event they once were and most teenagers nowadays prefer playing league of legends

The national team jersey became the easiest way of distinguishing the Bolsonaro supporters from the decent people lol It was just after 2014 that the yellow shirt became a right wing symbol

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