To expect Brazil to put up a fight?

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My God. My absolute God. 3 goals in 2 minutes from Germany.

It was like a moment from a ludicrous game of FIFA against my drunk younger brother.

Sportsmanlike behaviour doesn't mean not winning by as many goals as you can. The whole idea of football is to win by as many goals as you can.

It means winning but having empathy and respect for the losing team. To congratulate them and not to rub it in.

I feel absolutely gutted for Brazil and their fans but the Germans definitely showed sportsmanship imo.

Germany and Austria had no difficulty in playing not to score in the infamous 1982 group stage which put Algeria out and resulted in a rule change.

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Germany_1%E2%80%930_Austria

I couldn't care less. It's a group of overpaid people kicking a ball around a field. Yawn.

You obviously care enough to post that.

Why bother posting just to say you couldn't care less?

Ergh mrsmike sod off, I hate that attitude.

Scotland Football have just tweeted a reminder that their first round qualifier for euro'16 is in Dortmund against Germany this coming September. #naeborra, they say. Lmao!

Oh and to make it worse for Brazil Klose has beaten Ronaldo's record of 15 world cup goals.

I remember the 2002 Brazil team which was the last time they won (ironically beating Germany) they were glorious to watch.

Go, Scotland, go!

I think the behaviour of the players after the match was v sportsmanlike: lots of handshaking and hugging between players of both teams.
I hope the Brazilian lads got some sleep last night.

Agree - very sportsmanship behaviour throughout by both teams. The Germans had obviously prepared well, worked veryhard and played brilliantly, whilst being sympathetic towards the Brazilian players.
The only unsportsmanlike behaviour was the Brazilian fans booing their team and leaving early!

I played competitive sport, not football, for many years and I rather have a crushing defeat th than the suspicion that the opponent eased off as to not upset my team too much.

I couldn't care less. It's a group of overpaid people kicking a ball around a field. Yawn

And yet you find the time to open the post about football, get to the end and post to say you couldn't care? Yawn indeed.

I fear it was my fault. I really wanted Brazil to win ergo they lost. I'm thinking of hiring myself out as some sort of sporting witch doctor type - people will book me to support the team they want to lose.

Poor David Luiz

In light of last night's events, I think what used to be meant by getting a Brazilian will have to change.

It obviously means a "royal humping".

What were the predictions going into the match? Was anyone predicting a Brazil victory?

Poor David Luiz indeed I'd put money on his being top of one of those awful countdown programs 'worst World Cup captain ever' or something.

Germany in the first half were INCREDIBLE (as painful as that is to say!) and I think a team of my 3 year old and her friends would've done better than Brazil did in those first 30 mins.
I'm glad they managed to pull it back a bit in the second half with some halfway to on target shots but still utterly devastating for them!

Wetthem, why is it painful to say that Germany played really well ?

Verdict from German "toyboy":
Ein Wahnsinn!

Everybody at work today held me personally responsible for last night's result

So, what do we fancy for tonight then?

I'm rooting for Argentina - I'd like a South American country to be in the final for Germany then to beat them

I'm rooting for The Netherlands.

From the sublime to the ridiculous. What a boring match last night. We turned it off until the penalties we were sure were coming. Surely Germany is going to cream Argentina?

I bloody hope not, rooty, because then we'd miss out on this...

They might rip off their clothes and beat their chests in despair.......?

There's interesting stuff on BBC website for those that like this sort of thing.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-28208488

I'm not a Ronaldo fan but am quite impressed with his reason for not having a tattoo

Yes me too.

Yes, me too. It's changed the way I look at him really.