how about germany curbstomping brazil (at home)
Yeah, that should be, at least, top 3.
Sure, the pre-game predictions didn't have Brazil as the overwhelming favourite (maybe not even the favourite), but losing 7-1 on the semis of a WC at home is a failure of historic proportions. Might probably be the biggest failure ever, tbh.
I considered it. But Brazil seemed to pack it in after Neymar flopped himself into an injury in the previous game. They weren't favored.
The 50s Hungary squad failing to win the World Cup is probably the biggest soccer failure in history for my money. That team was unbeaten for like 3 years or something. And Germany didn't catch them on a decline. They remained unbeaten for another 2 years. More I think about it, it deserves a place. We'll stick it in over Van De Velde at 10.
Dude, it doesn't matter if Brazil was favourite or not, or if they packed it up (you don't pack it up on World Cups that are played once every four years, tbh. Especially not on a SF and much less at home), the matter is that you just don't lose 7-1 on football. Ever. Much less on the SF of a WC.
The worst team on the MLS could play that Germany team and in 99.9% of the time they wouldn't lose 7-1. The basketball equivalent of losing 7-1 in soccer, would be a score of 150 to 80, or something like that. It would be like the Pats losing the AFC championship at home vs the Steelers by a score of 70 to 7, only a millions time worse, because: a) you play the WC once every 4 years, not every year, and b) it was only the second time in history that it was played in Brazil.
This Brazil loss is easily a top 3 failure of all-time, imho.
What takes a lot luster out of that failure for me is that Neymar didn't play. If Brady got injured before the SB, no one would really care about 18-1, even if the Pats lost by 200. I know the best player on a soccer team doesn't have the same level of impact as a QB does individually, but a loss doesn't feel the same when a squad isn't at full strength.
Naw , this should absolutely be #1. At the highest level & on the biggest stage & at home, there is no way in they shoulda lost with that score. This wasn't a 3-1 or 4-1 final score - which still woulda been top 3 in this list - but a 7-1 drubbing of this team. Brazil coulda tactically uglied-up the game & played a defensive scheme & given themselves a chance to keep this a 1-2 goal loss or maybe even luck themselves into a win, but instead they lubed themselves, bent themselves over in child's pose position & let Germany run a train on them.
What they did would be equivalent to the Dubs losing Durant for the series against the Rockets & then Rockets go on to win the series 4-0 while beating the Dubs by an avg score of 147-80/game.
Sure, they used the Neymar injury as a reason to not play to their potential, but 7-1??? Never shoulda happened
Not as impressive as when Germany curbstomped France (at home) tbh
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