Hernanes, who saw the historic beating from the bench, explained that only Thiago Silva was able to speak in a dressing room that looked more like a wake.
There will probably never be another semifinal like this. Because of the specific weight of the rival but mainly because of the faint gap between them. On July 8, 2014, at Mineirao Stadium, Brazil, the host welcomed Germany after leaving Chile and Colombia on the road, hoping to reach another world final. But again: their rival is Germany, another of the most successful teams and with the blast power they have shown in just half an hour. No more, twenty -nine minutes.
Thomas Müller, Miroslav Klose, Toni Kroos and Sami Khedira led the Germans twice at that time, in twenty -nine minutes. 5 to 0, buried any choice for the locals in advance and released, by the way, tears and insults on the stands.
Joachim Löw’s, later, were completed by another double by Andre Schürrle, and Óscar, at the age of 90, decorated the final result, an unlikely, historic, painful 1-7, the worst defeat in history. of Scratch.
And nearly eight years have passed since then, one of the players who personally experienced that beating, Hernanes, spoke about the sensations felt by the team then led by Luiz Felipe Scolari.
The midfielder, who was a substitute that day, commented on the podcast Flow Esporte Clube that “Germany did not give us time to react. We are in a state of shock and the goals have arrived ”.
“Only Thiago Silva, who wasn’t playing, came from outside at halftime insulting, not believing what was happening,” he added immediately.
And he insisted that the defender, who is currently at Chelsea, “was the only one who could say one thing. We were all shocked, not knowing what was happening. That’s not happening in football, and even less so in the World Cup semi-finals.”
The conversation of the midfielder, an idol of Sao Paulo, took place in the framework of his retirement, which he announced on Monday, leaving a career where he even played for the talented Italian Calcio teams, such as Lazio, Inter Milan and Juventus. .
Source: Lacuarta
