Semi-finals: Brazil v Germany

:00:09. > :01:34.It is saved by a Tim Krul! And then there were only four. Good evening,

:01:35. > :01:43.it is the World Cup semifinals. Tonight, two sides who have lifted

:01:44. > :02:13.the trophy yet times between them. -- eight.

:02:14. > :02:36.If they win it for a third time, they keep it! Gerd Muller! Again!

:02:37. > :02:46.Brazil have arrived in Bellow horrors on page. Their hopes took a

:02:47. > :02:52.big load in the last round with superstar Neymar ruled out of the

:02:53. > :02:57.tournament, while a Thiago Silva is suspended after a yellow card.

:02:58. > :03:03.Germany saw France to reach this stage and in doing so became the

:03:04. > :03:05.first team in history to reach four consecutive World Cup semifinals.

:03:06. > :03:14.However, they have lost the last two. Two huge footballing nations

:03:15. > :03:17.competing tonight, Alan. We have seen so many thrills and

:03:18. > :03:24.excitement, but have we seen a great team? No, I don't think we have.

:03:25. > :03:29.Usually that would be to the detriment of the tournament.

:03:30. > :03:37.Usually that would be to the of the remaining sides conceivably

:03:38. > :03:39.could win. It is wide open. You have basilica in Germany, two giants of

:03:40. > :03:48.the game, looking for a basilica in Germany, two giants of

:03:49. > :03:55.mouthwatering prospect. The win for Brazil came at a hefty cost. Is it

:03:56. > :04:01.too hefty cost? They are missing their two best players. Who will

:04:02. > :04:04.stand up and take responsibility? Will David Luiz control the defence

:04:05. > :04:09.away Thiago Silva does? Will David Luiz control the defence

:04:10. > :04:15.provide the flare? Losing their most Will David Luiz control the defence

:04:16. > :04:20.skilful player in Neymar, who will step up? Difficult

:04:21. > :04:20.skilful player in Neymar, who will answered. In terms of Germany,

:04:21. > :04:27.consecutive semifinals, quite some achievement, but they haven't gone

:04:28. > :04:33.on to win. Other questions about the Germans? Everyone keeps telling me

:04:34. > :04:39.that we could do at the German way or the Spanish way. It is a nice

:04:40. > :04:49.problem to have! They are a decent team. They have a great goal-scorer

:04:50. > :04:50.upfront in the Miroslav Klose. Thomas Muller can play well either

:04:51. > :04:55.left or right. Thomas Muller can play well either

:04:56. > :04:59.them because of what you just mentioned, but I think they can

:05:00. > :05:07.handle that. They have a mental toughness. Who do you think will win

:05:08. > :05:13.the World Cup? Vote on the BBC sport website or you can use Twitter at

:05:14. > :05:17.the address below. We will announce the result at half-time. Rizal and

:05:18. > :05:22.Germany have played more World Cup matches than any other side, but,

:05:23. > :05:25.incredibly, they have only met once before in the turbulent, the final

:05:26. > :05:40.of 2002 when Ronaldo laid Brazil and Germany coming nights,

:05:41. > :05:44.for the first time ever meeting in the World Cup, and what a fitting

:05:45. > :05:51.arena. You have to win when you play for

:05:52. > :06:02.Brazil, always. There he is, the leader at the moment. I was really

:06:03. > :06:10.scared. I have that bad experience. I had to transform that. It was my

:06:11. > :06:20.challenge. I did that. I lost the World Cup in 1998. After my injury,

:06:21. > :06:27.that was my inspiration. COMMENTATOR: Rinaldo! It is Ronaldo!

:06:28. > :06:33.I was in Japan, it was fantastic to see him coming back. I was very

:06:34. > :06:46.happy for him. Rinaldo makes up for 1998 by a getting the rebound.

:06:47. > :06:53.It was the best experience you could have in sport.

:06:54. > :07:04.After the finals, we celebrated for three days. Nobody was sleeping!

:07:05. > :07:13.There were more than 10 million people on the streets! They wanted

:07:14. > :07:20.to party! COMMENTATOR: to Wobegon figure of four years ago is now a

:07:21. > :07:31.World Cup winner! If you think, you have 15 World Cups, I think you come

:07:32. > :07:40.back on top of the world. Brazil win it for the fifth time.

:07:41. > :07:48.There is the team in the tunnel. They all want to emulate the class

:07:49. > :08:00.of 2002. Amongst them cheering them on today is a man who played in that

:08:01. > :08:05.final. Well, be ready for another

:08:06. > :08:12.roller-coaster of emotions! Ginny Newell is with us. What is the

:08:13. > :08:17.difference between the team of 2002 and this team?

:08:18. > :08:31.There were more experienced guys in 2002. In this grip, I feel they are

:08:32. > :08:35.strong as a unit. Even without Neymar, they can be strong as a

:08:36. > :08:42.unit. What worries you most about this Germany side? Giving them too

:08:43. > :08:50.much space to play. We have to look at the midfield. We need to protect

:08:51. > :08:55.our defence. If you give them too much space to create, they will

:08:56. > :09:01.cause problems. You have actually been in the camp, talking to Big

:09:02. > :09:03.Phil Scolari. What is the atmosphere like the?

:09:04. > :09:08.been in the camp, talking to Big Phil Scolari. What is the First of

:09:09. > :09:16.all, he asked me for my boots! I said, I am too old! I felt a very

:09:17. > :09:22.light atmosphere. I felt psychologically they are very

:09:23. > :09:34.strong. It makes me believe that Brazil can get to the final. Enjoy

:09:35. > :09:39.it. What an epic semifinal we have! I think you might get a game upfront

:09:40. > :09:47.if he was a few years younger, he probably would. In 2002, Big Phil

:09:48. > :09:54.Scolari led the team to World Cup victory. Whatever happens, the big

:09:55. > :09:59.65-year-old will always have a special place in the hearts of

:10:00. > :10:06.Brazilians. Tough, blunt, unyielding, not much

:10:07. > :10:12.samba about Felipe Scolari. He has his roots firmly planted in one of

:10:13. > :10:18.the coldest southern states of Brazil. An entirely different

:10:19. > :10:23.Brazil. Felipe Scolari is the third consecutive sub bass of the national

:10:24. > :10:30.team. Some say this is responsible for the change in style.

:10:31. > :10:38.I thought he was going to crack last week, but I feel he has regained his

:10:39. > :10:42.control. He is emotive, the sentimental patriarch of the

:10:43. > :10:47.family, the broad back father figure who walked into the job a year and a

:10:48. > :10:52.half ago announcing that Brazil would win its own World Cup. He has

:10:53. > :10:57.seen those things, but maybe he and his men were not adequately prepared

:10:58. > :11:03.for this. From the start, it almost seemed too much. Many tears have

:11:04. > :11:09.slowed, and many opinions. For many people, the World Cup is finished

:11:10. > :11:19.because we have no Neymar. Our expression is Neymar plus ten, so

:11:20. > :11:24.Neymar and ten other players. I think people are getting prepared

:11:25. > :11:29.for a bad result. The players have met with a psychologist to deal with

:11:30. > :11:36.losing their figurehead. The fans will wear a Neymar masks, but Felipe

:11:37. > :11:52.Scolari must come up with a master plan. Now, where did he leave it?

:11:53. > :12:03.He is not the best, but then these kind of psychological games, he is

:12:04. > :12:08.amazing. I could imagine him talking about Ayrton Senna at some point,

:12:09. > :12:13.trying to rally the troops. He has got to hope it works, or a ride of

:12:14. > :12:20.this man's life will come to an end to night.

:12:21. > :12:29.Big Phil Scolari, he seems like a really likeable guy. We have had

:12:30. > :12:35.conversations about him. What did Rinaldo say about him? He said that

:12:36. > :12:41.he creates a family environment, he becomes a father figure. That puts

:12:42. > :12:45.the players at ease. If you are at ease with everything, you can

:12:46. > :12:57.perform better. He lays that platform. It hits all the emotion of

:12:58. > :13:03.the players. He is very loyal to his players. He has a group there, and

:13:04. > :13:11.he sticks by them. He was very close to managing England at one stage.

:13:12. > :13:14.Brian Barwick went to him before the World Cup and asked him to be named

:13:15. > :13:21.manager before that he said he couldn't, because what would happen

:13:22. > :13:29.if England played Portugal, and, as it turned out, they did. I like him.

:13:30. > :13:33.He is pragmatic, single-minded, immune to criticism and Stanton

:13:34. > :13:40.faults by his results. The Brazil fans are making their presence felt

:13:41. > :13:44.in the stadium. Let's have a look at them!

:13:45. > :14:02.Dante has come into cover for Thiago Silva. David Luiz will move over to

:14:03. > :14:08.the right. Luiz Gustavo returns after a one match ban. Bernard has

:14:09. > :14:16.been given the responsibility of replacing the injured Neymar. Oscar

:14:17. > :14:22.will be asked to provide the main creative spark. Fred is the leading

:14:23. > :14:29.scorer for Brazil in the absence of Neymar, with 18 international

:14:30. > :14:34.goals. David Luiz divides opinion. All these questions about him. I

:14:35. > :14:38.think his concentration levels have to be at 100%. In this tournament he

:14:39. > :14:43.has done all right. Made some timely interceptions. He reads the game

:14:44. > :14:49.well. I don't know what this is about!

:14:50. > :14:57.ALAN HANSEN: He is the ball. Reads it early. Gets in

:14:58. > :15:02.front. Good block. This is a free-kick. Magnificent

:15:03. > :15:06.front. Good block. This is a in the Premier League last season.

:15:07. > :15:10.This is what I talk about - concentration levels - and there is

:15:11. > :15:14.a mistake in there. Against Cameroon, the equalising goal.

:15:15. > :15:16.Thiago Silva doesn't do particularly well at the near post.

:15:17. > :15:21.Thiago Silva doesn't do particularly off and, as I say, at this stage of

:15:22. > :15:26.the competition, one mistake like this and it could be fatal. Poor

:15:27. > :15:28.position. Body shape all over the place. You always feel there is a

:15:29. > :15:53.mistake If Germany get the opportunity, they

:15:54. > :15:57.will not let too many get away from them. They have runners going in

:15:58. > :16:03.behind all the time. As soon as Ozil turns, they are dangerous. Has he

:16:04. > :16:07.got that in him, Rio? He has to. He's done quite well. His defensive

:16:08. > :16:10.head has been on in this tournament. This is too easy. Brazil have to be

:16:11. > :16:15.better and much more compact in This is too easy. Brazil have to be

:16:16. > :16:19.game today. The Germans will turn and play the ball into the danger

:16:20. > :16:23.areas. They have Klose up front and Muller. That is too much space for a

:16:24. > :16:27.midfielder, to turn and face you up. Again, turn and face you up. He is

:16:28. > :16:35.the one dictating to you where he is going to go. I don't think he has a

:16:36. > :16:41.bit of communication in him! This is a massive test for him. Germany are

:16:42. > :16:46.unbeaten in their last 16 internationals. This will be their

:16:47. > :16:49.12th World Cup semifinal but many in the squad still carry the scars of

:16:50. > :17:03.losing in 2006 and 2010. There is something quite unfamiliar

:17:04. > :17:08.about Germany. History tells us they are a team for the big moments.

:17:09. > :17:14.Squeezing every ounce out of their considerable talent. Three World

:17:15. > :17:19.Cups, three European Championships. They are our continent's footballing

:17:20. > :17:24.superpower. This Germany are different. The football is dashing,

:17:25. > :17:28.daring. The team are young and adventurous.

:17:29. > :17:31.COMMENTARY: Thomas Muller with a beauty.

