Monday, July 7, 2014

2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil SF -1 Brazil Vs Germany Tuesday July 08,2014

Brazil Vs Germany at Estadio Mineirao, Belo Horizonte

Managers

Luiz Felipe Scolari(Brazil)

Joachim Low(Germany)

This is Brazil's first World Cup semi-final since 2002, a tournament they ultimately went on to win by beating Germany in the final

Brazil captain Thiago Silva is banned and with Neymar injured -

David Luiz will captain Brazil as Thiago Silva is suspended

Willian, one of the favourites to replace Neymar in the starting XI

Bayern Munich centre-back Dante is set to replace the suspended Thiago Silva

Brazil coach Luiz Felipe Scolari says his side will cope without injured striker Neymar when they face Germany in Tuesday's World Cup semi-final.

Scolari said his squad were fully focused on the task at hand.
"Neymar has done his share. Now it's up to us to do our share," the coach said.
"We have accepted what has happened and we are focusing on other things.
"In this match we will be playing not just for ourselves and everything we've ever dreamed of, but also for Neymar and everything he's done for us."

Brazilian great Zico has said ahead of the match: "The players have a chance to draw energy from Neymar's sacrifice. They need to leave their souls on the pitch as a tribute for this kid."

Possible Brazilian Squad

4-3-3

4-2-3-1

The surprise up front

MATCH FACTS

Head-to-head

Brazil and Germany have played more World Cup matches than any other side (102 and 104 respectively), but have only met once before at the tournament. That was the 2002 final,won 2-0 by the Brazilians
Honours are even in the three subsequent meetings. The sides drew 1-1 in a friendly in 2004, Brazil won 3-2 in a Confederations Cup semi-final in 2005 and Germany recorded a 3-2 victory in a friendly in 2011. All those matches were on German soil.
Brazil have scored in each of their last 10 meetings with Germany, averaging 2.2 goals per game

Head-to-head record
Games	Brazil wins	Draws	Germany wins	Brazil goals	Germany goals
World Cup = 1	1	0	0	2	0
All comps = 21	12	5	4	39	24

Recent matches
24 Jul 1999 - Brazil 4-0 Germany- Fifa Confederations Cup Group, Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara
30 Jun 2002 - Brazil 2-0 Germany- 2002 Fifa World Cup Final, International Stadium, Yokohama
7 Sep 2004 - Germany 1-1 Brazil- International, Berlin
25 Jun 2005 - Germany 2-3 Brazil- Fifa Confederations Cup semi-final, Frankenstadion, Nuremberg
10 Aug 2011 - Germany 3-2 Brazil- International, Mercedes-Benz Arena

Brazil

Brazil committed more fouls (31) against Colombia than they have in any other World Cup match since such data has been recorded (starting in 1966).
Their only defeat in the last 26 games came against Switzerland last August (W19, D6, L1).
They are unbeaten in 42 successive home matches, with their last defeat coming against Paraguay in August 2002.
The Brazilians have reached the last four of the World Cup for the 11th time, although this will only be their eighth semi-final (because of different formats at earlier tournaments).
The only semi-final they have lost was their first, against Italy in 1938. They have won five times and drawn once - with that draw followed by a penalty shootout win against the Dutch in 1998.
Injured Brazilian striker Neymar has played a part in 50% of Brazil's 10 goals at this World Cup (four goals, one assist).

Germany

Germany (including West Germany) have reached the last four for the 13th time at a World Cup, although this will be their 12th semi-final (they reached the 1974 final after coming through a second group stage).
The Germans are the first country to reach four successive World Cup semi-finals.
Their record in their 11 previous semi-finals is four wins, five defeats and two draws - both of which were followed by penalty shootouts which they won.
Germany are unbeaten in their last 16 internationals (W11, D5), the best run of any side still involved at the World Cup.
Germany (three) have kept more clean sheets at this World Cup than any other country. Only Ghana and Algeria have managed to breach the Germans defence so far.
Miroslav Klose could make his 23rd appearance in a World Cup match, a total bettered only by Lothar Matthaus (25). Paolo Maldini also played 23 games at the tournament.

Germany beats Brazil 7-1

Goal Scorers
For Germany -Thomas Muller(11),Miroslav Klose(23),Toni Kroos(24&26),Sami Khedira(29)and Andre Schurrle(69&79)

For Brazil -Oscar (90)

Miroslav Klose became the record scorer in World Cup history
Germany striker Miroslav Klose became the record scorer in World Cup history by netting his 16th finals goal in the 7-1 SF-1 victory over Brazil

Miroslav Klose celebrates all his World Cup goals at once

Miroslav Klose,Germany's leading goalscorer with 71 goals in 136 games, he is the third player to net at four World Cup finals.
Brazil legend Pele and West Germany's Uwe Seeler both scored at the 1958, 1962, 1966 and 1970 finals.
Klose's goal against Brazil came in his 23rd World Cup appearance, a tally only compatriot Lothar Matthaus has bettered.

Miroslav Klose
16 goals in 23 World Cup games - a World Cup record.	Third player to net at four World Cup finals, after Pele and Uwe Seeler.
Germany have never lost in a game in which he has scored.	He had never before netted in a World Cup semi-final or final.

