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Despite bringing it up, I agree with those who are saying it is highly unlikely due to the income the Brazilian players already make and the shame they are bringing upon themselves... I was complaining to my wife that it was clearly fixed, but all of your reasoning made a lot of sense.
HOWEVER, to be a contrarian, here is why it is maybe just a teensy bit more likely than "impossible":
1. You don't have to bribe the whole team, just a couple of key defenders. If they are not holding their line or marking like they should against a team of Germany's caliber, you get what you got yesterday. (Frankly, you get it whether the players are on the take or not.)
2. The high profile nature of the game, and large amounts of existing betting on it make it less likely for odd betting patterns to be detected.
3. Having already lost their 2 key players, could make a couple of players more likely to say "we're not going to win anyway, so what does it matter if I cash in".
4. Losing in such a humiliating fashion makes it less likely that people would suspect a fix, especially in such a high profile game. Or once they got the ball rolling, they couldn't stop it. Germany doesn't have to be in on it at all, nor does the ref.
Just some points for discussion or dismissal.
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