Stunning. Sobering. Astonishing. Embarrassing. Ruthless. Frightening. Staggering and on and on and on…the adjectives will reel out for years to describe Brazil’s 7-1 capitulation in Belo Horizonte when the German machine rolled into town.
In this Fifa World Cup semi final match-up dominated by the absence of Brazilian poster boy, Neymar, through injury pundits had given Germany a slight advantage.