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Brazil's darkest hour: National mourning, riots in the streets and even fans turning on themselves as World Cup hosts face up to utter humiliation of 7-1 defeat at hands of Germany

  • World's press has taken turns in humiliating Brazil's team after the 7-1 loss to Germany
  • One Brazilian newspaper ran the headline 'Go to hell, Big Phil', referring to the coach
  • Brazil's head coach Luiz Felipe Scolari said he had experienced the worst day of his life
  • Spectators inside the stadium in Belo Horizonte were left in tears following the devastating defeat
  • Pictures also emerged today of fans fighting on the terraces as their side went down
  • Riot police called to a densely-populated area of Sao Paulo after football fans reportedly set a bus alight
  • In Rio de Janeiro, officers descended on Copacabana beach amid reports of gunfire
  • Riot police were out in force in several Brazilian cities in case trouble kicked off
  • Stand-in captain David Luiz said it was hard to describe the loss into and apologised to 'all Brazilians'
  • The match was most talked about subject on Twitter ever, hitting 580,000 tweets per minute
  • Paddy Power said one West Midlands punter had a £1 bet at 500/1 on the score at half-time being 5-0

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