00:18The
00:19exchange of pennants, the smiles for the photographers. No selection dilemmas for
00:24German coach Lerb, this starting eleven boasts over 700 caps between them.
00:29Number seven, Bastian Schweinsteiger has 106 of those, Miroslav closer 135, but Marcelo may
00:36get a shot through here, he does, it's wide! First shot of the game and it comes from the
00:41Brazilian left full-back Marcelo.
00:45Right, listen, what a ball that is, over to the far side, grabbed by Neuer, just as
00:51Bernard came in, allowed to run through by Maicon, put into the danger area, good block
00:56there, shout for a handball, it was...
01:03Another free kick Brazil's way in against Miroslav Kloza. It's only two in defence, can Germany
01:09get the breakthrough at this first corner? Plenty of height on it, it's gone through, Germany
01:16score! It's exactly what Brazil was dreading. Thomas MĂĽller, with his fifth goal of these
01:26World Cup finals, sends a shiver through the nation.
01:32All eyes there, and Fernandinho...
01:38Brazil nil, Germany one in the eleventh minute from their first corner, and it's gone all, there
01:44could be something up for Brazil! Oh, it took a tickle, he'll weave around and cross the ball
01:49then, and it might now be one apiece. And the Brazilian commentators would be in raptures around me.
01:56As it is, it's a free kick for Germany. Hulk forward now, here's the big chance for Brazil, is this
02:02a penalty kick? No, it's a corner kick. And there's an immediate response here between
02:10players who decide to, just outside the 18-yard area, this will be picked up, gathered
02:17inconfortably by Julio CĂ©sar. There is Miroslav Kloser, and Germany have never...
02:26Oh, and a mistake in defence here, could let Krosa in, a chance of a second for Germany!
02:32Brazil in real trouble, they're in dire trouble now, we have a World Cup record!
02:40Supplied by Miroslav Kloser, goal number 16 in his World Cup career, Jürgen Löw's side,
02:49two goals to the good, Scolari is looking for a hiding place.
02:57Well, they were all at sea, with a Brazilian defence here, when Germany took at Fenway to go.
03:06Maybe here now, Bernard! Not quite.
03:14For the match on Saturday, and Germany looking good for the final on Sunday, they're making another one here!
03:21It's 3-0, it's a rump for the Germans, the game may be won and lost inside 25 minutes,
03:29thanks to the left foot of Toni Kroos. The Brazilians are in disbelief, they are stunned,
03:37they have come here for a samba, and they have been totally rocked back on their heels,
03:44by the always formidable Germans, just look at the faces!
03:50It's 3...
03:51Oh, it might get worse! This is 4! This is quite astonishing! It's all over now!
03:59It really is all over for Brazil!
04:03Two for Kroos in two minutes! It's a disaster! The little boy is crying his eyes out!
04:12The whole nation is, in disbelief, stunned into silence!
04:19Can 70,000 people be silent? Well, they are now, because Toni Kroos, 42 home games since 2002.
04:27They might have a free kick here, no they won't, it's only a goal kick, nothing is going their way.
04:36And Brazil, we have another look here at Hulk level in the space of 26 minutes.
04:41And they're here again, there's three forward, Kadira, Ozil, they're queuing up!
04:48They're all going to score at this rate! Kadira, the latest name on the score sheet,
04:55and the Brazilians look as though they want to go to the dressing room already.
05:01There is no hiding place for this rampant German side.
05:08What on earth can Scalari do about this? It's the biggest test of his career.
05:14Just so many red and black shirts around.
05:17Brazil, totally, oh, let's see, Ozil, it's like, who?
05:21The Germans yet again!
05:23Oh, it's deflected wide, fortunately, otherwise I'd have been saying 6-0.
05:29In 1998, Brazil lost 3-0 Gallop, four Germans up against three defenders.
05:35It's Oskar into the German penalty area, greeted with disbelief around the world.
05:41Free kick Germany now.
05:44Well, they must clearly be exasperated.
05:46Just look how many Germans are around the edge of the Brazilian penalty area here.
05:50They're queuing up, and they have a free kick now.
05:55Luis Gustavo, who tries luck.
05:58Now it's a left-footed one, clicked over the top of the bar.
06:01By Ozil.
06:05Marcelo, good run from him.
06:08It's a misread or a misprint or anything, and they're looking for number six here.
06:15And Brazil do have a free kick, it's almost as though nobody cares now.
06:20Well, this was just one of the goals, the last one from Sami Khadira.
06:24So it's the second half of the first of the two semifinals of the FIFA World Cup of 2014.
06:30Here that the European side is destined to play in an eighth final.
06:35They've won three, they've lost.
06:36And at Fred, chance for Oskar here.
06:39And down he goes, no penalty kick.
