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While crying a lot, David Luiz had the following words: "Apologies to everybody, apologies to all the Brazilian people... I just wanted to see my people smile. We all know how important it was for me to see all of Brazil be happy, at least because of football... They were better than us. They prepared better. They played better... It's a very sad day but it's also a day from which to learn. But I won't give up. One day, I'll make this country happy."
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They were not better then you, they did not prepare better than you. Those excuses won't fly when you have few billions watching you. Why you lost was you played very bad soccer.
Two main causes for that shambolic performance:
1) The very over the top mourning of Neymar. Was he injured or dead? 2) Lack of structure, discipline and leadership when defending. To put that responsibility on the shoulders of David Luiz is clear mismanagement and a poor decision by Scolari.
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I agree with you but fuck your spam.
does someone have an English version of what Julio Cesar said post match?
I too felt a pang of sorrow for him when he held his speech. But it's hard to keep it up when he's such a dirty, underhanded bastard. http://kaktackle.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/davidluiz-tackle.gif http://sillyseason.com/sites/default/files/u3/766708399_0.gif
Imposter found out, shame for him - but realistically he is never a pro footballer
As has been said, it's easy to fake sportsmanship off the field. The entire Brazilian team has played incredibly dirty and in no way fair. Nothing made me happier than seeing them humiliated in such a way, it genuinely brightened my week.
David Luiz Bears a LOT OF RESPONSIBLE. He can cry his ass after the game. He was just a lazy asshole who did not run during the game
David Luiz tried to justify his foul on Müller by holding up 6 fingers as if he was saying "but we're 6 goals behind"
Fuck him. Prick deserved to lose.
This team may get a lot of flak for being young and emotional, but there's no way a person can't be emotional after a game like that. I hope he comes out using this game as fuel for the rest of his career.
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Fuck you, Luiz. Don’t pretend to be such an honorable sportsman while trying to kick Müller deliberately, because you’re getting your ass handed to you.
It’s easy to pretend to be a gentleman when you’re winning, in defeat you show your true face.
Agreed. Luiz is such a dick. It baffles me how PSG paid Chelsea £50 million for him.
Should have gotten a red yeah
I saw that interview, and after he finished the speech, I instantly thought 'Damn. We really overdone it this time.' Sorry Brasil.
THIS time? In all of history, THIS was the time Germany went too far?
Well... Did you ever see someone score SEVEN FREAKING GOALS against Brasil?
'Cause I didn't. This is sick.
It was a bloody marvellous display. I'm kind of pleased we went out in the group. Good luck on Sunday
Thanks a lot, dude! I hope we'll make the best out of it... I'd like to see Germany vs. Argentina but I am HYPED for Germany vs. Netherlands. This would be my favorite match.
He's a broken man now. I wish him all the best.
The only one I feel bad for is Julio Cesar, he's the only player on that team I actually respect. The way Brazil played and behaved themselves this Cup was atrocious, especially for a hosting team. Brazil shouldn't have gotten to the semi-finals, and wouldn't have gotten there if it hadn't been for the terrible refereeing this tournament. The last person I'd feel bad for is David Luiz, him and Portugal's Pepe are the epitome of poor sportsmanship and a stain on the sport. Also, as a Dutchman, fuck Scolari with a rusty fork.
You know shyt! He has literally played ugly football whole tournament. Last night he tried to kick Mueller with the ball (targeting mueller).
Also he kept elbowing other players, when ever they came close to him, WTF is that?
He elbowed Klose in the face, tried to kicke Mueller.
And now you guys are sad, cause he cried.
Brazil would have won the game, if they were more focused on the game rather than trying to to illegal shyt (by faking injury or hitting opponents).
It is like kicking you in the nuts, and then crying - would you just feel bad and forget that he kicked you in the nuts???
Feel sorry for David Luiz.
one day more, another day, another destiny~~ maybe someone could give him a hug, however, the game score would never change.
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Well clearly you haven't watched enough Chelsea matches.
This is what I thought when I saw Ramos crying too :P
prayforbrazil
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"Thank god PSG have already paid a deposit lol"
Does anyone have a link to him saying that?
brazil deserved this and i can't feel sorry for anyone, from dirty play to fucking trying to kicking muller they can all go to hell, exept for their goalie, i like him
i don't like him, he is a very dangerous player and tried to kick muller.