:17:32. > :17:37.Where is that silverware the nation has become used to? Two World Cup

:17:38. > :17:40.semifinals in a row - lost. Again, in the Euros to Italy. It is all a

:17:41. > :17:47.bit unGerman. COMMENTARY: Once again, it is a step

:17:48. > :17:55.too far. The third semifinal in a row. It was

:17:56. > :17:59.a shame against Italy. Now, they have to deliver. We are waiting for

:18:00. > :18:04.the World Cup title for 24 years. It's time. Time is running out for

:18:05. > :18:09.Germany's golden group. It seems like pressure to succeed has seen

:18:10. > :18:12.Joachim Low's side become more pragmatic in Brazil. The Germans are

:18:13. > :18:37.more German. We have really got used to beautiful

:18:38. > :18:42.football. Now, the team is more focussed, a little bit more

:18:43. > :18:48.disciplined. If he win in the final 1-0, there is a lot of hurry and it

:18:49. > :19:10.is all about winning the title. It is the same team that beat the

:19:11. > :19:16.French in the quarterfinals. Manuel Neuer is in goal. Philipp Lahm

:19:17. > :19:19.continues at right back with the centre-back pairing of Hummels and

:19:20. > :19:24.Boateng keeping out Arsenal's Mertesacker once again. The midfield

:19:25. > :19:29.is anchored by Schweinsteiger and Khedira. Thomas Muller has scored

:19:30. > :19:35.four of Germany's ten tournament goals. He and Kroos have two assists

:19:36. > :19:38.each. 36-year-old striker Miroslav Klose remains one goal away from

:19:39. > :19:44.setting a new World Cup Finals record of 16, but he's yet to score

:19:45. > :19:48.in a semifinal. Over the years, Alan, you have picked out a few

:19:49. > :19:55.German defenders to have a pop at. You have a new target? No, no!

:19:56. > :20:02.Against the French, they still played a high line, but not as high

:20:03. > :20:05.as they did against Algeria. They were more solid with Hummels in

:20:06. > :20:09.there. They are up the pitch a bit. There is space behind. It ain't the

:20:10. > :20:12.best position you have ever seen. The body shape is right. He can get

:20:13. > :20:23.back and chase. He does enough to get back in there. The ball comes in

:20:24. > :20:30.the box. Everything was a bit bitty. That is good. Same sort of thing

:20:31. > :20:35.here. He mops up. Gets rid of it. This time, it is played over the

:20:36. > :20:40.top. The French exploit the space. He gets into a decent position here.

:20:41. > :20:45.I suppose this was the tackle of the game. It is a fantastic block.

:20:46. > :20:54.Wonderful block. Then, of course, the goal. He's a better player than

:20:55. > :20:59.Mertesacker. If I was to say who was going to win this game, it would

:21:00. > :21:03.depend on who defends the better. I think he is fantastic in the box. It

:21:04. > :21:06.is when he is outside the box, his mobility lets him down. If you can

:21:07. > :21:15.move him about, you will have chances. In the box, he is very

:21:16. > :21:21.good. Have Brazil got the players to exploit that weakness without

:21:22. > :21:24.Neymar? Home advantage will play a big part for them. They will be

:21:25. > :21:28.playing for him. They will be playing to get to the final for

:21:29. > :21:33.their captain, Thiago Silva. They have a togetherness. They have got a

:21:34. > :21:37.wily old manager who has been there and done it before and put that

:21:38. > :21:40.together, that will be a huge help. A lack of discipline about this

:21:41. > :21:52.Brazilian side at times? Very much so. Fernandinho has been very lucky

:21:53. > :21:57.at times to stay on the pitch. They spoil it in the middle of the park.

:21:58. > :22:01.They commit fouls high up the pitch. They stop the rhythm. They have

:22:02. > :22:05.committed more fouls in the tournament than anyone else. A tough

:22:06. > :22:11.call this. Who will win? Brazil. Long night - Brazil. Rio? The

:22:12. > :22:21.Germans. Ooh! Playing for a place in the World Cup Final, Brazil play

:22:22. > :22:24.Germany. Our commentators, Steve Wilson and Martin Keown.

:22:25. > :22:36.STEVE WILSON: Brazil, five-times World Cup

:22:37. > :22:40.winners, twice a runner-up. Germany, three times World Cup winners, four

:22:41. > :22:45.times a runner-up. They have been the best in the world at playing the

:22:46. > :22:49.world game. This is a super heavyweight semifinal, but in this

:22:50. > :22:56.wonderful arena. I will stop talking because first you will hear the

:22:57. > :22:58.German anthem. And then Brazil's. As you know, when the music stops, the

:22:59. > :23:03.singing doesn't! # Ouviram do Ipiranga as

:23:04. > :23:12.margens placidas # De um povo heroico o

:23:13. > :24:08.brado retumbante, Brazil's a cappella anthem becoming

:24:09. > :24:14.one of the sights and sounds of sport. The Number 10 Neymar shirt

:24:15. > :24:20.being held aloft. # Ouviram do Ipiranga as

:24:21. > :24:41.margens placidas # De um povo heroico o

:24:42. > :24:45.brado retumbante, # E o sol da Liberdade,

:24:46. > :24:49.em raios fulgidos, # Brilhou no ceu da Patria

:24:50. > :24:53.nesse instante. # Conseguimos conquistar

:24:54. > :25:07.com braco forte, # Desafia o nosso peito

:25:08. > :25:18.a propria morte! # Brasil, um sonho intenso,

:25:19. > :25:32.um raio v?vido, # De amor e de esperanca

:25:33. > :25:35.a terra desce, # Se em teu formoso ceu, risonho

:25:36. > :25:39.e limpido, # Gigante pela propria natureza,

:25:40. > :25:47.Es belo, es forte, impavido colosso, What about the ball boys and girls?

:25:48. > :26:01.essa grandeza. What about the ball boys and girls?

:26:02. > :26:08.The Estadio Mineirao is a long way from being the most beautiful of the

:26:09. > :26:14.12 World Cup venues. It lacks the grandeur of Brasilia. It is a big,

:26:15. > :26:17.old bearpit of a ground. But utterly thrilling and spectacularly noisy.

:26:18. > :26:23.Brazil are without their superstar and captain. The last time they

:26:24. > :26:26.started a game without Neymar and Thiago Silva was the quarterfinal of

:26:27. > :26:32.the last World Cup when they lost to the Dutch. Neymar had started every

:26:33. > :26:35.game since that defeat, a Brazilian record equalling 38 consecutive

:26:36. > :26:42.matches and scoring 27. Brazil tried to get Thiago Silva's second yellow

:26:43. > :26:45.overturned but failed. Dante is in for him. Luiz Gustavo for Paulinho.

:26:46. > :27:01.Bernard is in for Neymar. The captain for the ninth time of

:27:02. > :27:08.his country is David Luiz in the absence of Thiago Silva. The referee

:27:09. > :27:14.is Marco Rodr?guez of Mexico. His first game since the Uruguay-Italy

:27:15. > :27:21.match in Natal. A vote of confidence in him from FIFA after he missed the

:27:22. > :27:26.Suarez bite. His nickname is "Dracula". Germany have reached the

:27:27. > :27:31.semifinal or better in 12 of the last 16 World Cups. They have never

:27:32. > :27:49.beaten Brazil in a competitive game. One World Cup and two Confederation

:27:50. > :27:54.Cup defeats. As you know by now, Miroslav Klose is on 15 goals, equal

:27:55. > :27:57.with Ronaldo. He breaks one record already - becoming the first player

:27:58. > :28:09.to play in four World Cup semifinals. Fantastic atmosphere

:28:10. > :28:14.inside the Estadio Mineirao. Scolari's third World Cup semifinal.

:28:15. > :28:21.His second with Brazil. One with Portugal. Germany, the nearly men of

:28:22. > :28:27.the last decade of world football. And Germany in their change strip,

:28:28. > :28:31.the red and black hoops, the Flamenco kit, will get the game

:28:32. > :28:44.under way. They will kick from right to left in the first half. We just

:28:45. > :28:49.wait and pause for the clock to tick around. Martin Keown, what do you

:28:50. > :28:52.think? MARTIN KEOWN: It is going to be

:28:53. > :28:56.fascinating. David Luiz MARTIN KEOWN: It is going to be

:28:57. > :29:08.looking forward to this. He is loving it. What an arena. What an

:29:09. > :29:14.occasion. Who is heading to the Maracana? Brazil are yet to play in

:29:15. > :29:17.Rio. They must be hungry there to welcome their team. Will they get

:29:18. > :29:24.the opportunity or will it be Germany through to the final again?

:29:25. > :29:29.A horribly long pause for the players to sit and dwell and the man

:29:30. > :29:32.on the near touchline in a FIFA blazer has his arm raised and no-one

:29:33. > :29:38.can do anything before the arm drops and drop it does! Germany get the

:29:39. > :30:14.first of the 2014 World Cup semifinals under way.

:30:15. > :30:21.Has it gone out of play? Yes, it has, it is a Brazilian corner. Yes,

:30:22. > :30:32.Bastian Schweinsteiger coming across. I am not sure that was

:30:33. > :30:42.completely out. No, neither am I. Oscar to take the corner.

:30:43. > :30:51.Directory just having a word with Fernandinho and he is trying to

:30:52. > :31:08.stand on the toes of one of the defenders.

:31:09. > :31:44.Dante and Luiz Gustavo both play their football in Germany. It is

:31:45. > :31:51.important that Luiz Gustavo is back today. When the Brazilians arrived

:31:52. > :31:58.at the Estadio Mineirao today they were all wearing baseball caps

:31:59. > :32:07.saying come on, Neymar! That shot did not trouble Gerd Muller. Marcelo

:32:08. > :32:14.is really in the mood today. He is playing very high up the pitch.

:32:15. > :32:16.There was some contact their on Luiz Gustavo by Bastian Schweinsteiger.

:32:17. > :32:40.Yes, the referee let it go. There are questions about this

:32:41. > :32:49.Brazilian team's composure under pressure. That is a wonderful ball

:32:50. > :33:02.to Hulk! Gerd Muller was there. An incredible ball by David Luiz.

:33:03. > :33:14.That was a good moment for Dante. Pressure on him. If Germany had

:33:15. > :33:19.broken their, they could've played at wide to Thomas Muller on the

:33:20. > :33:21.right-hand side. I hope we see that again, to see the position that

:33:22. > :33:35.Thomas Muller was in. I think Maicon is a weakness on this

:33:36. > :33:38.right-hand side. It will be interesting to see if they test

:33:39. > :33:46.him. He looked rusty in the last match against Colombia. Maicon puts

:33:47. > :33:47.the ball out of play. Brazil have to retreat again for another German

:33:48. > :34:25.through. O works very hard.

:34:26. > :34:30.very hard. It is interesting that Joachim Low has gone with the same

:34:31. > :34:37.team that he had last time out. I am not sure how long Miroslav Klose

:34:38. > :34:39.will last for. Miroslav Klose played for just over 60 minutes in the last

:34:40. > :35:02.game. He is 36 now. Given away carelessly by

:35:03. > :35:15.Fernandinho. Brazil are not looking very

:35:16. > :35:21.comfortable in possession, they don't look like the sale at times.

