A day Luiz Felipe Scolari described as the ‘worst of his life’ was one Julio Cesar will be equally keen to forget.
All sorts of World Cup records were broken on a night Germany threw out the rulebook and thrashed Brazil 7-1 in their own backyard.
Toni Kroos (twice), Andre Schurrle (twice), Sami Khedira, Thomas Muller and Miroslav Klose struck for Joachim Low’s side, before Oscar hit back with a rather meaningless consolation for Brazil.
The repercussions were telling, as David Luiz cried his eyes out in front of the watching world.
After the match, the former Chelsea defender apologised to Brazilian fans. So too did Queens Park Rangers goalkeeper Cesar, who was the unfortunate man who had to pick the ball out of his own net seven times.
In the 34-year-old’s words, Brazil suffered a ‘blackout’ after the first goal.
“Honestly, it’s hard to explain,” Cesar told reporters. “You can’t explain the inexplicable.”
“It was beautiful up to here. I thank the Brazilian people and the fans are to be congratulated for all the support they gave us.”
“The players are going to apologise but they (Germany) were strong, and we have to acknowledge that. After the first goal we just had a blackout, nobody expected it.”
“We will go home, hug our families. And thank the fans. We got close but we couldn’t, that’s it.”
| Team | Pos | Saves | Apps | Mins | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manuel Neuer | Germany | GK | 7 | 1 | 90 |
| Julio César | Brazil | GK | 3 | 1 | 90 |
As Opta stats show, Cesar was unlucky enough to have conceded seven goals compared to just three saves.
His opposite number, Manuel Neuer, made seven saves and conceded just the once.
As hard as Cesar and his team-mates will try to forget last night, though, it may prove infinitely hard to do.
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