A Soccer Shocker

   It was Germany over Brazil 7-1 in semi-final play at the World Cup. The beautiful game was played in a city who's name translates to "Beautiful Horizon", Belo Horizonte, but it was an ugly outcome for the host nation.
   In baseball or hockey, a 7-1 scoreline is embarrassing. In football (soccer), it's almost unheard of. More so, because Brazil was one of the teams favored to with the whole shebang. But then Germany came storming in wearing the red and black and notched 5 goals in the first 30 minutes of the game, and getting the other 2 in the 2nd half. In that spate of goals, Miroslav Klose became the player scoring the most goals in World Cup history, getting his 16th. Brazilian superstar Ronaldo had been the leader with 15.
   Watching Brazil implode in that game was painful, even though they're not the team I am supporting. The defense was lackluster, and the usual sharp goaltending of Julio Cesar was dull. There was one moment of redemption for Brazil, if you can call it that. They scored their only goal in the final minute of play.
   So now Germany awaits the outcome of today's semi between Netherlands and Argentina in Sunday's final. I'm almost willing to bet today's game will not be another blowout.

TTFN