:35:22. > :35:30.They have to be brave, deal with the pressure. Their best 45 minutes was

:35:31. > :35:32.in the first half against the Colombians, but they panicked in the

:35:33. > :35:52.second half. Good clearance by Mats Hummels. He

:35:53. > :36:01.is one of those who has recovered from a sickness. Quite a lot of

:36:02. > :36:03.people who have been travelling a lot around Brazil in the last couple

:36:04. > :36:10.of months, coming from the cold climates in the South, particularly

:36:11. > :36:15.Sao Paulo where it is wet, then coming up north to the humidity,

:36:16. > :36:20.quite a lot of people have got the flu. It is about 70 degrees here

:36:21. > :36:54.tonight. Thomas Muller is trying to find a

:36:55. > :36:57.way round Dante. It hit Oscar. Lost by Jerome Boateng. The free kick

:36:58. > :36:59.goes the way of Brazil. by Jerome Boateng. The free kick

:37:00. > :37:06.stroke of fortune! Marcelo on by Jerome Boateng. The free kick

:37:07. > :37:09.left-hand side, he just leaves so much space them run into. They get

:37:10. > :37:18.lucky here. It hits Miroslav Klose much space them run into. They get

:37:19. > :37:25.on the back. That is why the free kick was given eventually. Their

:37:26. > :37:26.full-backs are pushing up so high, they are leaving huge spaces in

:37:27. > :37:40.behind. Well cut out by Benedikt Howedes. It

:37:41. > :37:45.has been a good flowing started the game. Bastian Schweinsteiger in the

:37:46. > :38:10.right place for Germany. Good challenge by Marcelo. It needed

:38:11. > :38:21.to be, too. He is looking for a free kick, and he got one. Yes, Marcelo

:38:22. > :38:27.is doing well. Fair play to him. What an open game! What a promising

:38:28. > :38:33.start to the game, from the standpoint of a neutral! Basically,

:38:34. > :38:39.both teams are saying, we are going to attack better than you are! Luiz

:38:40. > :38:49.Gustavo is going very deep when they have possession at the back. Here is

:38:50. > :39:01.David Luiz. Just a little nudge on him by Miroslav Klose. I think he is

:39:02. > :39:02.David Luiz. Just a little nudge on liberties in possession, or I will

:39:03. > :39:31.get it off you. Miroslav Klose is in the middle. The

:39:32. > :39:36.first German corner of the game. Sami Khedira doing well, breaking

:39:37. > :39:42.into that channel. Plenty of mistakes in the first ten minutes! A

:39:43. > :39:43.slight nervousness from Brazil, when they are trying to Mike these

:39:44. > :40:04.attacks from the back. it is in! Germany lead! Thomas

:40:05. > :40:10.Muller from the corner puts Germany in front! His fifth goal of this

:40:11. > :40:19.World Cup! Who picked him up? Nobody! It is a ball that ends up at

:40:20. > :40:24.the far post. He is totally unmarked. Unbelievable! To get that

:40:25. > :40:32.kind of space at this level. It is a decent ball. He makes it look easy,

:40:33. > :40:41.but it is about concentration. He evades everyone. Look at that, a tap

:40:42. > :40:47.in! The Golden Boot winner from four years ago, Thomas Muller, has put

:40:48. > :41:01.Germany in front in the 2014 semifinal.

:41:02. > :41:19.character. We will see what they are made of now!

:41:20. > :41:25.He has matched his tally of four years ago in South Africa. It will

:41:26. > :41:33.not win the Golden Boot this time around, but it puts him within one

:41:34. > :41:43.of James Rodriguez. Bad touch, wasn't it? If Brazil are looking for

:41:44. > :41:46.leaders, there is no captain, no Thiago Silva. If they are looking

:41:47. > :42:08.for inspiration, no Neymar. Many people have said it, that this

:42:09. > :42:13.Brazilian team can be beaten. The will of the nation might not been

:42:14. > :42:19.beatable, but the team was. Well, we are just looking at leadership,

:42:20. > :42:21.commanding your own box. I would be embarrassed if I gave my opposite

:42:22. > :42:44.number at that kind of room. Was there an elbow there on the

:42:45. > :43:07.Miroslav Klose? Thomas Muller taken out of it by

:43:08. > :43:23.Marcelo. Marcelo knows, he needs to take a out -- him out. David Luiz

:43:24. > :43:25.goes on a fantastic run, you have to say. Hulk should have done better

:43:26. > :43:40.with the cross, though. They will be looking to David Luiz

:43:41. > :43:48.for inspiration and leadership. Germany are stopping them getting

:43:49. > :44:12.any attacks going. Sami Khedira is coming out to help.

:44:13. > :44:24.He has been very mixed in this tournament, Hulk.

:44:25. > :44:31.Scolari keeps sticking with his team. Free-kick is taken by Kroos to

:44:32. > :44:43.Khedira. Blocked off by the Brazilian wide

:44:44. > :44:46.man. Free-kick to Germany. Germany in the ascendancy. They are. They

:44:47. > :44:56.are taking the sting out of things. They will boss possession.

:44:57. > :45:03.A long way to go. Kroos with this free-kick. The early signs aren't

:45:04. > :45:11.good for Brazil. Ozil trying to get underneath it.

:45:12. > :45:21.Again, he hasn't got the pass into midfield.

:45:22. > :45:25.They fell behind in the first match of this World Cup, you will

:45:26. > :45:39.remember, with that own goal Bernard, good pressure. He is like a

:45:40. > :45:47.little terrier. Oscar. He has come very deep to get

:45:48. > :46:06.little Big pressure Oscar. He has come very deep to get

:46:07. > :46:11.it. Into Fernandinho. Fernandinho looking for Fred. Hummels might have

:46:12. > :46:15.got a touch on that. Oscar finds Hulk. Marcelo trying to get in

:46:16. > :46:22.behind Lahm. Lahm with the challenge. Kornler kick. -- corner

:46:23. > :46:27.kick. Beautiful challenge. I think the Germans are not happy because

:46:28. > :46:32.they thought Marcelo was taking a dive. Lahm's challenge looked

:46:33. > :46:36.inch-perfect from here. The referee instantly indicated a corner and no

:46:37. > :46:41.more. Boateng's reaction was all about the way Marcelo hit the

:46:42. > :46:50.ground. Yeah. It is boiling over a little bit.

:46:51. > :46:56.Good play from Brazil. Marcelo trying to get behind him. Look at

:46:57. > :47:01.that for a perfectly-timed challenge. Brilliant challenge.

:47:02. > :47:02.that for a perfectly-timed Brilliant challenge from a brilliant

:47:03. > :47:05.player. Marcelo trying to get Oscar in

:47:06. > :47:15.the near post. That was really poor. Marcelo trying to get Oscar in

:47:16. > :47:23.behind. Oscar did well to get any ball in.

:47:24. > :47:48.Dante won the header. Oscar winning the header.

:47:49. > :48:01.Bernard goes over, Well cut out by Maicon.

:48:02. > :48:11.Bernard goes over, playing advantage.

:48:12. > :48:25.Germany are so dangerous on the break. Brazil are so open.

:48:26. > :48:31.Oscar has won a free-kick. He is putting in a shift. It is breaking

:48:32. > :48:36.down far too often on the Brazil left-hand side. Marcelo giving it

:48:37. > :48:41.away. Hulk has to improve that ball retention. Credit the Germans the

:48:42. > :48:43.way they are closing down. It was like a knife through butter. Their

:48:44. > :49:06.midfield is exceptional. 66 competitive home matches Brazil

:49:07. > :49:13.since they were last beaten on home soil in a match that mattered, back

:49:14. > :49:34.in 1975, Copa America semifinal, Peru beat them on this ground.

:49:35. > :49:40.Ozil is saying he was fouled. He was pulled back. I thought he was going

:49:41. > :49:57.to do a Gareth Bale then! Klose needed a bit of help there.

:49:58. > :50:02.Look at Julio Cesar, he has no option. Klose should give it to

:50:03. > :50:12.Muller. He is running free on the right-hand side in acres of space.

:50:13. > :50:37.Germany are in front in this semifinal.

:50:38. > :50:45.No real problem for Julio Cesar there. Nothing on it. Don't

:50:46. > :50:50.underestimate Khedira in that move. He is a beautiful footballer.

:50:51. > :51:07.Effortlessly through the midfield. Loves arriving in the final third.

:51:08. > :51:27.There was only Klose in the middle. Ozil was doing his best to get

:51:28. > :51:29.there. He covered 57 kilometres before tonight's match. He's going

:51:30. > :51:34.to break some records because before tonight's match. He's going

:51:35. > :51:37.got oceans of space to run into. It's found its

:51:38. > :51:40.got oceans of space to run into. Fernandinho to Toni Kroos. Kroos,

:51:41. > :51:49.back into Muller. Klose! Brilliant save. Klose scores. Historic goal.

:51:50. > :51:54.Germany 2, Brazil 0! Miroslav Klose is the all-time World Cup record

:51:55. > :52:00.goalscorer. Brazil have a mountain to climb in their own back yard

:52:01. > :52:07.against Germany! They are two down inside 23 minutes. Stunning! They

:52:08. > :52:11.are punishing them. They look lost, the Brazilians. Down the right-hand

:52:12. > :52:17.side again. They look really strong. It comes central. They work it

:52:18. > :52:26.nicely. Great little lay-off. Klose gets another chance. He ain't going

:52:27. > :52:35.to miss that one. It is so simple. Puts him in the record books. That's

:52:36. > :52:44.Klose's range. From 6 to 12 yards. 2-0 to Germany. 16 goals in World

:52:45. > :52:49.Cup Finals. He eclipses the phenomenon, as Brazil call him, that

:52:50. > :52:58.was Ronaldo. Tears are not far away already. The players look stunned.

:52:59. > :53:03.David Luiz over the top. Bernard trying to get on to it.

:53:04. > :53:12.Neuer is a man mountain. How do Brazil shake-up the unshakeable? At

:53:13. > :53:17.the moment, you look at what he's done in that midfield, it is not

:53:18. > :53:24.working. Germany are completely controlling the match in the middle.

:53:25. > :53:32.Mesut Ozil. Lahm in all kinds of space. Lahm, Muller. Could be

:53:33. > :53:40.embarrassing. It is three! Toni Kroos! Brazil have fallen apart

:53:41. > :53:49.inside 25 minutes! Germany 3, Brazil 0. Again, down that right-hand side.

:53:50. > :54:00.What a finish this is off his left foot. He smashes it in. Quality

:54:01. > :54:09.finish. A dizzying 25 minutes from Germany. Brazil are nonplussed. That

:54:10. > :54:14.is as good a finish as you will see. Again, down the right-hand side.

:54:15. > :54:23.Oceans of space. In behind Marcelo. What a finish that is. Goes like an

:54:24. > :54:30.arrow. It is lucky. But look at the fin ishl at the end of it. -- finish

:54:31. > :54:36.at the end of it. The dreams of 200 Brazilians look like mere fantasy.

:54:37. > :54:42.Blown apart and it is getting embarrassing. It could be four. It's

:54:43. > :54:50.turned square, it's 4-0 to Germany! After 25 minutes. Fernandinho caught

:54:51. > :54:57.in possession. Brazil are being humiliated, humbled and taken apart.

:54:58. > :55:01.Their supporters simply cannot believe what they have seen. It is

:55:02. > :55:09.as if without their two main players, it is like pulling the plug

:55:10. > :55:14.out of the bath. It's unbelievable! So unprofessional. Khedira, look at

:55:15. > :55:23.this. Gives it him back. Nice side-foot finish. It is

:55:24. > :55:36.embarrassing. The dream, the fantasy is well and truly dead. Germany 4,

:55:37. > :55:46.Brazil 0. In 25 minutes. It is about restoring pride now.

:55:47. > :55:52.Stunned into near silence in Belo Horizonte. We were talking about the

:55:53. > :55:54.pressure, is it too much, the expectation of the public? Really,

:55:55. > :55:59.they haven't turned up. expectation of the public? Really,

:56:00. > :56:05.been different class, of course. You have to have that strong backbone

:56:06. > :56:11.and it is missing from this team. Here is Luiz Gustavo for Brazil. How

:56:12. > :56:14.do they find some composure now? Who wants the ball? You want to look at

:56:15. > :56:21.those players. Of course, Neymar is out. Who is the next player that

:56:22. > :56:23.wants to take that mantle on? Fernandinho,

:56:24. > :56:30.wants to take that mantle on? 30 yards from his own goal!

