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  "publishedAt": "2026-06-07T23:00:02.000Z",
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  "textContent": "\n\n\nFew World Cup matches have left the football world in disbelief quite like Germany's demolition of Brazil in 2014.\n\nThe scoreline alone, all these years on, remains almost impossible to comprehend: Germany 7, Brazil 1.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nAt the time, Brazil were not only the hosts of the tournament but also the most successful nation in World Cup history. The Seleção had won the competition five times and had spent years dreaming of lifting the trophy on home soil.\n\nInstead, they suffered arguably the most humiliating defeat ever seen at a World Cup.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nTRENDING\n\nStories\n\nVideos\n\nYour Say\n\nThe match took place on July 8, 2014, in Belo Horizonte.\n\nBrazil entered the semi-final under immense pressure. Expectations had been sky-high from the moment the tournament began, with supporters desperate to erase the painful memories of the famous \"Maracanazo\" defeat to Uruguay in the decisive match of the 1950 World Cup.\n\nBut warning signs had already appeared.\n\nBrazil had lost star forward Neymar to injury during their quarter-final victory over Colombia after a challenge from Juan Camilo Zúñiga left him with a fractured vertebra.\n\nCaptain Thiago Silva was also suspended after picking up a booking in the same match.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nEven so, few could have imagined what was about to unfold.\n\nThe opening stages were relatively even before Germany struck in the 11th minute through Thomas Müller.\n\nWhat followed was one of the most astonishing collapses in football history.\n\nIn the space of just six minutes, Germany scored four more goals.\n\nMiroslav Klose made it 2-0 and, in the process, became the outright leading goalscorer in World Cup history with his 16th goal in the competition.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nThen came goals a brace from Toni Kroos and another from Sami Khedira as Brazil's defence completely disintegrated.\n\nBy the 29th minute, Germany were 5-0 ahead.\n\nThe home crowd, who had grown angry and saddened in equal measure, could scarcely believe what they were witnessing.\n\nSupporters stood in silence. Some were seen crying in the stands. Others simply stared in shock as one of football's greatest nations unravelled before their eyes.\n\nGermany, meanwhile, continued to play with ruthless efficiency.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n### LATEST SPORTS NEWS:\n\n\n\n\n  * Christian Eriksen health update as Denmark FA release statement after player collapses again\n  * Lewis Hamilton makes Kim Kardashian admission after podium finish at Monaco Grand Prix\n  * Cristiano Ronaldo footage alarms football fans ahead of sixth World Cup with Portugal\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nAndré Schürrle added two more goals in the second half to make it 7-0 before Oscar grabbed a late consolation for Brazil in stoppage time.\n\nThe final whistle brought relief for the hosts.\n\nIn truth, the damage could easily have been even greater.\n\nGermany's victory instantly entered football folklore.\n\nNo host nation had ever suffered such a heavy defeat at a World Cup. It was Brazil's heaviest defeat in a competitive international match and their worst loss since a 6-0 defeat to Uruguay in 1920.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nThe result sent shockwaves around the world.\n\nNewspapers described the match as a national tragedy. Television channels replayed the goals repeatedly. Images of devastated Brazilian supporters became some of the defining photographs of the tournament.\n\nThe defeat was quickly given a name.\n\nIn Brazil, it became known simply as the \"Mineirazo\" – a reference to the Mineirão Stadium where the match was played and an echo of the \"Maracanazo\" defeat that had haunted the country for generations.\n\nFor Germany, the victory paved the way for World Cup glory.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nJoachim Löw's side went on to defeat Argentina 1-0 in the final thanks to Mario Götze's extra-time winner, securing Germany's fourth World Cup title.\n\nYet even that triumph is often overshadowed by what happened four days earlier against the hosts of the summer showpiece.\n\nThe semi-final became far more than just a football match.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nIt was the day one of the sport's greatest powers suffered an unprecedented collapse in front of its own supporters. A result so extraordinary that many fans still check the scoreline twice when they see it.\n\nMore than a decade later, \"7-1\" remains instantly recognisable to football supporters across the globe.Nobody who watched it will ever forget it.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n**Our Standards: The GB News Editorial Charter**",
  "title": "World Cup tales part 8: When Germany thumped Brazil to leave host nation in mourning"
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