July 8, 2014 still resonates today as one of the darkest episodes in the history of Brazilian football. Deprived of Neymar, injured during the previous round against Colombia, the Brazilians were reduced to pieces by a merciless German team, who came to score 7 goals against them in their World Cup at home (7-1). In an interview given to the Gazzetta dello SportDavid Luiz, starter that evening, spoke of the painful days and even months that followed this debacle.
«It’s still the worst night of my career today. We were playing magnificent football, but losing 7-1 at home was unthinkable. It was so painful, I was devastated, in tearsrecalls the ex-PSG player. The truth is that we weren’t prepared to lose, we didn’t imagine it. The previous year, we won the Confederations Cup against a star-studded Spain. Against Germany in the World Cup, we all had a black hole. Even at 3-0 on the pitch, we said to ourselves: “Come on, we’re going to score and turn things around.” Instead, we continued to sink, we were too presumptuous. But this match taught me a lot about how to react after such a defeat, which gave me months of nightmares. I mulled over night after night what we could have done. I didn’t sleep for weeks. In the end, I think it taught me a lesson.”
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