Germany have never lost a game in which he has scored.
Moroslav Klose scored 16 goals in 23 world cup appearances.The Details are -
2002-5 Goals
2006-5 Goals
2010-4 Goals
2014-2 Goals
3 Goals against Saudi Arabia in 2002
4th Goal against Ireland in 2002
5th Goal against Cameroon in 2002
6th Goal against Costa Rica in 2006
7th Goal against Costa Rica in 2006
8th Goal against Ecuador in 2006
9th Goal against Ecuador in 2006
10th Goal against Argentina in 2006
11th Goal against Australia in 2010
12th Goal against England in 2010
13th Goal against Argentina in 2010
14th Goal against Argentina in 2010
15th Goal against Ghana in 2014
16th Goal against Brazil in 2014

Top five World Cup goalscorers
Position	Name	Country	Goals	Matches Played	Goal Average	Tournaments
1	Miroslav Klose	Germany	16	23	0.70	2002, 2006, 2010, 2014
2	Ronaldo	Brazil	15	19	0.79	1998, 2002, 2006
3	Gerd Muller	West Germany	14	13	1.08	1970, 1974
4	Just Fontaine	France	13	6	2.17	1958
5	Pele	Brazil	12	14	0.86	1958, 1962, 1966, 1970

Squads

Brazil

12 Julio César
23 Maicon
06 Marcelo
17 Luiz Gustavo
04 David Luiz
13 Dante Booked
20 Bernard
05 Fernandinho (Paulinho - 45' )
09 Fred (Willian - 69' )
11 Oscar
07 Hulk (Ramires - 45' )

Germany

01 Neuer
16 Lahm
04 Höwedes
07 Schweinsteiger
20 Boateng
05 Hummels (Mertesacker - 45' )
06 Khedira (Draxler - 76' )
18 Kroos
11 Klose (Schürrle - 58' )
13 Müller
08 Özil

Jurgen Klinsmann might be USA coach but he was celebrating his country's win

Amazing Germany
There were 179 seconds between Germany's second and fourth goals.	Germany striker Miroslav Klose becomes World Cup history's record goalscorer with 16 goals in 23 games.
Germany were 5-0 up after 29 minutes - faster than any team in World Cup history.	Germany netted as many goals in this semi-final as they had in their previous six (1982-2010).
Germany are now the highest scorers in World Cup history with 223 goals, overtaking Brazil.	Germany are the first team to score seven times in a World Cup semi-final
Thomas Muller has scored 10 goals and provided six assists in 12 World Cup matches.	Germany have scored more goals in this tournament than they did in 1990 and 1966 - a total of 16.

Brazil's World Cup dreams ended in humiliating and brutal fashion as Germany inflicted their heaviest defeat in the SF-1 in Belo Horizonte

Germany were 5-0 up inside 29 remarkable minutes in front of a disbelieving Estadio Mineirao crowd

The result was their first competitive home defeat in 39 years, and the end of their hopes of making it to the World Cup final at the iconic Maracana on Sunday.

This equalled Brazil's heaviest margin of defeat, a 6-0 loss at the hands of Uruguay in the 1920 Copa America, but the impact of this reverse, not just on the world stage but in their homeland, will put this alongside the 1950 World Cup final defeat by the Uruguayans in Rio as their darkest football day.
This was Brazil's first defeat at home for 12 years. The loss for a country built on sporting pride, and at their own World Cup, will be bad enough to take. The scale of defeat will take the inquests to a new level.
This was the first time a team had scored seven in a World Cup semi-final, and the biggest defeat in one of these games since West Germany beat Austria 6-1 in 1954.
This was the first time a team had scored seven in a World Cup semi-final, and the biggest defeat in one of these games since West Germany beat Austria 6-1 in 1954.

Match facts
This is the first time a team have scored seven goals in a World Cup semi-final.	This is the first World Cup game with eight or more goals since Saudi Arabia v Germany in 2002 (0-8).
No team had previously conceded five or more goals by half-time in a World Cup semi-final.	This is Brazil's biggest defeat in World Cup finals history, surpassing their 3-0 loss to France in the final in 1998.
Germany scored two more goals in this game, 7, than England did in their past two World Cups combined.	Brazil's first shot on target was in the 51st minute.

Humiliated Brazil
Brazil have never before conceded more than five goals in a World Cup game (winning 6-5 against Poland in 1938).	The game equals Brazil's all-time biggest margin of defeat, when they lost 6-0 to Uruguay in 1920.
It is the first time since 1938 that Brazil have lost a World Cup semi-final, having progressed in their previous six.	The previous biggest defeat in a semi-final was in 1954 when Germany beat Austria 6-1.

Coach Luiz Felipe Scolari described Brazil's 7-1 loss to Germany as "the worst day" of his life, and said he took responsibility Scolari described the result, which surpassed the 3-0 defeat by France in the 1998 final as Brazil's heaviest World Cup loss, as "catastrophic". "My message for the Brazilian people is please excuse us for this performance," Brazil's coach Luiz Felipe Scolari (centre) and his team huddle together following the defeat, the biggest in a World Cup semi-final

Tearful Brazil captain David Luiz apologised to his compatriots after the hosts suffered a humiliating 7-1 World Cup SF-1 defeat by Germany

"They were better than us," said Luiz, who captained Brazil in the absence of Thiago Silva. "It's a very sad day but it's also a day from which to learn.
"Apologies to all the Brazilian people. I just wanted to see my people smile."
Brazil goalkeeper Julio Cesar described his team's collapse as a "blackout" and the defeat as "inexplicable"

David Luiz (left) is consoled by Suspended captain Thiago Silva after Brazil lost 7-1 to Germany in the World Cup semi-final

Germany's Thomas Mueller who scored his fifth goal of the tournament in the thrashing, admitted he was shocked by the scale of the victory.
“I don’t know what to say to be honest,” Mueller said.
“I can’t believe it. It’s something totally crazy. It just went well today,” added Mueller, whose team will now face either Argentina or the Netherlands in Sunday’s final at the Maracana.

Brazil’s national media described the result as the “Shame of Shames.”
The sport’s daily Lance called Tuesday’s crushing loss “The Biggest Shame in History.”

Brazilian supermodel Alessandra Ambrosio pouted and did a two thumbs down pose for the cameras following the disappointing 7-1 result by her home team