:56:31. > :56:36.Julio Cesar, forward, Philipp Lahm. It's almost got to the stage where

:56:37. > :56:38.Germany have stopped celebrating their goals. I don't think they can

:56:39. > :57:28.believe how easy it is. Four goals in 15 minutes. FOUR goals

:57:29. > :57:37.in 15 minutes for Germany. Incredible. Looking here, whether

:57:38. > :57:42.this is a foul. He takes a dive. No contact there. Hulk's

:57:43. > :57:45.this is a foul. He takes a dive. No like the old fisherman's fly! I'm

:57:46. > :57:50.sure the boys at half-time will have plenty to say. Scolari's team raised

:57:51. > :57:55.a few eyebrows here, Willian on the bench, Ramires, lots of high-energy

:57:56. > :57:57.a few eyebrows here, Willian on the players. If Scolari could

:57:58. > :57:59.a few eyebrows here, Willian on the again, I'm sure he would pick a

:58:00. > :58:35.different team. Ozil. Khedira! 5-0! 5-0! Absolute

:58:36. > :58:37.humiliation. That one is down to David Luiz. Absolutely no

:58:38. > :58:41.discipline, he goes David Luiz. Absolutely no

:58:42. > :58:49.Leaves a great big hole to run into. They get punished again. Brazil

:58:50. > :58:54.scored their first in the 11th minute, the second in the 23rd, the

:58:55. > :58:58.third in the 24th, their fourth in the 26th and their fifth in the

:58:59. > :59:03.29th. Martin, they have scored four goals in six minutes. It is truly

:59:04. > :59:10.unbelievable. They are so patient. They wait for that chance and then

:59:11. > :59:25.it is a tap-in. They have been gifted these opportunities.

:59:26. > :59:36.has gone. Blown to smithereens, by the way! Just incredible! Sami

:59:37. > :00:03.Khedira is having a field If you have joined us slip, the

:00:04. > :00:12.scoreboard is correct! -- joined as late.

:00:13. > :00:19.It is getting to the stage where Joachim Low might think about

:00:20. > :00:39.resting people for the final. Brazil have been shambolic from the

:00:40. > :00:44.moment they fell behind. You can't put it down to just two top players

:00:45. > :00:45.not playing, all teams have to do without their top layers at some

:00:46. > :00:56.point. There he is in the standard. without their top layers at some

:00:57. > :01:08.Thiago Silva. -- in the stand. Bodies all over the place!

:01:09. > :01:20.Deflection! They have a corner. Bodies all over the place!

:01:21. > :01:24.are claiming hand ball. They are so bad defensively. It is like a

:01:25. > :01:53.testimonial game here! Brazil cannot get the ball. There is

:01:54. > :01:58.so much more structured to the German side, the way they pass the

:01:59. > :02:04.ball. Look at Bastian Schweinsteiger, making himself

:02:05. > :02:10.available, options everywhere. There is a structure to their team. I

:02:11. > :02:22.think the emotion of the competition has got them through, but without

:02:23. > :02:25.those players, they will not go on. Thomas Muller complaining to the

:02:26. > :02:35.referee, but he is having none of it. Tomorrow night on BBC One at

:02:36. > :02:42.11:45pm, highlights of Argentina against the Netherlands. On a

:02:43. > :02:47.Sunday, the final itself, on BBC One from seven p.m.. Germany are,

:02:48. > :03:15.basically, already there. Toni Kroos is a beautiful passer of

:03:16. > :03:23.the ball. Philipp Lahm is a willing runner. Germany have been efficient,

:03:24. > :03:32.unselfish. Brazil have been terrible. They could not have

:03:33. > :03:47.believed it would have been this easy.

:03:48. > :03:56.He could have gone wide there. Thomas Muller is giving him a very

:03:57. > :04:00.heavy look there. It is almost as if it has become so easy they are

:04:01. > :04:31.ignoring the easy pass. They did that time and time again.

:04:32. > :04:32.David Luiz is forced to send that long because nobody is showing in

:04:33. > :05:10.midfield. Hulk was offside. Germany are such a

:05:11. > :05:18.well oiled machine. It is a stroll in the park for them. Has Manuel

:05:19. > :05:24.Neuer got his knees dirty yet? He has made one catch early on, when it

:05:25. > :05:31.was still a game. It was a game for ten minutes!

:05:32. > :05:46.The biggest ever margin of thick jury in a World Cup match is nine

:05:47. > :05:53.goals. It is almost beyond belief that we are talking about it, but

:05:54. > :06:10.that it is 5-0 after 30 minutes, you do have to start to talk about it!

:06:11. > :06:27.No European team has ever won a World Cup on South American soil.

:06:28. > :06:46.Germany to not look do not look.

:06:47. > :06:54.A desperate lunge by Luiz Gustavo. He just catches him. Such good

:06:55. > :07:00.movement from the edge of their block is, they are all making runs

:07:01. > :07:04.from deep, sometimes it is Sami Khedira, other times it is Miroslav

:07:05. > :07:14.Klose. Brazil are not playing together as a unit at all. They are

:07:15. > :07:26.shell-shocked, look at them. Who fancies this? All of them!

:07:27. > :07:37.Bastian Schweinsteiger looks very interested. It is Mesut Ozil to over

:07:38. > :07:44.the top of the crossbar. Mesut Ozil might not get the next one!

:07:45. > :07:44.the top of the crossbar. Mesut Ozil probably the worst thing they have

:07:45. > :08:36.done! This is a team that has not lost at

:08:37. > :08:52.performance. home in a competitive fixture in

:08:53. > :08:57.nearly 40 years! They haven't lost at home in any fixture in nearly 12

:08:58. > :09:10.years! It is hard to believe what we are seeing.

:09:11. > :09:25.Sami Khedira becomes the winger. It works well.

:09:26. > :09:34.Germany structure it so nicely. They are free in their movements. They

:09:35. > :09:47.are comfortable in possession, as well.

:09:48. > :10:10.Miroslav Klose's appetite to try and win it back is impressive.

:10:11. > :10:17.Great tackle by Philipp Lahm. See high he stays on his feet

:10:18. > :10:41.beautifully? He just takes his chance to make the tackle.

:10:42. > :10:54.It looks as if Germany have learned some lessons, maybe the hard way, by

:10:55. > :11:01.losing semifinals two of them. -- too many times.

:11:02. > :11:04.You fear for Brazil every time Germany get the ball. Germany can

:11:05. > :11:22.counterattack so quickly. That was a bit overconfident by Toni

:11:23. > :11:45.Kroos. We have not seen much from Fred in

:11:46. > :11:52.this tournament. I can't believe he will be out for the second half.

:11:53. > :11:56.Germany doing simple things well, Brazil making this simple look

:11:57. > :12:22.unfathomably difficult at times. There are a few German players out

:12:23. > :12:23.there who have tasted it defeat in the European Championships and the

:12:24. > :12:54.World Cup. Free kick to Brazil for a high note.

:12:55. > :13:06.Brazil can salvage some time a sliver of self-respect from this

:13:07. > :13:18.game. -- some kind of sliver of self-respect. Joachim Low is

:13:19. > :13:28.strolling around his technical area, as if he is walking through a

:13:29. > :13:40.blue Bell would. He has never had so much fun!

:13:41. > :13:56.Cup tied well by Maicon. -- cut out well by Maicon. This German side is

:13:57. > :13:57.ruthless, no sympathy at all. They have their foot on their opponents

:13:58. > :14:17.and they are not going to lift it. In this scheme of things, they talk

:14:18. > :14:21.about the great 1992 Brazilian team, saying that they are perhaps the

:14:22. > :14:27.best team that didn't make the World Cup final. Is this one of the worst

:14:28. > :14:34.teams ever to make the World Cup semifinals? Here they come. It is

:14:35. > :14:42.looking that way now, isn't it. 1992, such a great team, players

:14:43. > :14:47.like that do not exist in this team. A totally different Brazilian

:14:48. > :14:52.team. They are so reliant on Neymar and Thiago Silva.

:14:53. > :15:01.Into one added minute at the end. It's the worst 45 minutes of

:15:02. > :15:17.football, possibly, in Brazilian history!

:15:18. > :15:30.Hulk is chasing it and has failed to keep the ball in play. There will be

:15:31. > :15:37.three changes made at half-time. Maicon has to go, Fred definitely.

:15:38. > :15:41.Brazil vulnerable without their captain.

:15:42. > :15:50.CROWD BOO They have been outplayed and are being booed off. They have

:15:51. > :15:54.been humiliated by this German side. At half-time in the World Cup

:15:55. > :16:07.semifinal - Brazil 0, Germany 5. GARY LINEKER: In 18 minutes the host

:16:08. > :16:11.nation's hopes have gone from hope to despair. Have you seen a

:16:12. > :16:18.capitulation like that in your lifetime, Alan?

:16:19. > :16:27.ALAN HANSEN: Never. It is humiliate for the Brazilians. The pictures

:16:28. > :16:31.tell its own story. When you talk of every facet of defending, when you

:16:32. > :16:35.look at the organisation, the communication, the position, the

:16:36. > :16:42.cover, it's four levels below rock bottom! It is so bad it is

:16:43. > :16:46.embarrassing. David Luiz, he's meant to be the captain, the leader and

:16:47. > :16:54.he's abandoned ship. I have never seen a team look so beaten walking

:16:55. > :17:01.off at half-time. They are 5-0 down and it was a shambles.

:17:02. > :17:07.Germany have been outstanding, they have won every tackle. They have

:17:08. > :17:11.created chances. Got the ball wide. Movement is much better. Every

:17:12. > :17:15.position for a man, they have been a million times better. Brilliant! If

:17:16. > :17:20.ever there was a time to gloat, Rio, this is it? It is the first one he's

:17:21. > :17:27.got right! I called it before the game! Brazil have come up against a

:17:28. > :17:31.well-oiled, clinical machine. I think even the way that Germany set

:17:32. > :17:35.up in the first ten or 15 minutes, there was no gaps, no space for

:17:36. > :17:40.Brazil to play. They were getting it, they were lumping the ball long.

:17:41. > :17:43.They didn't have Neymar who could pull something out of the hat. I

:17:44. > :17:47.understand where you are coming from. They haven't had to do a lot

:17:48. > :17:52.to score five goals. Some of their play has been outstanding! Some of

:17:53. > :17:58.the play has been terrific. The passing, the movement. The Brazilian

:17:59. > :18:03.defence has been non-existent. The forwards have been outstanding.

:18:04. > :18:08.Khedira has been the best player on the pitch. He's broke things up,

:18:09. > :18:10.joined the attack, got his goal. He has done everything. Let's have a

:18:11. > :18:22.look at the first goal. It went to Thomas Muller. Hummels

:18:23. > :18:26.moved Dante and Luiz. Gets blocked by Klose. Well worked corner kick.

:18:27. > :18:30.Again, the Brazilians should have by Klose. Well worked corner kick.

:18:31. > :18:34.done better. That has worked on the training ground. That has worked.

:18:35. > :18:38.Three moves there - one to the ball, Klose has blocked the defender and

:18:39. > :18:43.Muller comes around the back. Perfect off the training ground. It

:18:44. > :18:47.works brilliantly. If you are losing that type of game, would you be

:18:48. > :18:51.happy, Rio? No. You have to admire the attacking play there. They have

:18:52. > :18:59.set that up. They have blocked Luiz. He can't get out. And one man you

:19:00. > :19:03.don't want it to fall to is him. Four guys do the job. The ball has

:19:04. > :19:15.to be a great ball. That is not the fan park in Rio! You can guess where

:19:16. > :19:21.it is. It is in Berlin. Their arm -- arm also be aching. Klose

:19:22. > :19:25.it is. It is in Berlin. Their arm -- Ronaldo's record? Marcelo, who has

:19:26. > :19:30.had a nightmare, we could have said anyone to be honest. Watch the

:19:31. > :19:33.reaction, or lack of reaction here. They get in too easy. They work it

:19:34. > :19:34.well, Germany. It is good They get in too easy. They work it

:19:35. > :19:39.is incisive. They get in too easy. They work it

:19:40. > :19:42.They should have finished it first time. You can't give that guy a

:19:43. > :19:46.second chance. That is brilliant play. The passing and movement from

:19:47. > :19:51.Germany is awesome. 26 mistakes in there! Right from the start, they

:19:52. > :19:56.don't close down quickly enough. When it comes across, Fernandinho

:19:57. > :20:03.missing it. The two centre-backs are 15 yards behind the centre-backs.

