Germany beat brazil by 7-1, reached in World cup final
Berlin: Germans awoke on Wednesday to discover the 7-1 demolition of Brazil in their World Cup semifinal. The front-page headline in the country’s biggest-selling newspaper, Bild, read simply: “7-1. No words for it!”
Germany legend Franz Beckenbauer, who won the World Cup as both player and coach, tweeted: “What was that? Hard to believe.”
The Sueddeutsche Zeitung broadsheet joined in the chorus of disbelief with the online headline: “Seven-one is that really true?”
And even the sober Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung daily added: “Unthinkable, inconceivable, incomprehensible.”
Wet weather in much of the country during the match on Tuesday night didn’t dampen fans’ spirits with thousands still turning out to watch the match at Berlin’s outdoor fan mile.
“It’s the best that can ever happen, that Germany scored seven times! This hasn’t happened since a long time,” German fan Tamara Beck said.
“It’s too bad for Brazil that they didn’t win in their own country, but it is not our fault,” she said.
Germany’s biggest World Cup win since an 8-0 rout of Saudi Arabia in a 2002 group-stage match was greeted by honking car horns as the final whistle blew shortly before midnight.