Sportsmanship is how you behave on the field. Not what you say with tears in your eyes after the match is over.
I thought of this for some reason: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tFDsL_mwBY
HEARTBREAKING.
But a legendary grudge match is born.
He completely gave up - i didnt see 100% from him for after 2-0. His body language was completely checked out. I dont like these sort of apologies when his not honest with himself.
i don't think he gave up. he was attacking for some reason and tried to do too much. bad tactics by scolari
Luiz along with the rest of the defenders simply stopped playing defense. There was no urgency, no speed, they were lightly jogging back on defense when Germany was shredding them to pieces. It was a pathetic performance.
agreed.
How can you blame the coach for absolute shit play on the field. He didn't make the defenders play like a rec club. This is on the players on the field that were exposed as never had been.
didn't like how far maicon, alves and marcelo were pushing up all tourney. That kind of play exposes the D on counter attacks. but you are right. it is mostly the players fault for just being lazy.
Maicon had played only one game before.
it's heartwarming seeing him hugging Rodriguez, i want to hug him when he cried in the interview, he's a great player with great spirits.
That's just heartbreaking to me for some reason.
The match was fixed. It is obvious to anyone who understands soccer and watched the game. Something like this doesn't happen by accident.
No it's not obvious. Anybody who was set to benefit from a 7-1 Germany score would have had to have laid a substantial amount of money on the table for it to pay off, which would have been flagged for being such a longshot.
I think it's fairly obvious from anybody who understands football and watched the game knows it wasn't fixed.
Ignore the troll m8
Link to the video???
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Man that was hard to watch and I don't even speak Portuguese
Thanks!
Too much pressure on them. I also felt really bad.. Specially for Neymar. He is such a prodigy, its a huge tragedy that he couldnt play. He took the pressure so easy it seems specially considering he is so young, always smiling never thinking about the impact of all of it. He just seemed to have fun playing..
As much as I despise David Luiz for his dangerous tackles, Constantly Elbowing people and faking injuries all the damn time in the PL, but I could barely watch the interview. It brought tears to my eyes, knowing that he wanted it so badly but it just crumbled infront of him in the space of 10 minutes. Also felt terrible for Oscar aswell.
Did anyone else just feel "sad" for Brazil as the Germans kept on scoring, in the end I had to turn it off. The players just looked destroyed and shocked.
Also, Scolari's inhability to risk changing the team cost Brazil 100%. So many players were just left on the bench and multiple that should have probably been in the squad were left out.
And not to try to point fingers but Fred just was not the type of striker for that brazillian team. They needed an agile, fast, prolific striker. While on the wing, Hulk was in my opinion, just terrible. He rarely posed a threat and I was shocked to see him start. Im not a fan of Willian but he really should have been given a place in the 11 ahead of Hulk for his work ethic alone.
Just my 2 cents and a bit of a rant lol (I didnt even want Brazil to win, I just wanted them to be competitive and yes, losing TS and Neymar was ofcourse a huge absense but it does not excuse the 7 goals conceeded
I think the whole team needs a change up after that performance. David luiz's performance was appalling, His defense was all over the show, and his a god damn center back stop trying to play as an attacking midfielder,I think the goal he got from the free kick against columbia has re-wired his defensive strategy (i dont know lol). Brazils whole defence was stagnant they made rookie mistakes such as winning the ball over from the Germans in the box area and then not clearing it. The attack was nearly as bad as the defense, Honestly I feel sorry for bernard as it seems as he was the only player attempting to play a game of soccer.
Hulk made me think a lot of Cristiano Ronaldo. Spent more time giving condescending smirks to the refs than anything else.
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It's pretty clear that you didn't actually watch "the most boring world cup game (you) have ever seen." The score was never 4-1 (it was only 4-0 for a VERY short time, and Germany had all 7 before that Brazilian 1 even came), and by saying this is not a game that Germany should be proud of, you insinuate that they ran up the score. Anyone who watched the game will tell you that it easily could have been 10-0 or worse had Germany not completely taken their foot off of the gas in the second half. I will agree that Muller should have been out though, had he gotten injured in a complete annihilation like this right before the final, I would never forgive Jogi.
Quote from NY Times: This perfectly describes my experience with German People.
The mood among the guests was jubilant, but even in this moment of triumph, the German patrons were muttering. “We don’t want to overdo it,” one woman said, before declining to repeat her remark on the record.
