India, June 8 -- justify;">The single most famous scoreline in a football match in the history of the sport. Germany's 2014 FIFA World Cup semifinal demolition of Brazil is a match that most sports fans - and even most casual watchers - won't need any sort of introduction to. 7-1 is a set of numbers that evokes this match and no other: ask people what they think the most memorable football match is, particularly of this generation, and Brazil's nightmare in Belo Horizonte will almost always top the list.

This is simply not what football matches at this juncture of any tournament are meant to look like. With a spot in the final on the line between two of the most successful teams in World Cup history - Brazil as five-time champions, Germa...