:20:04. > :20:08.You can only play what is put in front of you. A word on Miroslav

:20:09. > :20:25.Klose. That is a phenomenal record. He is not a Ronaldo or a Pele, he is

:20:26. > :20:36.a poacher. Great record. He doesn't do anything outside the box. Anyone

:20:37. > :20:39.that scores goals... I want to see someone doing skills. You get the

:20:40. > :20:46.same from one yard as you do from 20 yards! I want Ronaldo to be out

:20:47. > :20:52.there on his own! Kroos scored the next two goals, Rio. It was getting

:20:53. > :20:57.simple? It was getting embarrassing! It was coming too easy. Watch the

:20:58. > :21:01.space down the left. Marcelo is not wanting to defend at all. There's

:21:02. > :21:05.loads of defenders in there. No-one is taking responsibility to pick

:21:06. > :21:09.anybody up. Who is going to step up and take responsibility and make

:21:10. > :21:15.sure people are doing their jobs? It is a fantastic finish. If you think

:21:16. > :21:20.this is bad, wait till you see the next one! This is from the kick-off.

:21:21. > :21:25.We were talking about David Luiz, he has to step up to the plate. Well,

:21:26. > :21:35.they pass it, they pass it, and Fernandinho comes short. It was a

:21:36. > :21:38.bad touch. Unbelievable. Just... That is good pressing from Germany.

:21:39. > :21:43.If you look at the way they are set up, there are no spaces. Fred is

:21:44. > :21:46.isolated. They can't see anything. When you start playing from the

:21:47. > :21:50.back, sometimes you leave yourself open. They have to be punished and

:21:51. > :21:57.Germany have been fantastic. Clinical. Is this a question of

:21:58. > :22:02.Silva's out and they can't cope without him? Everything has fallen

:22:03. > :22:12.apart? He seems like he is the glue in that back four. Marcelo has

:22:13. > :22:17.played like a left-winger! It is unbelievable. Being the captain, you

:22:18. > :22:22.need to say you, come here! You are looking for your characters. There

:22:23. > :22:27.hasn't been any for Brazil. Somebody mentioned Khedira was the best

:22:28. > :22:32.player in the first half. When he starts scoring goals, you know you

:22:33. > :22:36.are in trouble? This is Luiz again. He's come running out 15 or 20 yards

:22:37. > :22:46.in front of the centre-back. Jumps into the tackle. Embarrassing.

:22:47. > :22:50.Coming out like that, you are leaving your mates in the lurch. You

:22:51. > :22:55.have to take everything there. He has to take and win the ball there.

:22:56. > :22:58.There are no ifs or buts, he has to take the ball. He cannot pull out of

:22:59. > :23:07.a tackle there, 4-0 down, pulling out of a tackle? It is an

:23:08. > :23:11.embarrassment. I wouldn't want to be one of these Brazilian guys walking

:23:12. > :23:16.out into this stadium after this. You don't think they can come back

:23:17. > :23:21.into it, no(?) I don't think they can believe it in Berlin. We played

:23:22. > :23:26.against Liverpool at Old Trafford and they beat us 5-1 and Paul

:23:27. > :23:31.Scholes said, "Listen, no more goals." I don't see no-one in that

:23:32. > :23:36.team doing that. You need someone to say, "We can't be embarrassed

:23:37. > :23:41.anymore here." It will be tough to find a restaurant tonight! I'm not

:23:42. > :23:45.leaving my room. Overall, what does it mean to a country like this? You

:23:46. > :23:49.saw what it meant to some of the images of the crowd there, they were

:23:50. > :23:53.crying, the boys were crying. They were devastated. You have to put up

:23:54. > :24:01.a bigger fight than that. We have talked a lot about David Luiz. He

:24:02. > :24:10.had a couple of incidents where there was an elbow. The first one

:24:11. > :24:15.here on Klose. That is a red card. If the referee is nearer to the

:24:16. > :24:21.incident, he is off. That was early on. The next one coming up. He does

:24:22. > :24:30.this quite a lot playing for Chelsea. He gets away with it. He is

:24:31. > :24:33.fortunate. Klose again. Then, like Rio was saying, he's out on the

:24:34. > :24:38.right-hand side. Watch him trying to get back. He is not interested. He

:24:39. > :24:43.laboured. They are under real pressure. Like Rio says, they don't

:24:44. > :24:54.want to go six down, but where is he? It is not good. And we said

:24:55. > :24:58.before the match because Thiago Silva was missing, somebody had to

:24:59. > :25:02.step up to the plate and hold that unit together. He's disappeared.

:25:03. > :25:08.No-one has. Let's find out what Juninho made of the opening 45 MPs.

:25:09. > :25:16.-- 45 minutes. This should be interesting. Incredible, the host

:25:17. > :25:22.nation destroyed. Juninho, what has happened to your country? I'm in

:25:23. > :25:28.shock. It is unbelievable. We said at the beginning we need to match

:25:29. > :25:32.the players, we don't need to let them play and they are playing all

:25:33. > :25:37.over the field, even in our box. It looks like a training session when

:25:38. > :25:44.the players let their mates play. So, it is unbelievable. Especially

:25:45. > :25:49.the back four. We are not closing off. They are receiving the ball so

:25:50. > :25:54.easily. They are moving and passing so easily. So, it is difficult to

:25:55. > :25:59.understand the attitude. We have talked endlessly about the loss of

:26:00. > :26:01.Neymar. Yeah. They have lost Thiago Silva, his leadership, his

:26:02. > :26:07.organisation skills are missed tonight? Exactly. Exactly. Exactly.

:26:08. > :26:13.You are right. Everyone was talking about Neymar, but Thiago Silva in

:26:14. > :26:19.this game, I'm sure we didn't concern the space to play as we did.

:26:20. > :26:24.Now, I think Scolari needs to protect the team. Don't think to win

:26:25. > :26:29.the game. He needs to protect the team. Thank you very much.

:26:30. > :26:34.Bizarrely, the lights went out above us in the stand. The lights have

:26:35. > :26:38.most certainly gone out on Brazil's World Cup dream.

:26:39. > :26:41.They certainly have. Thank you very much. Rio is not the only Londoner

:26:42. > :27:45.enjoying this World Cup. There is more worth waiting for this

:27:46. > :27:49.summer on BBC One! GARY LINEKER: Brazil might bring on

:27:50. > :27:55.Sharon for the second half! The World Cup Final takes place on

:27:56. > :27:59.Sunday. We will have highlights of tomorrow's semifinal between

:28:00. > :28:02.Argentina and Holland on BBC One at 11.45pm. Argentina will take to the

:28:03. > :28:21.pitch tomorrow with the country mourning the death of one of its

:28:22. > :28:24.greatest ever players. Alfredo Di St?fano represented the national

:28:25. > :28:28.teams of Argentina, Colombia and Spain. It is his contribution to

:28:29. > :28:39.club football that gives him a claim to be the most influential player of

:28:40. > :28:43.all time. At the age of 27, he crossed the Atlantic to join Real

:28:44. > :28:45.Madrid where he would win the European Cup five times in

:28:46. > :28:57.successive seasons. Like a blond arrow fired at the

:28:58. > :29:01.heart of the game, he ran the heart of the show. He ordered and cajoled,

:29:02. > :29:07.set up the play and scored the goals. He was, said Bobby Charlton,

:29:08. > :29:08.the complete footballer. Today, if Leeds United play in all white, if

:29:09. > :29:14.there is a team in the United Leeds United play in all white, if

:29:15. > :29:21.called Real Salt Lake, if football fans all over the world are in

:29:22. > :29:34.morning, it is down to Alfredo Di Stefano.

:29:35. > :29:41.saw him play live, but some of the older guys I know say he was the

:29:42. > :29:48.best ever. What an accolade that is! The two sides are ? on the pitch.

:29:49. > :29:57.The last time Brazil lost by four goals in the World Cup? 1954 against

:29:58. > :30:00.Hungary. Pride. It'll be interesting to see how they approach it? Do you

:30:01. > :30:19.go for it, or do you just hang on? There have been three substitutions

:30:20. > :30:29.at half-time. Per Mertesacker has come on. Ramires and Paulinho have

:30:30. > :30:40.come on. Martin Keown, have you ever seen a performance like that in a

:30:41. > :30:43.World Cup semifinal? MARTIN KEOWN: it is just about hanging onto some

:30:44. > :30:55.pride now. Good luck scoring three in the

:30:56. > :31:19.second half against Germany! So, Mats Hummels is off, Per

:31:20. > :31:37.Mertesacker is on. There is one of the substitutes, Ramires. This team

:31:38. > :31:59.where occasionally brewed by their home supporters. -- booed.

:32:00. > :32:09.The shaft by Ramires is cleared away. Many people thought that

:32:10. > :32:16.Ramires should have been in the starting line-up. Yes, the one thing

:32:17. > :32:28.he will give you is legs. He will run and run. It was an attacking

:32:29. > :32:36.selection by Felipe Scolari. Rather than that attacking selection, he

:32:37. > :32:44.put a lot of people in the midfield, and it has backfired in

:32:45. > :32:54.some fashion. He has put a lot of faith in Hulk and Fred in this

:32:55. > :33:18.tournament. German free kick, Philipp Lahm to take it.

:33:19. > :33:24.It is hard to say at the moment is the empty seats on the other side of

:33:25. > :33:27.the ground or just people being slow to get back, or if people have just

:33:28. > :34:00.gone home. Jerome Boateng does well when he

:34:01. > :34:07.realises he can get it. The Mexican referee is completely disinterested

:34:08. > :34:14.in that call for a penalty. No real contact. One of the big differences

:34:15. > :34:17.between the Brazil team this year and the one that won the

:34:18. > :34:23.Confederations Cup last year is the goals that they got from elsewhere

:34:24. > :34:30.in the team. Fred got five goals in the Confederations Cup, he only has

:34:31. > :34:33.got one in this. It has all been about Neymar, virtually, in terms of

:34:34. > :34:34.putting the ball in the back of the about Neymar, virtually, in terms of

:34:35. > :34:58.net. To reliant on one player. Per Mertesacker will be trying to

:34:59. > :35:33.stake a claim for a place in the team in the final.

:35:34. > :35:39.Manuel Neuer got a little touch on that. The danger is, when Brazil

:35:40. > :35:43.pile forward in search of some sort of honour from this game, that they

:35:44. > :35:58.could leave themselves open at the back.

:35:59. > :36:18.Gerd Muller is therefore Germany. He gets it away to Mesut Ozil. -- Gerd

:36:19. > :36:37.Manuel Neuer is certainly the best goalkeeper in world football.

:36:38. > :36:45.Just looking at a replay there, Manuel Neuer, great reactions, he

:36:46. > :36:59.makes up his mind. Bread and butter for him. David Luiz, the good and

:37:00. > :37:17.the bad. Chelsea were not convinced. They let him go. They were probably

:37:18. > :37:23.right. Manuel Neuer with a stop! Great save by Manuel Neuer. Oscar

:37:24. > :37:27.should have scored. He tries to hit it with the outside of his right

:37:28. > :38:06.foot. He had more time than he realised. Better, though.

