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The top tweets from Brazil vs. Germany World Cup match

World Jul 8, 2014 5:51 PM EDT

Before halftime, Brazil fans started leaving the stadium.

Six: Number of minutes for Germany to get four more goals, to speed past Brazil 5-0 by halftime in the World Cup semifinal match on Tuesday. (The final score was 7-1.)

Five: Number of minutes before first Internet memes starting appearing. Here’s a roundup:

If only the Germans had a word for taking pleasure in the misfortunes of others.

— delrayser (@delrayser) July 8, 2014

Harry Potter's funeral RT @JournoGeoffZ: Someone meme this dammit http://t.co/JAVdmEAf1t

— James Joyner (@DrJJoyner) July 8, 2014

Brazilian fans are still holding on to hope. pic.twitter.com/ztrwLJ0xea

— ESPN (@espn) July 8, 2014

Brazil's strategy for the 2nd half. #BRAGER pic.twitter.com/zEvVYrPFzB

— Kaveh Gharib (@Kavelicious) July 8, 2014

#Brasil2014 RT @mnsm: Cristo de Corcovado en este instante pic.twitter.com/4F3yAeWnHP

— Доктор Оторонго (@Dr_Otorongo) July 8, 2014

New Brazilian Flag ! pic.twitter.com/jZ8Z6WO6Cc

— Football Tweets (@FutballTweets) July 8, 2014

Scolari, you can have my daughter for the second half. She couldn't do worse. pic.twitter.com/Gp1elisz13

— Robin Wigglesworth (@RobinWigg) July 8, 2014

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