06:42And on Oskar, not a good touch really, but a shot and a chance for Fred maybe.
06:47It is Fred, slides it through, they're three forward here.
06:51The ball didn't reach Oskar when it should have done, it was meant to reach him from Ramirez.
07:00Led by Muller.
07:02I think that might have gone dead.
07:04No, it did.
07:04To be given, it's back in towards Fred now.
07:07And again the Brazilian goes down, and again there is no point of the finger from the official.
07:16Marcelo.
07:16Plenty of yellow shirts around the edge of the area here.
07:19It's Ramirez, surely they're going to get one, are they?
07:22Ramirez again.
07:23No, and Neuer once again foils Brazil, who at least have come out showing some stout hearts.
07:31Ramirez gets it through here.
07:33Paulinho!
07:35Neuer, Paulinho!
07:37Is Neuer going to be beaten today?
07:40That is the question.
07:42I'm not quite sure why he's complaining to the referee.
07:45Paulinho was definitely onside.
07:47Do you need any more?
07:49Oh, and then the ball is given away for Muller.
07:52Muller round the goal.
07:53Africa four years ago.
07:56Doesn't quite get through.
07:57Second one.
07:59Neuer acting a sweeper now, and taken down rather unceremoniously by Ramirez.
08:09The first thing SchĂĽrrle does is take his man Marcelo down and out of the action.
08:14Free kick.
08:16Muller, another chance for him.
08:18Tipped over.
08:19Fine stop, Julio CĂ©sar.
08:22Well Muller do it through.
08:24Mike on.
08:26And again a big collective roar for a penalty kick.
08:31Why are the Germans surrounding the Mexican referee?
08:35If this one goes through the middle, Brazil are in dire straits.
08:38Schweinsteiger allows it to run through.
08:40Julio CĂ©sar to the rescue for the end.
08:43Lays it square for Paulinho.
08:46Denied by Hovedis.
08:54Bernard.
08:55Seville in the yellow await.
08:58Overhead kick, wide.
08:59Just not happening for Brazil, I'm afraid.
09:02Offside anyway.
09:07Offside awarded and they have to defend once again.
09:10Lahm.
09:12Wide is Kadira.
09:14Muller.
09:15Back into Lahm.
09:16Square.
09:176-0 it is.
09:19Muller.
09:20And hardly anybody is celebrating.
09:24And I think some Brazilians will be leaving Estadio Mineral now.
09:28Because this equals the heaviest defeat in Brazilian history.
09:33Going back to 19-20 when they lost 6-0 to Uruguay.
09:38And the resounding boos around the stadium are for not only the concession of the goal, which was so easy
09:45for Muller to dispatch.
09:48Is there one moment of joy for almost too many, if anything?
09:53And Neuerreich will declare.
09:54But on the other hand, they might be totally ruthless and go for as many as they can possibly get.
09:58There's a bit of a kick out here.
10:02Muller and David Luiz are not on the best of terms at the moment.
10:10Oh, what a night they're going to have.
10:12But they might have number seven here now.
10:14They have got seven.
10:16It's hammered in.
10:18An absolutely terrific strike from SchĂĽrrle, who has his second in a matter of minutes.
10:23And this embarrassment for Brazil is more acute by the minute.
10:29It was an acute angle, he loves the finish, it's a rasping one.
10:33But the Brazilians just want to go back to the dressing rooms.
10:37If the earth could come up and swallow them, they'd be happy at the moment.
10:42Never ever have they seen a day like this.
10:44It is now a record defeat for Brazil.
10:49Julio Cesar has had to pick the ball out of his net seven times.
10:54SchĂĽrrle lashed it in.
10:56Goes for goal, can't beat Neuer.
11:01A shot.
11:03Germany will have the last attack of the day.
11:05They might even get the eighth goal of the day.
11:08It should have been eight.
11:10It really should.
11:13But Mesut Ozil can't apply the...
11:15Lillian.
11:17Lillian's through ball here.
11:18It is Oskar's...
11:19He's onside.
11:21All the way through the area.
11:26I'm afraid there's got to be nothing, no tangible on the host nation.
11:31Now Oskar, maybe he can chip the keeper.
11:34Maybe he can force one in.
11:36Oskar, he's got a goal.
11:37It's Brazil one, Germany seven.
11:42And I have never seen a goal less celebrated in my life.
11:49The Brazilian supporters don't know what to do.
11:52They don't know whether to laugh or to cry or to cheer or to...
11:56He raises his arm.
11:58Boo's ring around the Stadio Mineral in Belo Horizonte.
12:04The Brazilians sink to their knees.
12:10The only word you can think of is total disbelief right now.
12:15Sculleri magnanimously goes to shake the hands of the new World Cup record holder Miroslav closer.
12:21Manuel Neuer there defied Brazil.
Comments