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Joe Mewis

‘Playing a World Cup in your own country, defending your national colours, with all your people around you, and then losing 7-1 was indescribably painful’ Marcelo on Brazil’s 2014 thrashing by Germany

Brazil's players look dejected during their team's 7-1 defeat to Germany in the 2014 World Cup semi-finals.

Rarely has a single football match left such a scar on a country’s collective consciousness.

When Brazil took on Germany on home soil in the semi-final of the 2014 World Cup, an expectant nation was ready to cheer their side into the final, only to witness perhaps the most shocking World Cup knockout game that has ever been played.

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