By Patrick R. Anderson
It was nothing seen by modern day Brazilian soccer lovers.
It was that old familiar German “Blitzkireg” attack. An attack with full force. Germany 7, Brazil 1.
Incredible. And 3-time world champions Germany are through to Sunday’s 20th FIFA World Cup final. The 8th in their World Cup history.
Wikipedia defines “Blitzkrieg” as follows: ‘ A method of warfare whereby an attacking force spearheaded by a dense concentration of armoured and motorised or mechanised infantry formations, and heavily backed by close air support , force a breakthrough into the enemy’s line of defense through a series of short, fast, powerful attacks, and once into enemy’s territory, proceeds to dislocate them using speed and surprise and then encircles them.’
It is the personification of Germany. And what Germany did at the Estadio Minieirao in Bela Horizonte in front of 58,141 fans packing into a capacity stadium of 57,483, was nothing short of a blitzkrieg attack. Football’s version of a blitzkrieg attack.
Brazil without Neymar and skipper Thiago Silva. The match was as good as over in the 11th minute, when a corner from the right side by Toni Kroos, found an unmarked Thomas Mueller who lost his marker David Luiz, and Mueller volleyed in his 5th goal of the world cup to make it Germany 1, Brazil 0. And the 58,141 people at the Estadio Mineirao, plus 200 million Brazilians must have felt as if they took a kick in the solo plexus.
Then the blitzkrieg attack occured 12 minutes later. Four goals in 6-minutes. Total shambles in the back by Brazil. They looked like Under 12 schoolboys. As Miroslav Klose followed his own rebound to score his second goal at this world cup and his 16th overall to become the leading goalscorer in the history of the world cup, surpassing Brazilian legend Ronaldo.
Toni Kroos got in on the act and knocked in two goals in the 24th and 26th minutes, then Sammy Khedira added the 5th in the 29th minute. All four goals coming from shambolic defending by Brazil with the Germans almost walking into the goal.
Substitute Andre Schuerrle knocked in two more goals in the 69th and 79th minutes as Germany took their feet off the gas, and Brazil could still do nothng right, except Oscar scoring a consolation goal on 90 minutes.
Final score, Germany 7, Brazil 1, and the end was as swift as Blitzkrieg.
It was Brazil’s worst defeat since their 6-0 rout by Uruguay in 1920. They have now scored 221 goals in world cup history, with Germany eclipsing them by reaching 223 goals following their demolition job of seven goals on Tuesday.
Germany are into Sunday’s final and await the winner of Wednesday’s second semi-final between 2-time champions Argentina and The Netherlands who have played in three finals (1974, 1978 and 2010) and are still without a title.
Nobody knew what type of bomb fell at Bela Horizonte on Tuesday.
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German Blitzkrieg routs Brazil 7-1 in world cup semi-final
