[BRAZIL 2014] “Soccer is illogical,” said Argentina coach Alejandro Sabella between semifinals this week. And who woulddisagree? From the madness of Tuesday’s Mineirazo to Wednesday’s utter futility in Sao Paulo, we saw soccer’s extremes. Brazil-Germany finished 7-1 for the Germans, but it could have easily been, oh,12-5. On Wednesday, Argentina-Netherlands was never going to finish anything but like it did: 0-0 after 120 long and painful minutes.

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