Every streak comes to an end, just not usually in such dramatic fashion.
The German women's football team hadn't conceded a goal in 10 previous matches at major tournaments. On Monday, Brazil ripped Germany for four of them to advance to the gold-medal match at the Beijing Olympics.
FIFA player of the year Marta and her partner in attack, Cristiane, passed, dribbled and ran circles around the normally impregnable German back line of Kerstin Stegemann, Annike Krahn, Ariane Hingst, Babeti Peter and goalkeeper Nadine Angerer.
"I think we started very well up top and in the defense," Angerer said. "And then we made some individual …
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