Belo Horizonte: Brazil coach Luiz Felipe Scolari apologised to the people of the country after its guidance Team bear suffering an embarrassing defeat when devoured Germany 7-1, early in the morning.
"We apologise," said Scolari, 65 after watching his team fall at the semi-final . "To all the people of Brazil, I beg forgiveness for the negative error."
Scolari has previously guided Brazil won the World Cup in 2002 was said to be responsible to the team's poor performance guidance.
"I owe it to my team what to do on and off the pitch and I'm to blame with this decision. I'm sorry that we can not achieve our targets.
"The fans still supporting us even though we have conceded five, six or seven goals to Germany.
"It's not something you normally let in four goals in just six minutes, but it can happen. Even Germany also seems to not believe it can happen, "said Scolari, who also described the defeat as the worst day for him.
"I think it was my worst day, but life goes on. I will always be remembered as the coach who lost 7-1, but I realise that's the risk when taking over this task.
"My message to the people of Brazil and the fans that we've done all we can and we think we do best." - AFP
INFO: The defeat of Brazil in the semi-final 1-7 to Germany broke many records for the hosts as well as the World Cup
