Brazilian newspapers greeted the result with headlines such as "The Biggest Shame in History" (
Lance!), a "Historical humiliation" (
Folha de S.Paulo) and "Brazil is slain" (
O Globo). German paper
Bild heralded the "7–1 Madness" by the "Lightning DFB team". The French
L'Équipe simply said, "Le Désastre" (The Disaster).
[85] Writing for
Sky Sports, Matthew Stanger described the game as the "ultimate embarrassment",
[86] while Miguel Delaney of
ESPN referred to the match as the
Mineirazo, echoing the term invented for the event by the South American Spanish language press.
[87]
Barney Ronay in
The Guardian described it as "the most humiliating World Cup host nation defeat of all time",
[88] and Joe Callaghan of
The Independentdescribed it as "the darkest night in Brazil's footballing history".
[89] Wyre Davies, the
BBC's Rio de Janeiro correspondent, said of Brazilian's reactions at the stadium and fan parks that the "collective sense of shock, embarrassment and national humiliation across Brazil was impossible to ignore".
[90] Football journalist
Tim Vickery postulated that the result might be the catalyst for overdue reform of Brazilian club football, which in his opinion had become complacent in comparison to other countries, resting on the laurels of the national team's history of success. In his words, this was a chance to "recapture parts of its historic identity and reframe them in a modern, global context".
[91] Reports had many comparisons with the
Maracanazo that cost Brazil a title at home in 1950,
[75] with the Brazilian media even considering that the 2014 defeat redeemed the 1950 squad.
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