A palpable gloom fell over the pub during halftime when the German broadcast did not turn to its commentators in Brazil, but rather to a news bulletin to report about the resurgence of hostilities between Israel and Palestinians in Gaza.
The soccer score was “almost eerie,” said Claus Kleber, one of Germany’s most prominent television journalists, as he introduced the report.
The fans remained silent until the bulletin was over. Then Uli Schmidt, 64, a retired teacher whose face was painted in the national colors, said, “What an evening! This has just never happened.”
As the score kept mounting in Germany’s favor, there was a surreal nature to the screams and shouts that engulfed the bar and the streets outside. An hour after the final whistle, fireworks still popped and car horns blared as cars with German flags streaming from their windows drove down the Kurfürstendamm street in the west of Berlin.
“Absolutely nobody expected this,” Schmidt said. “That has never happened in the history of World Cup semifinals.”
There was no insinuation on my part at all.. Perhaps as "you" suggested not me, the pedal was a bit too much to begin with. Nonetheless, My sincere congratulations to the Germans clearly the better team. I wish I was Germany to Celebrate!
I only suggested that because you said it wasn't a game Germany should be proud of. If you weren't insinuating that the score was being run up, it would be pretty ridiculous to not be proud of a historic achievement on such a stage. I definitely agree that it got somewhat difficult to watch and I started feeling bad for Brazil, but I don't think that was the fault of the Germans. Congrats are appreciated!
It was never 4-1. It was 7-0 before Brazil scored in the 90th minute.
Are you KIDDING ME?
Germany had lost 3 consecutive semi-final matches coming into this one. They NEEDED to win this match to prove everyone wrong and shut up the negativity back home. They went above and beyond for this match and I am glad they hammered the shit out of the Brazilian side.
Germany has played nothing but consistent, superior soccer all tournament long, the Brazilians on the other hand, fouled their way to a semi-final and were grotesquely overrated.
I'm not saying this as a German fan either, I am saying this a someone who's played soccer for almost 15 years. The Brazilians were TERRIBLE this match and almost all tournament.
Germany SHOULD be and WILL be proud, because they've finally punched through to a final.
Yeah it was pretty obvious to anyone who understands football. Brazil never had the world class striker to win the cup, nor a super talented midfield to support an average striker, let alone a below average one.
I commented as early as England's first game that these two teams are lacking a potent striker which messes up any realistic chances for them.
Bloody hell... Even though I hated this Brazil team and never wanted them to win, this could destroy the players involved forever... The Maracanazo is spoken of in Brazil as being their 9/11- with a straight face.
I hope they are able to move past this. A win for a revitalised, forgiven Brazil with a strong defence and Brazilian-of-old attack in Russia would be nice.
Maybe it's a lesson that we need to stop living in the past. Five WC doesn't make you a great team NOW. Truth is, you're only as good as your last game, and we played shit this entire world cup. We didn't deserve to win. Not by a long shot.
You didn't deserve to win, that's true. But 1-7 is kinda cruel ;)
Neymar may have gotten all the plaudits and the honors from the media going into this match, but in reality, it was really Silva that the Brazilians needed.
But not for the reasons most thought. The problem was they thought David Luiz could run the defense, which was a huge mistake since he's not that kind of player.
Without Thiago Silva to counter-balance his at times bizarre central defending style David Luiz's poor positioning was easily exploited.
Possibly the whole team was rigged up to support both Silva and Neymar to do their thing
Yeah. Though I don't think we would've given up as easily if we had Neymar. After we went 0-2 down the team basically quit because they had no confidence they could score to come back
To be honest though, Brazil hadn't even had a good chance to score from, right up until they were 6-0 down. It's not hard to see why they had no confidence. They lost their star player and they lost Silva, who single handedly orchestrated the defence and defensive midfielders in previous matches. They were really missing Silva, even more so than they were missing Neymar.
You don't lose 7-1 if all players and coach didn't do a bad job. This was just terrible.. I think the problem was that from the get go, they put all their eggs on Neymar and Silva.. instead building a strong team all around.
Brazil today was like a bunch of children stranded from their parents.
Can you name a more talented team "all-around" than the brazilian team? Their entire team was stacked with superstars.
Germany...
Marcelo is good at attacking but he's a mediocre defender. David Luiz is not a top defender by any means. Why do you think Chelsea is selling him to PSG.
