Key points
- Biggest ever World Cup semi-final defeat
- Germany score four goals in six first-half minutes
- Kroos (2), Khedira, Klose, Muller in the first half
- Klose becomes highest ever scorer in the World Cup
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By Tom Rostance
Brazil 1-7 Germany (Seven)
Former Scotland defender Alan Hansen - MOTD analyst
"I am totally distraught. I've been watching football for over 50 years, the high point was the Brazil team 1970, this is the low point.
"To be in Brazil to see them capitulate in that manner, you have to give Germany credit but that is a woeful, woeful performance that could not get any lower.
"I don't think the Germans can believe what they have just done. Everything is incredible. It is just disbelief what has happened. Nobody could have summed this up. Even though David Luiz gave one of the worst performances I have ever seen, I still feel sorry for him coming off the pitch in tears."
Brazil 1-7 Germany (Seven)
Former England defender Danny Mills - BBC Radio 5 live
"It has been incredible. The Brazilian players will feel embarrassed and humiliated. David Luiz stood there looking at the sky, saying some kind of prayer. There are players down there who are inconsolable.
"Wherever they go, whatever happens, even if they win the next World Cup, people will be saying to these players 'you let us down', 'you were part of that team that didn't win the World Cup when it was in Brazil'. 'You let 200 million people down'."
Brazil 1-7 Germany (Seven)
Former England captain Rio Ferdinand, MOTD analyst
"These guys have to stick around now and play a third or fourth play-off game. Which is the hard thing. All of the media will be on them, I hope they don't find a scapegoat. This was a case of a group of individuals coming up against a very clinical side."
22:50 Brazil 1-7 Germany (Seven)
Oscar is in tears, as are several of his team-mates as they gather in a huddle. Maicon appears to be rallying the troops, while suspended captain Thiago Silva is also involved.
The German players go over to their pocket of fans and receive much deserved applause.
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