Earlier I was looking at Germany’s roster from their loss in a friendly game to Poland and I noticed not a single name remains from the 2014 teams. And it makes sense since that was 9 years and 3 World Cups ago. Just like how Neymar is the only remaining player from our 2014 roster (assuming Thiago Silva will not play again).
This got me thinking that Brazil never got its revenge from Germany for that embarrassment, and yes I care a lot about getting one back from the Germans. Yea we beat them at two consecutive Olympics, but that was it. They were bad enough in last two WCs not to progress past the first round, so there was no way to play them at the WC .
Even if there is somehow a chance we play and beat them badly in 2026, it won’t be the same without the likes of Mueller and Neuer on that roster. I know we have much bigger problems than to avenge our most embarrassing loss in history, but I feel that would exorcise a lot of our demons at the WC.
This got me thinking that Brazil never got its revenge from Germany for that embarrassment, and yes I care a lot about getting one back from the Germans. Yea we beat them at two consecutive Olympics, but that was it. They were bad enough in last two WCs not to progress past the first round, so there was no way to play them at the WC .
Even if there is somehow a chance we play and beat them badly in 2026, it won’t be the same without the likes of Mueller and Neuer on that roster. I know we have much bigger problems than to avenge our most embarrassing loss in history, but I feel that would exorcise a lot of our demons at the WC.
