They were replaying the famous Germany versus Brazil World Cup semi-final from 2014 online on Sunday afternoon, and some of the notes on the live blog accompanying the footage had more than a hint of irony to them. 'Brazil have started well', the scribe smirked. 'Germany haven't had a kick so far', they added after 10 minutes.
All very knowing, of course, given Brazili's subsequent capitulation and the 7-1 scoreline that would later send shockwaves throughout the football world.
Plenty had predicted a Brazil win beforehand of course, but watching with the benefit of hindsight is a very different thing.
The message from all of this? That making predictions in football can leave you looking very foolish. It was apt that this game was being
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