SANTO ANDRE Brazil (Reuters) - Germany's players agreed at halftime during their 7-1 World Cup semi-final win over Brazil to refrain from showboating to avoid humiliating the hosts, forward Thomas Mueller said on Friday.
Germany took a 5-0 lead at the break in Tuesday's match in Belo Horizonte and Mueller said the players, not the coaches, decided they would not pile on the agony in the second half.
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