Brazil went almost 39 years without losing a competitive game at home. Then they lost two in four days.
1975 to 2014: 68 competitive home games. 49 wins, 19 draws, zero defeats.
July 2014, World Cup semi-final, Belo Horizonte: Brazil 1, Germany 7. Four days later: Brazil 0, Netherlands 3.
It had happened before: in 1950 Brazil scored 13 goals in two games, then lost the decider to Uruguay, 2-1, in Rio.
Two home World Cups. Two tragedies.
At home, Brazil were almost unbeatable. On the two days that mattered most, almost wasn't enough.
