Brazil Dipermalukan Jerman 7-1 di Semi Final Piala Dunia
Germany Crushes Brazil in World Cup Semifinal, 7-1
Editor : Ismail Gani
Translator : Novita Cahyadi
Belo Horizonte (B2B) - Jerman berhasil meluluh lantakkan Brasil sekaligus memuluskan jalan mereka ke partai final Piala Dunia 2014 setelah memenangi laga semi final dengan skor telak 7-1 di Estadio Mineirao, Belo Horizonte, Selasa sore waktu setempat (Rabu pagi WIB).
Der Panzer telah mempermalukan Selecao di hadapan publik sendiri, sekaligus memuluskan jalan mereka ke stadion bersejarah, Maracana, di kota Rio de Janeiro, lokasi berlangsungnya partai final pada Senin (14/7) pagi WIB, seperti dilansir Yahoo Sports.
Jerman, pemilik tiga gelar juara dunia itu, hanya tinggal menantikan hasil partai semi final lain antara Argentina melawan Belanda di Sao Paulo, Kamis (10/7) pagi WIB.
Gol-gol Jerman dicetak oleh Thomas Mueller, Miroslav Klose, Toni Kroos, Sami Khedira dan Andre Schuerrle. Kroos dan Schuerrle masing-masing mencetak dwigol.
Sementara satu gol hiburan untuk Brasil dicetak oleh Oscar pada menit 90, meski tetap tak memperlihatkan perubahan mood signifikan bagi publik tuan rumah yang hadir di Estadio Mineirao.
Laga tersebut juga menjadi saksi keberhasilan Klose mempertajam rekornya sebagai pencetak gol terbanyak putaran final Piala Dunia, dengan 16 gol, setelah sebelumnya ia berbagi tempat dengan mantan penyerang Brasil, Ronaldo, yang memiliki catatan 15 gol.
Belo Horizonte - Maybe Brazil wasn´t that good to begin with. Or maybe Germany really is that much better.
Or, perhaps, the pressure on a young, inexperienced Brazilian team was simply too much to bear.
There were almost as many explanations for Brazil´s historic collapse in Tuesday´s World Cup semifinal as there were goals — and there were a lot of those, with Germany winning 7-1 in Belo Horizonte in the most lopsided semifinal in tournament history.
When the whistle finally sounded, stopping a game that had effectively ended an hour earlier, Brazilian captain David Luiz burst into tears. Others cried as well while one player dropped to his knees and buried his face in his hands.
Germany, unbeaten in this World Cup and the top-ranked team still standing, had sailed into a perfect storm. And it didn´t take much to capsize Brazil.
Thomas Mueller got the rout started in the 11th minute, scoring his fifth goal of this World Cup off Toni Kroos´ bending corner kick. Mueller slipped his defender easily, then volleyed the cross out of the air and by Brazilian keeper Julio Cesar.
The parting of the Brazilian defense would prove to be a common theme — and things would soon get worse for the home team.
Two goals by Kroos and one each from Miroslav Klose and Sami Khedira in a six-minute span made it 5-0 Germany before the half-hour mark. The goal by Klose, who scored off his own rebound, was his 16th in World Cup play, breaking the record he had shared with Brazilian legend Ronaldo.
