I left the house about the time of the start of the World Cup semi-final match between Germany and host Brazil. On my walk, I saw something burning in the east, smoke plume extending far over the water.
When I got back to the house, I could scarcely believe it: Germany ahead at the half 5-0. I looked more carefully at another photo.
No, the smoke was between us and Piriápolis. And besides, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, where the match was played, is northeast, not east, of us.
But I expect for the Brazilians, not only has their chance to win the World Cup gone up in smoke, so has their national pride. It wouldn’t surprise me that the burn from this will be worse even than their 1950 defeat by their little neighbor Uruguay. Billions of dollars spent, 260 million of which on a stadium that will never again see any significant use after just four games, embarrassing delays and infrastructure failures, and now total, and I do mean total, humiliation at the feet of the flawless German futbol machine.
7-1. A record number of goals scored in a World Cup semi-final match. Ouch, Brazil.
Excellent posting. What a complete disaster for Brazil.