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Beatdown time? Germany lead Brazil, 4-0

by Kim McCauley
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Brazil vs. Germany, 2014 World Cup: An embarrassing beatdown
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Miroslav Klose is now the World Cup's all-time leading scorer, but that's not what's important right now. What's important is that Germany lead Brazil 4-0 after just 26 minutes of their semifinal. This is going really, really poorly for the hosts.

Here’s the second goal, Klose’s record-setter.

And here’s the second, from Toni Kroos. What a finish.

And then Kroos scored another. BEAT ‘EM DOWN.

Brazil's defense is in shambles without Thiago Silva and their attack is anemic without Neymar. Is there any way back from this?

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