There’s no crying in World Cup soccer, unless you want to end up a meme.
Brazil fans lamented an epically bad first half—down 5-0 midway in the match—in its semifinal 7-1 loss to Germany this afternoon, and social media’s amateur comedians were out in full force to have fun with the unexpected rout.
While some indeed made fun of weeping women and children, other fast-thinking Twitter users took the high road, delivering some good-natured teasing that merited a hearty LOL.
Below are five of the more clever tweets from today’s game, including one from NBC Sports.
BREAKING: Brazil’s Christ the Redeemer statue right now. pic.twitter.com/fvZ0YPJ5Wz
— Football Funnys (@FootballFunnys) July 8, 2014
To see the the other four, read the full piece here.