:38:07. > :38:15.to play. They are going to approach this in the manner of a team which

:38:16. > :38:21.is giving the impression of one that might get back into this game. They

:38:22. > :38:33.might give themselves problems approaching it like that.

:38:34. > :38:48.Magnificent save by Manuel Neuer! Stunning! He is a man mountain,

:38:49. > :39:15.isn't he? Paulinho takes an absolute age to hit that.

:39:16. > :39:19.You get the feeling that Manuel Neuer in the German goal is

:39:20. > :39:35.thinking, OK, bring it on! In our pre-match your vote, 41% of

:39:36. > :39:42.you said that Germany would win the World Cup. Then the Dutch. 14% of

:39:43. > :40:08.you now have egg on your face! He thought that was going to hit the

:40:09. > :40:18.back of the net, but, no, great reactions by Manuel Neuer. For me,

:40:19. > :40:33.that is a bad finish. He is some goalkeeper.

:40:34. > :40:41.They have all the experience in the world with the coaches in the

:40:42. > :40:50.Brazilian dugout, but no one will be able to get them back into this one.

:40:51. > :41:01.That goes out for a German through. -- throw. Right idea, bad execution.

:41:02. > :41:07.Just look at the times on the goals! -- throw. Right idea, bad execution.

:41:08. > :41:27.From 11 minutes after 28 minutes. They just

:41:28. > :41:48.It is that old saying, go and win the second half. Such effortless

:41:49. > :41:56.thing to do, really. They have given the ball away carelessly again. That

:41:57. > :42:04.is a great ball back into Thomas Muller.

:42:05. > :42:10.Into the hands of Julio Cesar. The work rate by Thomas Muller is

:42:11. > :42:21.phenomenal. Manuel Neuer patrolled the area

:42:22. > :42:28.outside his 18-yard box Manuel Neuer patrolled the area

:42:29. > :42:31.only. He hasn't really needed to do it today, that if he does, he is

:42:32. > :43:12.there. The sweeper keeper. Another change here. Howedes is

:43:13. > :43:20.coming on for Miroslav Klose. A record breaker, 16 goals. It gives a

:43:21. > :43:25.much better balance to the team. This is his goal. It comes back to

:43:26. > :43:33.him nicely. An incredible achievement by him. Extra salt in

:43:34. > :43:45.the wound for Brazil, Reynaldo's record has gone. -- Ronaldo's

:43:46. > :44:01.record. The top scorers in this tournament

:44:02. > :44:15.are mostly what you would call the number ten.

:44:16. > :44:34.Fred with a shot. Very comfortable by Manuel Neuer. Fred should be

:44:35. > :44:46.giving that to Bernard. That is Khedira at his best, the

:44:47. > :44:50.threaded little passes he makes in the final third. He enjoys getting

:44:51. > :44:56.out on the right-hand side when Muller goes central. Given away

:44:57. > :45:00.badly. Muller around the goalkeeper. Julio Cesar manages to get a foot on

:45:01. > :45:05.it. And put it behind for a corner kick. Thomas Muller might have made

:45:06. > :45:14.it six. Might have gone down as well. Muller is like a rash.

:45:15. > :45:23.They have given the ball away so often in such awful areas, Brazil.

:45:24. > :45:27.Kroos with the corner. Kroos, two goals of the five. Schweinsteiger

:45:28. > :45:30.here. Schweinsteiger, to Khedira, who scored the fifth. Andre

:45:31. > :45:47.Schurrle. Khedira. Clever disguise on that. Muller shot

:45:48. > :45:52.- good save! Top play there. Julio Cesar, that is a wonderful save he

:45:53. > :45:56.makes, on to his left foot. Just pushes it over. That is going in.

:45:57. > :46:02.But for the fingertips. Muller senses there's more goals

:46:03. > :46:12.here. Already he has ten goals in his two

:46:13. > :46:31.World Cup Final appearances. He had never scored for Germany

:46:32. > :46:35.before the last World Cup Finals and then scored five. Schurrle is coming

:46:36. > :46:50.back to close Bernard down. outstretched leg. The referee is

:46:51. > :46:53.unmoved. He's given a corner. And the Germans are saying that Maicon

:46:54. > :47:06.should be shown a yellow card for a dive. Maicon takes a touch. He's

:47:07. > :47:08.diving. I hate to see that. Lucky not to get a yellow card. In comes

:47:09. > :47:22.the corner. Neuer takes it ever so easily. That

:47:23. > :47:26.is where he is majestic. Great athleticism. His distribution is

:47:27. > :47:30.slightly off the mark. Maicon back to Julio Cesar. He doesn't admire

:47:31. > :47:47.his save. He launches another attack.

:47:48. > :47:54.Brazil will have a throw-in. They are trying to get themselves on the

:47:55. > :48:01.scoreboard. There he is. And there is the man whose record he has

:48:02. > :48:09.beaten. He was some player. I had the privilege to play against him.

:48:10. > :48:18.David Luiz is fouled. Comparing Fred to those great strikers. His

:48:19. > :48:27.movement is non-existent. I have to blame Scolari for picking him. If

:48:28. > :48:31.his next best options are Jo and Hulk, perhaps that is why he keeps

:48:32. > :48:33.picking him down the middle. I thought Hulk might have started down

:48:34. > :48:43.the middle tonight. Paulinho. He might unleash something here.

:48:44. > :48:48.Maicon gives Dante something to chase. Thomas Muller doesn't. Dante

:48:49. > :49:02.finds David Luiz. Bernard has kept it in play, but his

:49:03. > :49:08.cross is too deep for Fred and it is smashed away by Howedes. Where do

:49:09. > :49:12.the Brazilians go after the humiliation of Belo Horizonte? They

:49:13. > :49:17.go to Brasilia for the third place match and then they go into hiding,

:49:18. > :49:19.I guess. Germany are doing enough, just seeing it through. Again, so

:49:20. > :49:43.professional. Ozil, infield to Kroos. Lovely

:49:44. > :49:48.stuff. Muller into the middle. Schurrle arriving. The flick on it

:49:49. > :49:52.from Dante, just helped it reach Julio Cesar rather than Mesut

:49:53. > :49:55.from Dante, just helped it reach and Andre Schurrle. Look at him, he

:49:56. > :49:59.from Dante, just helped it reach wants more. They are all over you,

:50:00. > :50:03.the Germans. Great movement, a willingness to get forward.

:50:04. > :50:11.Joachim Low is thinking not only can we absolutely batter Brazil here,

:50:12. > :50:13.but we can send out a psychological message to whoever we reach in the

:50:14. > :50:20.final, whoever we play in the final. message to whoever we reach in the

:50:21. > :50:32.Every one of them - this is Howedes, he is

:50:33. > :50:56.Scolari is going to have to draw names out of a hat to pick a team

:50:57. > :51:04.Scolari is going to have to draw play-off. I don't think there will

:51:05. > :51:09.be too many volunteers. The game has gone to a walking pace. Dante

:51:10. > :51:41.looking for Luiz trying to play it through to

:51:42. > :51:44.Luiz Gustavo. Won by Bastian Schweinsteiger. Here is Thomas

:51:45. > :51:46.Muller. Schweinsteiger is making a run

:51:47. > :51:49.Muller. Schweinsteiger is making a Muller. They have two in the middle.

:51:50. > :51:51.This is Schweinsteiger. He will let it go to Schurrle and Julio Cesar

:51:52. > :51:59.did ever so well. it go to Schurrle and Julio Cesar

:52:00. > :52:05.really well the goalkeeper. Paulinho for Brazil.

:52:06. > :52:09.That's a good ball to Bernard. Bernard can tee up Marcelo.

:52:10. > :52:14.That's a good ball to Bernard. for Paulinho. Mertesacker's header.

:52:15. > :52:17.Oh and almost on to the chest of Fred!

:52:18. > :52:27.Oh and almost on to the chest of Fred got a touch on it, it wouldn't

:52:28. > :52:40.have counted. Just straying offside. Well seen by the linesman.

:52:41. > :52:46.Julio Cesar did really well for that one. Muller was running free again.

:52:47. > :52:48.Schweinsteiger was so unselfish. Muller is playing centre forward now

:52:49. > :52:51.and it is a Muller is playing centre forward now

:52:52. > :52:55.problem. He is playing on the last defender's shoulder. If he can get

:52:56. > :53:00.the through ball he is looking for, he will be in.

:53:01. > :53:12.Argentina beat the USA 6-1 in the 1930 semifinal and Uruguay beat

:53:13. > :53:18.Yugoslavia by the same scoreline in the same year and Germany put six

:53:19. > :53:25.past Austria in 1964, so five is the biggest ever margin of victory.

:53:26. > :53:32.Brilliant from Muller. First yellow card goes to Dante. Muller made

:53:33. > :53:36.that, he comes off to feet, plays it off. Willian is going to be on

:53:37. > :54:04.shortly for Brazil. Germany want more.

:54:05. > :54:08.one more, he is on a hat-trick. Lahm can play in Khedira. Three in the

:54:09. > :54:15.middle. Khedira, lovely ball into Lahm. Lahm square and it's a tap-in!

:54:16. > :54:19.middle. Khedira, lovely ball into That's six and Andre Schurrle makes

:54:20. > :54:26.it six to Germany and if it stays this way, it is the biggest ever

:54:27. > :54:29.victory in a World Cup semifinal. Shambolic defending once more. It is

:54:30. > :54:43.pass and move. The boos ring round. It is another

:54:44. > :54:49.tap-in. The marking is totally non-existent. Look at David Luiz

:54:50. > :54:59.standing there. He has to be marking in the box. Ridiculous! Still 20

:55:00. > :55:04.minutes to go. Brazil have made a change. They have taken off Fred and

:55:05. > :55:10.it was Fred who was the recipient of those boos from around the stadium.

:55:11. > :55:18.And Willian does not look exactly thrilled at the prospect of playing

:55:19. > :55:19.these last 20 minutes. He's on. The Brazilian crowd, many of them, are

:55:20. > :55:37.off. The Germans might declare in a

:55:38. > :55:38.minute! Not sure the Brazilians have been third best, let alone second

:55:39. > :56:09.best! He's got that pass in the locker,

:56:10. > :56:16.Kroos. Switch-pass. Beautiful passer of a ball. Khedira into Ozil. Ozil

:56:17. > :56:24.with a change of direction. Khedira. Kroos was just a little bit

:56:25. > :56:26.stationary. Listen to the reaction - that picture is on the big-screen in

:56:27. > :56:47.the stadium. He finds Willian. Willian, a little

:56:48. > :56:53.curler, he is well wide. This has been such a happy hunting ground for

:56:54. > :56:59.Fred. He scored 42 goals in 49 appearances in this stadium. And now

:57:00. > :57:11.he's booed every time the camera picks him out on the bench.

:57:12. > :57:23.There are many people in this stadium who have not seen Brazil

:57:24. > :57:47.lose at home. No-one has ever seen them lose like this at home.

:57:48. > :58:12.Germany are enjoying themselves. They are keeping it so simple. When

:58:13. > :58:22.it is tight on one side, they go out the other.

:58:23. > :58:28.Germany, for all Brazil's obvious inadequacies, have been excellent.

:58:29. > :58:33.This is a system that other teams can copy. It is not rocket science

:58:34. > :58:39.the way they are playing. That midfield three, Schweinsteiger sits

:58:40. > :58:43.deeper, their full-backs push on. It is their game management, the way

:58:44. > :58:55.their intelligence and they will punish you when they have to.

:58:56. > :59:01.Germany have become the first team in this World Cup to score six. Here

:59:02. > :59:08.is Paulinho. Nice footwork from Willian. Paulinho. Into the gloves

:59:09. > :59:10.of Neuer. He will refuse to be beaten if he has anything to say

:59:11. > :59:28.about it. in 2002, Germany scored eight goals

:59:29. > :59:33.against Saudi Arabia. The funny thing is, I think Germany have more

:59:34. > :59:39.in their locker for the final, whoever they will be playing

:59:40. > :59:43.against. They will go into it fresh, having one extra day of rest.

:59:44. > :00:31.Great for their confidence. Toni Kroos was looking for a give

:00:32. > :00:38.and go to get his hat-trick. And why not? They are letting the ball do

:00:39. > :00:56.the work, Germany. Just a little bit too much on that

:00:57. > :00:57.pass by Toni Kroos to Mesut Ozil. Another substitution,

:00:58. > :01:06.pass by Toni Kroos to Mesut Ozil. is going to come on. Part of this

:01:07. > :01:19.seeming conveyor belt of German forward players. He has been heavily

:01:20. > :01:30.linked to Arsenal. Julian Draxler will get about 14 minutes of play.

:01:31. > :01:37.Great for the young man to get on. Sami Khedira is coming off. He has

:01:38. > :01:44.been wonderful tonight. Hasn't he? He was out with a very bad injury,

:01:45. > :01:52.he was not able to play in the Champions League final. So, Sami

:01:53. > :02:15.Khedira off, Howedes arm. -- Julian Draxler on.

:02:16. > :02:27.losing his head. Thomas Muller not happy with the challenge. That all

:02:28. > :02:33.came from when Marcelo, the left-back, give up possession. They

:02:34. > :03:22.are six goals down, how many do they want to lose by? Handbags there.

:03:23. > :03:32.The German fans are swaying from side to side.

:03:33. > :03:59.I'm sure they would like to see a couple more.

:04:00. > :04:15.There are the German fans. Lovely little reverse ball. Howedes! It is

:04:16. > :04:25.seven! Stunning finish! Everyone of these is just sublime that role. --

:04:26. > :04:30.sublime football. I think the Brazilians have had enough.

:04:31. > :04:36.Unfortunately for them, I don't think the Germans have had enough!

:04:37. > :04:42.They just can't believe it. They are shaking their heads in disbelief.

:04:43. > :04:51.Applause breaks out around the ground, which is good to hear. Look

:04:52. > :04:56.at that. It is like watching one of the great Brazilian teams of

:04:57. > :05:02.yesteryear. Fantastic finish, top corner. In this country they know

:05:03. > :05:10.all about good football. The Brazilian fans still in this ground,

:05:11. > :05:12.I would suggest have just stood and applauded the team that has

:05:13. > :05:23.dismantled their heroes limb from limb. They know good football when

:05:24. > :05:26.they see it. Fair play to them. Germany are one goal away from their

:05:27. > :05:46.biggest ever World Cup final spec tree. That was against Saudi Arabia

:05:47. > :05:51.in 2002, 8-0. -- biggest ever World Cup win.

:05:52. > :06:09.Tomorrow night, BBC One, highlights of the second semifinal, Argentina

:06:10. > :06:14.against the Netherlands. Sunny, the first thing that Gerd Muller did

:06:15. > :06:27.there was try to get the ball moving again. And why not? The World Cup

:06:28. > :06:33.final of 2014, Germany versus either Argentina or at the Dutch, on BBC

:06:34. > :06:42.One. We are on air from seven o'clock. The distribution from Gerd

:06:43. > :06:55.Muller is different class. Julio Cesar has been beaten seven

:06:56. > :07:10.times in the semifinal. Whatever the state of the game, the

:07:11. > :07:15.Germans do not abuse it, they keep it simple, move it from side to

:07:16. > :07:25.side. Great to watch. The Germans have not missed too many. Brilliant

:07:26. > :07:32.German finishing. Almost everything they heads went in. You have to say,

:07:33. > :08:00.David Luiz has pretty much given up in the middle of defence.

:08:01. > :08:07.The Brazilian fans are actually giving the German team oles. That is

:08:08. > :08:12.The Brazilian fans are actually ultimate humiliation for the home

:08:13. > :08:22.team. I don't think it gets much more humiliating than when the fans

:08:23. > :08:29.are giving an ole for every pass that the opposition strikes. Look at

:08:30. > :08:39.this fellow Bastian Schweinsteiger. A ball. Great they are. -- never

:08:40. > :08:50.seems to waste a ball. He is a great player.

:08:51. > :08:57.It has been an astonishing World Cup. Every other day that seems to

:08:58. > :09:00.have been a classic game, and unbelievable result, a brilliant

:09:01. > :09:10.story. It is intoxicating. Addict did. It will soon be over, what

:09:11. > :09:11.shall we do with our time? In terms of shocking results, this is the

:09:12. > :10:07.daddy of them all. The agony is almost over. Five

:10:08. > :10:16.minutes. It will be interesting to see what the crowd does on the

:10:17. > :10:33.whistle. Manuel Neuer never took his eye off it. Ramires has had a real

:10:34. > :10:38.goes into came on. You should have started, in my opinion. Manuel Neuer

:10:39. > :10:45.has been the standard goalkeeper of the World Cup. If you want to win

:10:46. > :10:46.anything, you need to have a top, top goalkeeper, and they certainly

:10:47. > :11:11.have that. Jerome Boateng was looking for

:11:12. > :11:20.Howedes, but couldn't find him. If Jerome Boateng was looking for

:11:21. > :11:27.Germany get their skates on, they could be their biggest ever big

:11:28. > :11:43.tree, and match the biggest ever margin of winning at a World Cup

:11:44. > :11:47.tree, and match the biggest ever A needless collision between Bernard

:11:48. > :11:55.and Manuel Neuer. Look at this finish! Again, David Luiz, nowhere

:11:56. > :12:06.near his man. You just have to do the basics. It is very difficult to

:12:07. > :12:15.look beyond Germany now for he is going to win the tournament. -- who

:12:16. > :12:37.is going to win. Magnificent performances by

:12:38. > :12:50.Kroos and Mesut Ozil. Brazilian football will have to go through an

:12:51. > :12:58.intense period of self examination. Good covering by Luiz Gustavo. It is

:12:59. > :13:29.a corner. His left-back has let him down tonight. They all have.

:13:30. > :13:37.Germany have completely owned the semifinal, from the moment they took

:13:38. > :13:46.the lead. Surely their best ever performance in a World Cup. It is

:13:47. > :13:54.certainly not over yet. They now go into the finals. There

:13:55. > :13:56.certainly not over yet. They now go Lahm. I think they will be

:13:57. > :14:17.overriding favourites, I'm afraid. The shot came in from Oscar. Almost

:14:18. > :14:24.an impossible finish from that angle.

:14:25. > :14:37.He's been disappointing. Another one. Oscar.

:14:38. > :14:49.A test of character for Brazil, they have failed abysmally.

:14:50. > :15:02.A shocking finish. For once, a German mistake has given the ball to

:15:03. > :15:07.Ramires. Germany can break here. Ozil down the middle. Mesut Ozil is

:15:08. > :15:16.onside and through. He's put it wide! That is the one thing missing

:15:17. > :15:19.from his game, Ozil. That ruthlessness, a great run through

:15:20. > :15:25.the middle. You think he is going to be calm - he is. He misses the

:15:26. > :15:31.target. Neuer be calm - he is. He misses the

:15:32. > :15:40.and retreated. Oscar for Brazil gets one. The Germans are furious. That

:15:41. > :15:50.tells you a lot about them. The Germans are absolutely livid. For

:15:51. > :15:56.once, Neuer is not there. You expect him to be covering. He starts to

:15:57. > :16:03.come and he goes back. Oscar does the rest.

:16:04. > :16:08.At least it's given them something to work on before the final.

:16:09. > :16:21.Everything else has been pitch-perfect.

:16:22. > :16:33.Oscar scores the most pointless of World Cup goals. Two added minutes

:16:34. > :16:36.at the end of the game. Here's Bernard. He is onside. Oscar is in

:16:37. > :16:57.the middle. Here's Willian. Brazilian corner. I don't think they

:16:58. > :17:15.are singing, "We are going to win 8-7!"

:17:16. > :17:23.Germany can break. Onside here. Draxler. Still Draxler. The whistle

:17:24. > :17:31.has gone and the referee has said that Draxler fouled his man. It's a

:17:32. > :17:32.Brazilian free-kick and that's it. Germany are into the World Cup

:17:33. > :17:55.Final. Brazil, thoroughly unforgivable

:17:56. > :17:57.performance. Germany, thoroughly unforgettable performance. Brazil 1,

:17:58. > :18:06.Germany 7. GARY LINEKER: We have just witnessed

:18:07. > :18:11.one of the truly astonishing victories in football history. This

:18:12. > :18:15.was not just one of the game's superpowers beating a small nation,

:18:16. > :18:19.this was Brazil, for crying out loud, Brazil hosting the World Cup

:18:20. > :18:25.for the first time in 64 years. Germany's elation is matched by

:18:26. > :18:31.Brazil's desolation. Germany are the first country to score seven goals

:18:32. > :18:34.in a World Cup semifinal. Spain, the World Champions, scored eight

:18:35. > :18:44.throughout the entire competition. Brazil have gone 62 competitive

:18:45. > :18:48.games unbeaten at home before today. Try, Alan, to put this game into

:18:49. > :18:53.context? ALAN HANSEN: I have been watching

:18:54. > :18:57.football for over 50 years, the high point was the Brazilian side in

:18:58. > :19:01.1970. This is a low point. If you come to Brazil and see them

:19:02. > :19:06.capitulate in the manner they did, you have to give the Germans tonnes

:19:07. > :19:09.of credit. At the same time, it was a woeful, woeful, woeful performance

:19:10. > :19:15.that could not get any lower than it did.

:19:16. > :19:19.ALAN SHEARER: I would be concerned that some of these players may never

:19:20. > :19:28.recover from this, the pressure on these guys to perform is incredible.

:19:29. > :19:33.Thiago Silva there consoling the Brazilian players. Nice

:19:34. > :19:39.sportsmanship from Luiz Felipe Scolari there. Yes. And Klose came

:19:40. > :19:44.and gave Scolari a big hug, which was nice to see. I don't think the

:19:45. > :19:51.Germans can believe it themselves what just happened. They scored four

:19:52. > :19:56.goals in six minutes to go 5-0 up in the semifinal of the World Cup. It

:19:57. > :20:03.is like... RIO FERDINAND: These guys have to

:20:04. > :20:06.stick around now. And play a third and fourth play-off game. Will the

:20:07. > :20:11.fans come out and see them? They have to read the papers. All of the

:20:12. > :20:15.media will be on them. I hope the media don't try and find a scapegoat

:20:16. > :20:18.for this as well. This was a case of a group of individuals coming up

:20:19. > :20:33.against a very, very clinical side. The Germans reaction to their

:20:34. > :20:38.supporters is in such contrast, Al? It looks as if Luiz Felipe Scolari

:20:39. > :20:42.is staying in the middle of that huddle and saying, "Leave it to me,

:20:43. > :20:47.I will sort it out." That will be very difficult. He will try and

:20:48. > :20:53.protect his players as much as possible. He is a very loyal man. It

:20:54. > :20:58.will be difficult for him to take this away from them. Incredible

:20:59. > :21:02.scenes in the stadium there. Big-name players, David Luiz there.

:21:03. > :21:06.I mean, everything is incredible. The scoreline was incredible. The

:21:07. > :21:11.scenes are incredible. It is just disbelief of what's happened in the

:21:12. > :21:20.last 90 minutes. It is - nobody could have written the script. The

:21:21. > :21:24.faces sum it up. He is in tears. Even though he gave one of the worst

:21:25. > :21:28.performances I have ever seen, I feel sorry for him. You can't

:21:29. > :21:34.understand what these players feel like. You had Holland, who battered

:21:35. > :21:37.Spain in the first game. And then you could never see that being

:21:38. > :21:42.surpassed. You come to this in the semifinal. How these players will

:21:43. > :21:50.recover, I don't know. The supporters - we have been here for

:21:51. > :21:53.four-and-a-half, five weeks. It is grown, the interest has

:21:54. > :21:59.four-and-a-half, five weeks. It is All of a sudden, all these

:22:00. > :22:03.supporters are totally deflated. I think the Brazilian support has been

:22:04. > :22:07.total. We have said from the start, it is not a great Brazilian side.

