Six years after Brazil suffered their most humiliating experience on a football pitch, the 7-1 World Cup thrashing on home soil at the hand...
Six years after Brazil suffered their most humiliating experience on a football pitch, the 7-1 World Cup thrashing on home soil at the hands of Germany has become a joke, an expression and even a meme.
That infamous scoreline has taken on a meaning of its own to describe any kind of defeat or a heavy blow – physical or figurative.
“They gave us a one-seven” or “that was a one-seven” has entered into common parlance in the land more accustomed to stunning victories and brilliant achievements.
It was July 8, 2014, when World Cup hosts Brazil took on Germany in the semi-final at the Mineirao stadium in Belo Horizonte with an expectant nation behind them.
But the five-time champions suffered the worst defeat in their history and the biggest ever loss by a team that has won the World Cup.
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The scoreline is not the only thing from that game to have become a cultural reference in Brazil. Now, when describing something that happens repeatedly, Brazilians will say “and a German goal” or “was that another German goal?”
The reaction, and dark humor that has accompanied that...
