SAMBAARGH! Big Phil takes the blame for Brazil's semi-final hammering
BRILLIANT Germany battered Brazil to seal a place in Sunday’s World Cup Final.\
The shell-shocked home nation were simply blown away by the biggest win in a World Cup semi and their worst ever humiliation.
And
after their first competitive home defeat in 64 matches and more than
38 years, Brazil boss Big Phil Scolari said: "We ask for forgiveness
from the Brazilian people."
Thomas Muller sparked the rout in the 10th minute when he sidefooted in Toni Kroos’ corner.
Brazil were then swept away in the next 20 minutes. Miroslav Klose
made it two to become the alltime record scorer in World Cup finals,
beating Brazil star Ronaldo’s record of 15.
And there were further
goals from Toni Kroos (2), Sami Khedira and a double from sub Andre
Schurrle before Oscar pulled one back.
Scolari refused to quit but admitted: "Who is responsible for this result? I am, it’s me.
The
blame for this catastrophic result can be shared between us all, but
the person who decided the line-up, the tactics was me. It was my
choice.
"We tried our best but we came up against a great German
team. My message for the Brazilian people is this: please excuse us for
this performance.
"This is a catastrophic loss, the worst ever for
the Brazil team, and the worst day of my life." As to his future,
Scolari said: "This is not a subject for me to talk about. I have to
prepare for the third- place match in Brasilia on Saturday.I don’t have any regrets about my choices for this match. We panicked after the first goal."
Former Chelsea defender David Luiz had a shocker and left the field sobbing.
He said: "Apologies to all the Brazilian people. It’s a very sad day but a day from which to learn."
Stunned
keeper Julio Cesar added: "It’s hard to explain – you can’t explain the
inexplicable. After the first goal we had a blackout.”
Man of the
match Kroos said: "We delivered a marvellous performance. If someone
had said we were going to win 7-1 I would not have believed them.
"It
is the best international match I have played in. Of course I feel
sorry for Brazil. We have pressure on our shoulders but not as much as
them, being the host nation. But they have great players and will come
back from this.
"I don’t think it will be difficult to prepare
ourselves for the final. We know we will have to deliver another top
performance or else we will lose the final."
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