:22:08. > :22:12.Every time they have gone on the pitch, the crowd has given them a

:22:13. > :22:17.lift and some purpose. They have been absolutely brilliant. When your

:22:18. > :22:22.team has been beaten by the margin that we have just seen, there is not

:22:23. > :22:28.a lot of good news. The other side of the story, for the desolation of

:22:29. > :22:37.Brazil, elation there for these supporters. A word on Germany's

:22:38. > :22:39.performance. They were ruthless, clinical, right from the first

:22:40. > :22:44.minute. They showed their intentions. They got after the ball.

:22:45. > :22:48.They didn't give them any space. And their one touch and two-touch

:22:49. > :22:55.passing was fantastic. It was great to watch. Yes, you can criticise the

:22:56. > :22:59.defensive errors. The Germans made it. They made it easy. You have to

:23:00. > :23:03.go out there and show what you are made of. The Germans did that. They

:23:04. > :23:07.did it - the game was won at half-time. Also, second half, I

:23:08. > :23:11.think it tells a lot about the players' mentality. Players can

:23:12. > :23:15.switch off in a game, 5-0 up, you think we have done the hard part, we

:23:16. > :23:19.will take it easy. They wanted to go out and get more goals. That is how

:23:20. > :23:22.ruthless they are. This Brazilian team didn't have a structure. The

:23:23. > :23:29.great Brazilian teams in '70 team didn't have a structure. The

:23:30. > :23:33.'82, they didn't play with a structure, but they were that good,

:23:34. > :23:39.it didn't matter. This team had nothing. Rio, we talked prior to the

:23:40. > :23:43.game tonight, such is the excitement we have had, but one thing we lacked

:23:44. > :23:52.was a great team. Have we found one? I think we have. They have been

:23:53. > :23:57.was a great team. Have we found one? showing glimpses of this. I think

:23:58. > :24:00.here, not trying to take the gloss off this performance, they have to

:24:01. > :24:05.win this tournament now. This performance and result will count

:24:06. > :24:13.for nothing if they don't win. I noticed there that scoreline. 7-1.

:24:14. > :24:21.People tuning in - they think there is something wrong. It is disbelief.

:24:22. > :24:25.Everywhere you look, on the pitch, here, the spectators watching, total

:24:26. > :24:30.disbelief. You can go on about a great team, but it doesn't say a

:24:31. > :24:33.great team on that trophy. It says winners. Whoever it is. You don't

:24:34. > :24:38.have to be a great team. You have to be great winners. This German team

:24:39. > :24:48.have got it in them. 5-0 at half-time. Schurrle scored a couple

:24:49. > :24:54.to make it seven! It was no surprise that it came down the right-hand

:24:55. > :25:00.side, the Brazilian left-hand side. Marcelo, who escaped criticism also,

:25:01. > :25:05.he was as poor as David Luiz was. Lets him in too easily. David Luiz

:25:06. > :25:12.standing still. Hasn't a clue. Schurrle, good movement. Very good

:25:13. > :25:15.finish. No reaction to anything. Six or seven Brazilian defenders in

:25:16. > :25:20.there. And yet no reaction whatsoever. This is an amazing

:25:21. > :25:25.finish. This is a great finish. It comes from a throw-in, Rio. I don't

:25:26. > :25:30.think they have had to have great movement here. That is one of the

:25:31. > :25:34.disappointing things. David Luiz and Schurrle, he has not tracked him. It

:25:35. > :25:40.is an unbelievable finish. A superb goal. First touch as well, puts it

:25:41. > :25:44.into his path. To score a goal like that, that is something dreams are

:25:45. > :25:49.made of. He is living that dream. They have not had to work too hard.

:25:50. > :25:53.A simple run-in behind from the throw, David Luiz doesn't track the

:25:54. > :25:58.runner, it is simple things that are happening. Basic errors that are

:25:59. > :26:04.going on and you can't recover. That was a good half for them, the second

:26:05. > :26:07.half(!) The first half, you cannot believe what was going on there. If

:26:08. > :26:11.we show the goals from the first half, they were worse than the two

:26:12. > :26:16.goals that Schurrle scored there. We will come to those goals shortly.

:26:17. > :26:20.Firstly, let's get the views of our South American football expert to

:26:21. > :26:26.try somehow to put that result into context of what it means in this

:26:27. > :26:32.continent. A few years ago, we met some of the players from the 1950

:26:33. > :26:36.World Cup, the players who lost that day against Uruguay. They had never

:26:37. > :26:40.ever been able to forget that defeat. It will be even worse for

:26:41. > :26:44.this team because this is the biggest humiliation in the history

:26:45. > :26:49.of Brazilian football. I feel desperately sorry for these players.

:26:50. > :26:55.But also I feel that the medicine, it might be cruel, but it might also

:26:56. > :26:59.be necessary. Brazilian football is operating ludicrously short of its

:27:00. > :27:02.potential. It's resting on its laurels, it's been pointing at its

:27:03. > :27:08.five World Cup wins and saying everything is fine. It isn't fine.

:27:09. > :27:12.Germany have given us the lesson, regrouping after their 5-1 defeat to

:27:13. > :27:18.England, Brazil need to do the same thing. They certainly do. Let's

:27:19. > :27:21.remind ourselves of the emphatic nature of Germany's victory. It

:27:22. > :27:29.started quite early on with Thomas Muller. I mean, there's a block on

:27:30. > :27:36.David Luiz here that's come from the training ground. If you score, it is

:27:37. > :27:40.great. If you lose a goal like this, you will be disappointed. It is well

:27:41. > :27:45.worked. There's four things happen. One, the ball has to come in.

:27:46. > :27:49.Hummels makes the first run, Klose blocks him, Muller pulls round the

:27:50. > :27:54.back, simple finish. Poor marking but well worked. Then we have a

:27:55. > :28:01.record from a goalscorer, beating Ronaldo's record. Pure goalscorer.

:28:02. > :28:10.When the ball comes in, he comes alive. They get lucky there. Static

:28:11. > :28:14.defending. The two centre-halves don't react. Watch when the ball

:28:15. > :28:20.goes in the back of the net, they are on the edge of the box. This guy

:28:21. > :28:28.is a live wire. I can't believe he didn't put it in the first effort!

:28:29. > :28:30.Predator. Great goalscorer. 16 goals in four World Cups. Here is all of

:28:31. > :28:46.them. COMMENTARY: Klose!

:28:47. > :28:49.lead. Klose! He completes his hat-trick. Here comes Klose. It is a

:28:50. > :29:02.goal for Germany. Klose! Miroslav Klose, a splendid save.

:29:03. > :29:06.Klose from the rebound. Bull-back for Klose. It is his eighth goal in

:29:07. > :29:12.World Cup Finals football. Klose will make it two. It is Klose! His

:29:13. > :29:19.tenth in all World Cups. Klose's header. He's got one. Klose is in.

:29:20. > :29:29.Miroslav Klose has given Germany the lead. Klose! Germany - that is a

:29:30. > :29:34.record-equalling goal. Klose scores, an historic goal and Miroslav Klose

:29:35. > :29:47.is the all-time World Cup record goalscorer.

:29:48. > :30:01.goal-scorer in World Cup history. Here is the touch map of his goals.

:30:02. > :30:11.ALAN SHEARER: he's certainly excites me! Has he had an attempt from

:30:12. > :30:24.outside the box? These guys win you games. Right place at the right

:30:25. > :30:31.time. I have lost count! It is important that this junction to give

:30:32. > :30:41.the Germans the credit they deserved. Yes, they moved the ball

:30:42. > :30:53.very quickly. Maybe the keeper should have done better? RIO: I

:30:54. > :31:01.think you have to give the goal-scorer credit. Look at the way

:31:02. > :31:05.they press here. All over them. Calm, cool, clinical finishing. They

:31:06. > :31:11.have incredible belief in themselves. Passing and moving the

:31:12. > :31:29.ball is how you win the game, doing it quickly. Sami Khedira got the

:31:30. > :31:38.fifth goal. Another great hit. He comes running out, misses the

:31:39. > :31:47.tackle, David Luiz. Easy for them. Not great. The thing is, they looked

:31:48. > :31:52.like a team that is well drilled, with a philosophy that they have all

:31:53. > :31:59.bought into. Brazil was a team of individuals. Let's give the final

:32:00. > :32:05.word on this came from a Brazilian, Juninho is with Jason. Unbelievable

:32:06. > :32:16.here at the Estadio Mineirao. Juninho is with Jason. Unbelievable

:32:17. > :32:21.recover? Well, it will be difficult. Some of them I don't think we'll be

:32:22. > :32:25.back to where the Brazilian shirt. There was

:32:26. > :32:34.back to where the Brazilian shirt. them, but it is wrong for us to

:32:35. > :32:44.criticise the players. We saw the Germans teach us how to play the

:32:45. > :32:48.role. We have to learn from that. We need to learn from the seven goals

:32:49. > :32:57.that we conceded. The Germans played that we like to play. We need now to

:32:58. > :33:07.sit back, see what is wrong with Brazilian football. Is there

:33:08. > :33:12.something wrong in the academies? Something wrong with the way we

:33:13. > :33:19.teach? I think a lot of changes will come. What you just said there,

:33:20. > :33:27.Juninho, is fascinating, Germany came here and talk Brazil after

:33:28. > :33:35.rolling lesson. Exactly! Pass, move, straight balls, great control.

:33:36. > :33:41.Without the ball, they get back, organise, go forward as a unit. They

:33:42. > :33:50.taught us how to play the role. Thank you very much indeed, Juninho.

:33:51. > :33:57.I like football. I am a fan of German football. I am happy because

:33:58. > :34:13.football was the winner. I sense they will be talking about

:34:14. > :34:17.this for quite some time. Germany will be playing for a place in

:34:18. > :34:23.history at the Maracana on the Sunday, live on BBC One from seven

:34:24. > :34:25.o'clock. We will have highlights of the match tomorrow between Argentina

:34:26. > :34:43.and Hollands at 11:45 p.m.. COMMENTATOR:, the Argentinian

:34:44. > :35:00.manager, has promised a festival of COMMENTATOR:, the Argentinian

:35:01. > :35:08.attacking the -- attacking football. The Dutch are

:35:09. > :35:12.attacking the -- attacking football. we kicked off. This

:35:13. > :35:27.this match has started has changed the feel of

:35:28. > :35:55.It is there! They have equalised! We are playing injury time. It hit the

:35:56. > :36:09.post! The crowd is doing their best to rears the Argentinians. It has

:36:10. > :36:24.gone in! Mario Kempes will take the credit, but I think the defender

:36:25. > :36:33.touched that. Surely now the host nation will take the 1978 World Cup.

:36:34. > :36:43.I bumped into Mario Kempes the other day. Great player, lovely bloke.

:36:44. > :36:52.Another programme to look out for on Friday, Alan Hansen, player and

:36:53. > :37:00.pundit, a lifetime in the ball. -- a lifetime in football. 22 years as a

:37:01. > :37:05.pundit, never seen anything like it, 40 years in the game, never seen

:37:06. > :37:11.anything like it! That is asked for tonight, the night that the

:37:12. > :38:07.Brazilian beautiful game died. Good night.

:38:08. > :38:17.Miroslav Klose scores! An historic goal!

:38:18. > :38:29.Brazil are being humiliated, humbled and taken apart!

:38:30. > :38:33.Sami Khedira, five - zero! Absolute humiliation!

:38:34. > :38:38.Howedes! It is seven!