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Brazil’s Having A Bad Day

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A Brazil soccer fan reacts in frustration as he watches his team play a World Cup semifinal match against Germany on a live telecast inside the FIFA Fan Fest area on Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Tuesday, July 8, 2014.Leo Correa—AP
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A Brazilian soccer fan cries as she watches a live telecast of the match between Brazil and Germany in Belo Horizonte, Brazil on July 08, 2014. Bruno Magalhaes—AP
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Brazil's goalkeeper Julio Cesar receives the opening goal during the match between Brazil and Germany at the Estadio Mineirao in Belo Horizonte, Brazil on July 8, 2014. Marcus Brandt—EPA
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A fan of Brazil weeps after Germany scores in Sao Paulo, Brazil on July 8, 2014. Dario Lopez-Mills—AP
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Miroslav Klose of Germany scores his team's second goal past Julio Cesar of Brazil during the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil Semi Final match between Brazil and Germany at Estadio Mineirao on July 8, 2014 in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. Robert Cianflone—Getty Images
Fans of Brazil react while watching a broadcast of the 2014 World Cup semi-final against Germany at the Fan Fest in Brasilia
Fans of Brazil react while watching a broadcast of the 2014 World Cup semi-final against Germany at the Fan Fest in Brasilia, Brazil on July 8, 2014. Ueslei Marcelino—Reuters
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Brazil's Fernandinho reacts after Germany's Toni Kroosduring scored his side's third goal at the Mineirao Stadium in Belo Horizonte, Brazil on July 8, 2014. Natacha Pisarenko—AP
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A Brazil fan shows her disapointment at a street of Rio de Janeiro, during the semi-final football match between Brazil and Germany at Mineirao Stadium in Belo Horizonte, Brazil on July 8, 2014. Yasuyoshi Chiba—AFP/Getty Images
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Brazil's Marcelo watches as Germany's Sami Khedira's shot scores his side's fifth goal at the Mineirao Stadium in Belo Horizonte, Brazil on July 8, 2014.Natacha Pisarenko—AP
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Fans of Brazil at the FIFA Fan Fest in Rio de Janeiro, gesture during the match at Mineirao Stadium in Belo Horizonte, Brazil on July 8, 2014. Tasso Marcelo—AFP/Getty Images
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Brazil's goalkeeper Julio Cesar can not stop a shot by Germany's Toni Kroos to score his side's fourth goal at the Mineirao Stadium in Belo Horizonte, Brazil on July 8, 2014.Natacha Pisarenko—AP
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A Brazilian soccer fan cries as she watches her team get beat during a live telecast of the semifinals World Cup soccer match between Brazil and Germany, in Belo Horizonte, Brazil on July 08, 2014. Bruno Magalhaes—AP
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David Luiz of Brazil retrieves the ball from the net after Germany's sixth goal scored by Andre Schuerrle past goalkeeper Julio Cesar of Brazil at Estadio Mineirao on July 8, 2014 in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. Martin Rose—Getty Images
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A Brazil soccer fan cries as she watches her team lose to Germany in Belo Horizonte, Brazil on July 8, 2014.Bruno Magalhaes—AP
Brazil's Marcelo reacts after Germany's seventh goal during their 2014 World Cup semi-finals at the Mineirao stadium in Belo Horizonte
Brazil's Marcelo reacts after Germany's Andre Schuerrle scored the team's seventh goal at the Mineirao stadium in Belo Horizonte on July 8, 2014. Kai Pfaffenbach—Reuters
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A fan of the Brazilian national soccer team looks on as her team loses to Germany in a semi-final match in Sao Paulo, Brazil on July 8, 2014. Dario Lopez-Mills—AP

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