Twitter Reacts to Brazil's Epic World Cup Meltdown

By Annie Gabillet

Germany crushed Brazil's World Cup dreams in the semifinals, going up 5-0 in just 18 minutes. It's now over at 7-1. Leave it to Twitter to capture the tragic breakdown of the host nation's team in 140 characters or less. It's like Tim Howard, but the exact opposite.

WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON!!?!? #WorldCup #BRAvsGER pic.twitter.com/QLdsL4PKaP

— FTBpro (@FTBpro) July 8, 2014


TIM HOWARD SAVES BRAZIL pic.twitter.com/ICNkiagv9R

— Feo (@FeoWalcutt) July 8, 2014


Is there a mercy rule at the #WorldCup 5:0 #GER and this could escalate FURTHER. pic.twitter.com/ciTqtqITtr

— KICKTV (@KICKTV) July 8, 2014


Every statue in Brazil. pic.twitter.com/Egsl4f7k5v

— Gideon Resnick (@GideonResnick) July 8, 2014


Go home Brazil you're....oh, wait. #BRAGER

— Latika Bourke (@latikambourke) July 8, 2014


There were a lot more goals in the first half of Brazil versus Germany than I was expecting there to be.

— Boring James Milner (@BoringMilner) July 8, 2014


brazil is gonna cry in the car

— unpforgettable pfire (@firefire100) July 8, 2014



THIS pic.twitter.com/tz3MHnGVKc

— Andres Jauregui (@dutchvowels) July 8, 2014


Mercy change-of-channel.

— Ana Marie Cox (@anamariecox) July 8, 2014


Germany's goalie right now pic.twitter.com/JklQXVjz27

— Seth Fiegerman (@sfiegerman) July 8, 2014


damn Brazil.. in high school you was the man Brazil

— Questlove Gomez (@questlove) July 8, 2014


Well, the good news is #Neymar won't have to worry about missing the final. #BRAGER #WorldCup

— Derrick N Ashong (@DNAtv) July 8, 2014


They are scoring faster than I can type 140 characters. #BRAvsGER

— T.J. Holmes (@tjholmes) July 8, 2014


"It's getting a bit tempestuous." -- Ian Darke. That's good play-by-play. #BRAvsGER

— T.J. Holmes (@tjholmes) July 8, 2014


I feel like ESPN is on repeat and this isn't actually happening right now #worldcup

— rosanne danielle (@rosannedanielle) July 8, 2014

Here's your #BRAvsGER 1st half recap. pic.twitter.com/9je5jzOuWY

— ESPN (@espn) July 8, 2014


We've entered some kind of parallel universe… 5-0… #BRAvsGER

— Weird Hacks & Facts (@TheWeirdWorld) July 8, 2014


Neymar walking out at the half like pic.twitter.com/sXq5EZKiw2

— Female Struggles (@femaIe) July 8, 2014

The #ThingMoreLikelyThanBrazilWinningTheWorldCup was also trending:

#ThingMoreLikelyThanBrazilWinningTheWorldCup Series 4 of sherlock airing before my 90th birthday

— bethy (@astudyinmycroft) July 8, 2014


#ThingMoreLikelyThanBrazilWinningTheWorldCup Luis Suarez becoming a vegetarian.

— The Football Bible (@Football_BibIe) July 8, 2014


#ThingMoreLikelyThanBrazilWinningTheWorldCup PHARRELL SHOWING ANY SIGNS OF AGING

— Dovahkiin (@kanyeasadatacos) July 8, 2014


In conclusion, all of Brazil feels like this right now: