Tuesday night, in the 2014 World Cup semifinal, Brazil out-shot Germany 18 to 14 ... After all, wouldn't you expect a 7-1 match of this magnitude to be an outlier in the first place?

And on Wednesday, the day after Germany's shocking 7-1 World Cup semifinal defeat of Brazil, newspapers in Brazil and Germany painted two very different pictures, as expected. In Germany ...

GERMANY 1-0 ARGENTINA ... old stood down after Brazil failed to restore pride on Saturday as they were beaten 3-0 by Holland in the third place play-off, having lost 7-1 in the semi-final five ...

Brazil have endured so many low ebbs over the past 15 years that it can be hard to remember them all. The historically embarrassing 7-1 defeat to Germany ... the pattern of a match.

As the world's most most successful nation, Brazil are thought of as football royalty. The Selecao have won five FIFA World Cups, one more than Germany ... one qualifying match ever, coming ...