What a match!

2014 FIFA world Cup: Brasil - Germany semi-finals

In less than 30 minutes after the beginning of the play, Germany already scored 5-0, with 4 goals in less than 6 minutes.

I was amazed at this... The German team played remarkably well. And Brazil players were just trying to run after their adversaries, not having the luck to touch the ball.

The Brazilian team counted too much on Neymar (absent due to an injury) and their captain Thiago Silva, while the German team played ... as a team!

The match ended with a 7-1 (Brazil could mark once, but that was far from enough...)

I was wondering... Did Germany need to mark all those goals? They showed their supremacy in the first half of the game. Maybe they should have relented. Why humiliate an adversary? Even if it is a football game...

I know this is some kind of ethical thinking.

But think about it for a second.

For a nation, hosting such a world event is a pride. And Brazilian government wanted to show the entire planet the emerging power they have become and that other countries should count on with. But people wanted hospitals instead of stadiums. And there were riots in Brazil before the FIFA cup began. Brazilian government hoped that once the games would start, Brasilia will unite to support the Seleção. And the people did support their team. I will never forget the national anthem being sang by the team, the stadium... and the whole country altogether, with devotion, pride and unity.

Match after match, they sang, applauded, supported their team.

But yesterday, it turned out to be nightmare. For the whole nation. A mere shame.

They lost in their own country, in front of their own people.

I hope Brasil won't settle with this feeling. Rather keep in mind the pride in having all infrastructure ready in time, the happiness of hosting such an event and welcoming the entire world in their home...

The Seleção has still one match to play. The little final will be played Saturday.

Hope their spirit will be up again.

Go Brasilia!