Things you never expect to see: A Brazilian bartender asking a customer whether it’s five or six. To the opposition. At the time it was just five. To Germany. Later on, it was indeed six. Then seven and – as Mesut Ozil broke clear in the final minute – it could have been more. This was humiliation on an epic scale. To those watching in the bar on the corner of fashionable Paulista Avenue here in Sao Paulo on Tuesday night it signalled the end of a dream that – against their better judgement – they had started to believe in.
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Brazil wakes up to the embarrassment of the 7-1 defeat by Germany
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This was humiliation on an epic scale, after they started to believe in the dream
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One Brazilian newspaper ran the headline 'Go to hell, Big Phil'
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Another 'congratulated' the 1950 team for not being as bad asTuesday's
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After their group stage performances against Croatia, Mexico and Cameroon, warning signs had been there
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Players like Fred, Hulk, Jo and Maicon would not get many games between them in the Premier League
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Neymar, Pele, Zico and Socrates between them wouldn’t have stopped this
I saw Brazil play their second group games against Mexico – a goalless draw – and Cameroon – a 4-1 win – and it was clear on both occasions that this was a @placeholder team carrying deeper flaws than perhaps any in the nation’s history.