Germany crashed out of the 2018 World Cup with a 2-0 loss to South Korea, and Brazilians — rightfully — celebrated.
The nation of Brazil will never be able to escape 7-1. It will never fully recover from its infamous 2014 World Cup semifinal loss to Germany. But its vengeful desires were, in an indirect and incomplete way, satisfied on Wednesday.
Germany crashed out of the 2018 World Cup with a 2-0 loss to South Korea. It was the Germans’ first group stage elimination ever. It was the first time either Brazil or Germany had failed to progress past the tournament’s first round since 1966.
So a horde of Brazilian fans decided to stage a funeral procession for the fallen:
The mood, of course, was anything but funereal. It was euphoric, with hints of humor and schadenfreude mixed in.
And these weren’t the only Brazilians celebrating at Germany’s expense. Fox Brazil responded to the reigning World Cup champs’ misfortune with this tweet:
Brazilians had been made to remember 2014 so many times over the past four years. They had been reminded on New Year’s Day last year by Toni Kroos:
So can you really blame them for reveling in Germany’s failure four years later?
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Henry Bushnell covers global soccer for Yahoo Sports. Have a tip? Question? Comment? Email him at henrydbushnell@gmail.com, or follow him on Twitter @HenryBushnell, and on Facebook .
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