The Century's Tragedy: Germany 7-1 Brazil!

The Disaster of the Century: Germany 7–1 Brazil! July 11.

The smoke over Corinthians Arena had completely cleared.

The 3–2 last-gasp winner was forever etched into the history of the 2014 Brazil World Cup semifinals.

Li Yufei became a legend with a hat-trick.

Messi's run ended in sorrow, his dream shattered in the semifinals.

Football discourse across the entire planet had originally been focused on this pinnacle clash between two kings.

Everyone had been frantically debating the gap in strength between the world's number one and number two.

Yet no one had expected it.

Just twenty-four hours later, an even crazier, more explosive match—one that would utterly overturn the Football World's understanding—

would burst onto the scene!

In an epic, devastating fashion that would go down as one of the darkest chapters in a century of World Cup history, it completely stole all the attention from the battle for football's throne.

Belo Horizonte, Mineirão Stadium.

The second semifinal of this World Cup officially began.

Five-time champions and hosts Brazil faced the iron-blooded German War Machine, the Germany national football team.

Meanwhile, inside the hotel where the England National Team was staying, Li Yufei sat quietly on the sofa before the floor-to-ceiling window.

Taylor sat quietly beside him.

The room was softly lit, free from the noise and clamor outside.

Li Yufei knew very well that a semifinal victory was never the finish line.

The true showdown, the ultimate stage for competing for the World Cup, was the final.

And he had to learn everything about his future opponent as quickly as possible.

So he turned on the television and tuned in to the highly anticipated Brazil-Germany clash.

The screen lit up, and deafening cheers from the home crowd instantly filled the room.

Tens of thousands of Brazilian fans packed Mineirão