BELO HORIZONTE, Brazil — Germany sure knows how to spoil a party.
Miroslav Klose, Toni Kroos and Sami Khedira scored four goals in a six-minute span midway through the first half Tuesday, stunning all of Brazil into silence as its hopes of winning a World Cup on home soil unraveled.
Thomas Mueller and Andre Schuerrle also scored in the 7-1 victory. The loss matched Brazil’s biggest defeat ever, a 6-0 rout by Uruguay at the South American Championship in 1920, and Oscar’s goal in the 90th minute was little consolation.
STUNNER: First competitive loss at home since 1975
When the final whistle sounded, David Luiz buried his face in the grass and Thiago Silva tried to console a sobbing Oscar, to little effect. It was Brazil’s first loss in a competitive game on home soil since 1975.
The Brazil fans whistled and booed as Germany saluted its small band of supporters. And judging by the profane chants directed at President Dilma Rousseff, Fred and Oscar, there’s no guarantee the country will be any happier Sunday, when Germany plays the winner of Argentina-Netherlands in the final.
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