Brazil's loss was unthinkable — Stars react

Mir: I feel it was not good on Germany’s part to have behaved so badly with the host nation. After all, it was Brazil which invited them, put them up in star hotels and treated them like kings! Being a guest, they shouldn’t have been so discourteous. Brazil’s hospitality should have met with some more kindness. The joke circulating online says that the German team was sent by Tapas Paul.

Paoli Dam: Be it in cinema or football, nothing can be more important than team wor. And Brazil missed it badly. The players had no coordination and despite inching close to a goal, they could not make it. The 1-7 loss was unthinkable... I’m a loyal supporter of Brazil and will continue to root for the team despite its failure. But I’m heartbroken.

Indraneil Sengupta: The spirit of samba football is bound to take a beating. But in sports, there will be good days and bad...While it was a bad day for Brazil, it’s also a fact that they were clashing against a very strong team. Germany is a three-time World Cup winner. Maybe, if it was another day, Brazil would have fared better. After the first five goals, which happened within the first half an hour, there was no way Brazil could have recovered and made a comeback.

Gaurav Pandey: It was the end of Scolari and with him, the end of an era. Yes, Neymar is a fantastic scorer and his absence did affect Brazil to an extent. But I don’t know why the team was so dependent on a striker called Fred (Frederico Chaves Guedes)! In contrast, Germany had a balanced side with all the players boasting of the same capability, dedication and discipline. After the win, someone wrote on my Facebook saying the match was more like Germany taking on Dempo! And for me, it was going back to what Lord Buddha had once said. Back then, Nalanda was the Oxford of the East and he said this place will become the worst, as the world and the universe follow a cycle. So, what was the best has to end up being the worst.