「ミネイロンの惨劇」から６年、現地では点差などが慣用表現に

【リオデジャネイロＡＦＰ＝時事】サッカー大国ブラジルで、6年前の母国開催のW杯で起こった1-7の衝撃的な敗戦が、慣用表現や自虐的なジョーク、さらにはインターネットミーム（インターネット上で模倣や共有を通じて広まる画像や動画）にもなっている。（写真は資料写真）
　大勝の歴史や輝かしい実績に彩られてきたブラジルは、６年前のドイツ戦でサッカー史に残る大敗を喫したが、今ではその試合の屈辱的な点差自体が意味を持ち、「１-７を食らわされた」や「あれは１-７だった」が負け方や大きな痛手を物理的、あるいは象徴的に表す慣用表現になっている。
　２０１４年７月８日のＷ杯準決勝で、開催国ブラジルは国全体の期待を背負い、ベロオリゾンテのミネイロンにドイツを迎えた。ところがチームはＷ杯制覇５回を誇るブラジルの歴史で最悪の、またＷ杯優勝国としては最大得点差の敗戦を味わった。
　文化に組み込まれた試合の要素は点差の数字だけではない。今のブラジル人は何かが繰り返し起こると、「またドイツのゴールだ」「今度もドイツのゴールか？」といった言い方をする。
　こうした自虐的な反応や暗いユーモアは、国家のトラウマとなったもう一つの悲劇とは対照的だ。
　ブラジルは、同じく母国開催だった１９５０年のＷ杯決勝でウルグアイに１-２で敗れ、国全体が葬式ムードに包まれた。この出来事は試合会場のマラカナン・スタジアムにちなんで、今でも「マラカナッソ（マラカナンの悲劇）」と呼ばれている。
　しかし「ミネイロンの惨劇」に関しては、運悪く大敗の当事者となったルイス・フェリペ・スコラーリ監督やＣＢダビド・ルイス、中盤のフェルナンジーニョ、オスカル、前線のフッキやフレッジらをあざけるミームがいくつも作られている。【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】
〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2020/07/08-13:21）

Six years after Brazil suffered their most humiliating experience on a football pitch, the 7-1 World Cup thrashing on home soil at the hands of Germany has become a joke, an expression and even a meme.
That infamous scoreline has taken on a meaning of its own to describe any kind of defeat or a heavy blow -- physical or figurative.
They gave us a one-seven or that was a one-seven has entered into common parlance in the land more accustomed to stunning victories and brilliant achievements.
It was July 8, 2014 when World Cup hosts Brazil took on Germany in the semi-final at the Mineirao stadium in Belo Horizonte with an expectant nation behind them.
But the five-time champions suffered the worst defeat in their history and the biggest ever loss by a team that has won the World Cup.
The scoreline is not the only thing from that game to have become a cultural reference in Brazil. Now, when describing something that happens repeatedly, Brazilians will say and a German goal or was that another German goal?
The reaction, and dark humor that has accompanied that humiliation, is in stark contrast to the national trauma that met Brazil's other footballing catastrophe.
In 1950, the nation went into mourning after losing 2-1 to Uruguay in the decisive match at the only other World Cup hosted by Brazil in an incident forever immortalized as the Maracanazo -- a play on words on the Maracana stadium where the game took place.
This time around, hundreds of memes have been created mocking the unfortunate protagonists of Brazil's defeat: coach Luiz Felipe Scolari, center-back David Luiz, midfielders Fernandinho and Oscar, and forwards Hulk and Fred.
Germany had the match all but wrapped up within the first half hour as they led 5-0 through goals by Thomas Mueller, Miroslav Klose, Sami Khedira and a Toni Kroos brace.
Andre Schuerrle added two more after half-time and Oscar's 90th minute consolation wasn't even that.
Five days later, Germany lifted with World Cup for a fourth time, beating Argentina 1-0 in the final at the Maracana.