Wow! That's all he could say.

Day 27. What happened in Brazil today.

Zico said that football died on that day in 1982 when Italy beat that incredibly talented, freestyle like Brazilian team. And today? Maybe football as Brazil has ever known it, died. Maybe every sense of pride felt by every Brazilian in the Selecao, died forever, or was ripped away by the birth of a German team that will go down in history.

Today really was unbelievable. It was a sports story beyond football. The hosts, the country looking for redemption for 1950, torn apart not only by the Germans but also by their own embarrassing ineptitude. It was so embarrassing that I joked that it reminded me of the days of watching Malta concede goal after goal and how we pleaded with the referee to at least award us an in-existent penalty.

Brazil were absolutely terrible. Germany were simply outstanding. You put the two together and you would rarely get that result. Germany were so ruthlessly brilliant that it produced a canyon between excellence and mediocrity that I don't think we will see again for a long time

What more to say. 7-1. Seven. In a world cup semi-final. Brazil lost 7-1. No German player, honestly, could have imagined this. What would my other idols, McIlvenny, Lawton and Parkinson say about this. I'm so in awe of what Germany did, and so shocked by how bad Brazil were that I can't even bring myself to imagine the conversations between Big Phil and Neymar tonight. But at least David Luiz had time for a prayer at the end.

For all my taunting of Fred and Hulk and co. I never thought it would end like this. But it could be that their luck ran out today. There was little skill before today, all graft and passion. Today, the Germans said that counts for nothing.

I feel the dream of beautiful Brazilian football is over. Is it even harder to go back to 1982 now? Or will they finally realize that playing the way that is their way, the 1982 way, is what they have to do.

What a World Cup this has been. Germany took it to a whole new level today. Simply outstanding.