Over a half-hour in Belo Horizonte in 2014, Brazil hit rock bottom. During the World Cup semi-final against Germany the host’s defence, without its controller Thiago Silva, was all over the place — except in front of its own goal. David Luiz and Marcelo kept making forward runs at all the wrong moments. A vast space in front of the central defence was occupied only by pressing Germans, who won ball after ball and powered into Brazil’s penalty area.
2014年,在貝洛奧里藏特(Belo Horizonte)的半個多小時里,巴西陷入了谷底。在世界杯半決賽對陣德國的比賽中,缺少了場上指揮官蒂亞戈·席爾瓦(Thiago Silva)的東道主后防線隊員,在球場上到處亂跑——卻沒有去保護自家球門。大衛·路易斯(David Luiz)和馬塞洛(Marcelo)總是在所有錯誤的時刻前插。后衛助攻后,在中路留下的巨大空間被德國人利用,他們接二連三地搶下球來,直接攻進巴西禁區。