Oscar is the only really good player on the team but he still wouldn't make it on a list of top 15 midfielder in the world.
Germany's entire roster is stacked to the teeth. They are all pretty much top 5 players in respect to their position and role.
Could have something to do with 30 million euros?
And this is with key injuries pre-tournament to Reus, Gundogan, Gomez, Bender Bros...imagine if these guys were on the bench! Christ.
So was brazil's.
Really? There isn't a german in the top 10 strikers in the world let alone top 5. Messi, ronaldo, neymar, ibrahamovic, suarez, van persie, falcao and you can finish the list.
Marco Reus is a top 10 forward right now. There's a pretty good argument for Mueller on that list as well.
> t think we would've given up as easily if we had Neymar. After we went 0-2 down the team basically quit because they had no confiden
I can. Germany. Netherlands. Colombia. Mexico.
edit for humiliation :(
*Colombia :p
Before the raging Colombians enter this chat.
Lol, thanks for the help.
Yes. The German one. They've been using Klose as a sub for most this tournament, that alone should tell you how "stacked" they are. There isn't a single player on the German side that any elite club in the world wouldn't love to have.
You think the german team is more talented?
Only the german goalie would start on the brazilian team.
The same goes for the brazil. Except that hardly any german player would start for the brazil.
Germans played better as a team. But brazil had the better players. Honestly, I think the game was fixed.
Troll alert!
Hmmmmm. I doubt any Brazilian would start before muller, ozil, schweinsteiger, neuer, hummels, lahm, kroos or even gotze. Brazilian players might be more flash but I would build my team around those German player anytime before I would use Brazillians
If you were a reflection of the average redditor then your username would be truthful. Thankfully though the stupidity is at its apex in you and your mispelled username.
Thats fucking retarded buddy. Have you been watching the world cup? Thomas Muller ALONE is EASILY better than almost anyone on the Brazilian side. The only one who might be better than him is the guy with a broken back. Thomas Muller won the young player scoring title in 2010 and might even be the MVP if Germany wins this year, he alone is clearly better than most people on Brazil's team
The game wasn't fixed. You can't "fix" the goals scored by Germany.
You're in denial and don't know what you're talking about.
Building a strong team has nothing to do with the quality of individual players.
You could have the greatest singer in the world, the greatest guitar player in the world, the greatest bass player and the greatest drummer... but they will sound like shit if they're each playing different tunes.
Brazil was not a cohesive unit. they weren't playing the same song. They were not organized. Their coaches didn't build a strong team and that's what showed today. I am not talking about individuals talent. I am talking about a team.. the definition of a team and team work.
They built a strong Neymar and Silva. A strong plan around Neymar. Not a strong team.
Sure it does. Can't have a strong team without quality individual players. But quality individual players doesn't necessarily mean the team will be strong.
If that's what you meant, then I agree with you. It seemed like you were implying that brazil only had neymar and silva and the rest of the team wasn't good.
I disagree. Look at the player's individual records in their normal leagues. There are a lot of top class players on this team. The problem is that they did not seem to care. They did nothing but watch as the Germans took aim at their goal. They did not put in that extra hustle to try and attack the ball. They looked like they came to play a friendly, not a semi-final for the world cup for their home crowd.
Yea. If you watch the highlights of the game you see so many Brazil players standing around and not trying while Germany took all the shots. Even on the first goal you see them give up on the ball. It almost looks like the game is rigged.
1st goal: Klose blocked Luiz when the ball came in, Müller gets away + the classic mistake of no one covering second post.
I would agree but I honestly don't believe there is enough money in the world to get a proud team like Brazil to throw a game 7-1 in front of their home crowd. These players will never truly be welcome home again because of this national embarrassment. For the past 15 years Brazil was known for it's amazing football squad. Now it is a laughing stalk on the world stage. People PITY Brazil now.
Heck, even the fans didn't bother to riot. When your team plays so bad it isn't worth rioting over after such an upset loss it shows how deep the dagger punctured the heart of Brazil. This is now a country searching for an identity.
How do they build a strong team though? They are limited to their country
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I thought England invented football?
The country with the greatest amount of wins, yes? The only country to have participated in all world cups?
the 1958 team isn't the same as their current one, you can't judge teams by their past
Most national teams would kill for the strength in depth Brazil has. They're bench would start for the majority of national teams all day every day.
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