World Cup 2014: What went wrong for Brazil
Thursday, 10 Jul 2014, 11:17 hrs IST

Brazil displayed a tactical naivety, a feature that once marked the athletic, highly-skilled but poorly planned African teams of the 1990s. In the semifinal, already hampered by the absence of two key men, Brazil decided to attack Germany instead of sitting back, forcing them out, soaking the pressure and hoping to hit them on the break. (AFP Photo)