09/07/2014 Newsround

Good morning, guys - Ricky here live with all the reaction to

arguably the most amazing World Cup match ever last night.

The man who makes people sing - Gareth Malone tells us

Let's start then with one of the most amazing sporting results

of all time - host nation Brazil beaten 7-1 by Germany in the

It was a result that left their fans crying, their manager

apologising and everyone else trying to come to terms with

It is a goal. Germany against Brazil. And it is 4-0. And now it is

5-0. And the player has scored. It is

seven goals. All these years in the game, I have

never seen anything like that. It was a terrible game.

I was very disappointed. It has never happened before.

The worst game I have ever seen. But good news if you are German.

We'll have more on this, but there' loads more on the Newsround website

in the meantime and a preview to tonight's other semi final between

shocked the fans and Alan Hansen, but if you were watching yesterday

what does he think about tonight? Will it be Messi's Argentina or the

What would you say to a soldier from World War One if you had the chance?

A special project to mark 100 years since the start

of the Great War is asking kids across the country to write a letter

to the famous Unknown Soldier statue at Paddington Station in London.

The First World War was one of the biggest and most brutal

in history and the statue shows a soldier taking a break from battle

Already thousands of people have sent in their own

versions of what they imagine the letter might say, including these

You brought honour to yourself and your family and you will be

remembered for years to come. Your family and friends will be

proud of you as the rest of the world is.

You are a soldier who represents everyone. You everyone's soldier.

The letters will be published online to help create a new war memorial.

The kids from Wallasey delivered them to the foot

of the statue themselves and told us more about why they got involved.

I felt inspired because I want to be in the armed forces and I felt it

was quite personal to me. I lost two great uncles in the world -- war.

I think it is fantastic because if you can be creative with history

then you can interact with it. There's all kinds

of events taking place to mark the fact that it's 100 years since

the start of the First World War. And CBBC's getting in

on the act too. The Big Performance is a new show

that's asked young musicians and songwriters to come up with a

musical tribute to those who fought. Gareth Malone, who's famous for

the BBC show The Choir, is behind it Good morning. I always end with a

big performance and I will be taking six young songwriters and they will

write a song for a big commemoration of World War I that is happening in

Belgium. Prince William and Prince Harry will be there. They have to

write their own song for the performance.

Has the song been written already? Yes, we have written it and we have

made the show. It. On the 4th of August.

Why is it important to remember the First World War in this way?

It is a really important way of connecting with history. These young

people were very talented, but they did not know about World War I. One

of them thought that it was only 37 days long. It is important that

everyone remembers it. What were the biggest challenges?

Writing a good song that is worthy of the occasion.

And it could not be too upbeat? Yes, it needed to be respectful.

Editors for this new generation looking forward and hopefully the

offence that was so terrible are behind us. -- the war.

I go on the train and then we perform. They are all experienced

performers, but it does not prepare you for something going out live on

the BBC. Thank you from the team. Goodbye.