Sentence:  After Gervinho had been brilliantly denied an early shot on goal by Mats Hummels' outstretched boot, the German champions <WSD>made a mockery of</WSD> their fourth-seeding in this season's group-stage draw. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  To (mock); to (ridicule) or (imitate), often to express (contempt)