World Cup 2014 results, reaction and analysis: Germany hand Brazil an unprecedented humiliation

Germany give the rest of the planet vicarious revenge ...

Yesterday, Germany took all of the anger, all of the frustration, all of the resentment the other 31 teams -- and quite a large percentage of fans -- felt toward host nation Brazil, and bundled that up into a plethora of goals.

Remember when, with the score 1-1 and Croatia determined to see out a point, Fred went down under the barest of touches...