The last time Brazil finished in fourth place, in 1974, the 1-0 loss appeared to be even more deflating than Saturday's 3-0 thrashing from the Netherlands -- especially since the team won in 1970. However, that team had the excuse of playing in West Germany.
The Seleção now once again ends...
Three points on the third-place playoff that saw Netherlands beat host nation Brazil 3-0 with ease.
1. Brazil's misery compounded
The punishment did not end with Germany. Luiz Felipe Scolari, powerless, had his head in his hands as time ebbed away on a campaign that will be recalled as a tear-soaked...
SAO PAULO -- Two-hundred and twenty-seven minutes of league football. Plus half a dozen cup games. That's how much Sergio Romero played last season for Monaco.
And now he's the hero of a semifinal penalty shootout that leaves Argentina 90 minutes and 11 Germans (possibly up to 14) away from winning ...
SAO PAULO -- Three points on Argentina's 4-2 penalty shootout win over Netherlands that booked their place in Sunday's World Cup final with Germany.
1. A different kind of tension
After the deluge, the stalemate. Belo Horizonte's night of high farce was succeeded by a semifinal that at times lacked ...
SAO PAULO -- Here's how individual players from Argentina and the Netherlands rated during a rough chess match of a World Cup semifinal at Arena Corinthians, where the Albiceleste eventually triumphed on penalties following a scoreless draw after extra time.
ARGENTINA
GK, Sergio Romero, 7 -- A ...
BELO HORIZONTE, Brazil -- You have to hand it to the Brazilian players. A few minutes after suffering the worst drubbing in the history of their national team, they did not resort to evasive tactics when it was time to explain what had just happened on the Estadio Mineirao pitch.
The problem was th...
