You know what forget it The guy who was repeatedly changing the opening and led me to post what was previously here because he repeatedly refused to answer the simple question of why except of course to start SHOUTING has reported me for not being civil How ironic is that Rather than have a long detailed discussion here about which opening is better I ll simply point out that in the current version even after you read the entire first paragraph you still don t have a clue why this article exists You do find out what Marco Rodr guez does for a living though So yay for that I guess once you get to the end you do get some idea why this has been such a big deal but that s assuming you haven t fallen asleep or shot yourself having read the same four words Brazil Germany biggest loss and their million variants multiple times Seriously if people here think what s currently serving as an opening to this article summarises the key points in an engaging and professional way perhaps you need to get a job where your actually paid to write for a living It s not quite garbage but it s not good And please stop justifying such poor dull repetitive trivial writing with the claim the alternatives are unencyclopedic frankly you couldn t be more wrong There s no serious disagreement out in the world that this defeat was a shock result and a national humiliation that will be upfront in the key summary of every decent source writing about this match both now and in 20 years time If you don t want it to be in this one please think of a better reason than unencyclopedic if only that the victims might have a clue what it is you actually mean That said on the offchance anyone with any ability for writing gets around to working on this article here s what the opening should look like if you re trying to engage the reader while summarizing the key points It s not perfect but it s a hell of a lot better than the crap people fought tooth and nail to replace it with Brazil 1 7 Germany was the shock result of the first semi final of the 2014 FIFA World Cup men s international football tournament played on 8 July at the Est dio Mineir o in Belo Horizonte Brazil It broke Brazil s 62 match home unbeaten streak in competitive matches going back to 1975 and equalled their biggest margin of defeat tied with a 6 0 loss to Uruguay in 1920 leading it to be described as a national humiliation The game also saw Germany score the most goals in World Cup history their 223 overtaking Brazil s 221 Their second goal meant Germany s Miroslav Klose reached 16 World Cup goals overtaking Brazil s Ronaldo as the tournament s all time record goalscorer The game was subsequently referred to by the press as the Mineirazo evoking the spirit of the Maracanazo in which Brazil unexpectedly lost the 1950 FIFA World Cup on home soil to Uruguay