WORLD CUP FASCINATING STATISTICS - BRAZIL vs. GERMANY The Mineirazo in numbers Decades from now, football fans across the world will be able to tell you where they were the night Germany beat Brazil 7-1. This was a result and a match so stunning, so extraordinary, that even the FIFA World Cup - with its rich and varied history - has never seen its like before. It also yielded a dizzying array of statistics. - 223 World Cup goals was the record tally on which the Germans ended the match. Brazil had been top of that particular chart before the match with 220, a haul that was eclipsed when Sami Khedira made it 5-0. - 200 Goals was the milestone reached by Germany at the Estadio Mineirao, with Thomas Muller responsible for the landmark strike. It came 106 years after Fritz Becker opened the national teams account in a 5-3 defeat to Switzerland on 5 April 1908. - 76 Years separated Brazils first and previously only World Cup semi-final defeat - a 2-1 loss to Italy in 1938 - from this one. - 17 Goals have been scored by the Germans so far at Brazil 2014. This already ranks as their second most prolific campaign, second only to 1954, when they scored 25 times en route to lifting the trophy. Brazil, meanwhile, have conceded 11 - equalling their worst return from the 1938 edition. - 10 World Cup matches have now been won by Joachim Low. In the history of the Germany national team, only the legendary Helmut Schon has won more. - 8 World Cup Finals have now been reached by Germany, an all-time record. The Europeans are returning to the games showpiece fixture for the first time since 2002 and will be aiming to win a Trophy they last lifted back in 1990. - 6 Goals was the margin by which Germany won and, in doing so, they inflicted a record-equalling defeat on Brazil. The last time A Seleção lost so heavily was in 1920, when they went down 6-0 to Uruguay. The result also equals Germanys second-biggest World Cup win - a 6-0 win over Mexico in 1978 - but fell short of the record 8-0 scoreline they racked up against Saudi Arabia in 2002. - 5 Goals were scored by the Germans in the first-half. Lows side are one of only three teams in the history of the World Cup to have achieved this, Yugoslavia (6-0 up at half-time before beating Zaire 9-0 in 1974) and Poland (5-0 ahead en route to a 7-0 win over Haiti, also in 74) the other two.
Posted on: Thu, 10 Jul 2014 09:39:26 +0000
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