i'm not taking anything away from the Germans, but the Brazilians did capitulate on their own. other teams have put up far stronger resistance to the Germans: Ghana gave them a wake up, US tried to play them at their own game, Algeria kept them out for normal time (didn't see the France game...
i think the point is that the Brazillians conspired to make Germans look brilliant, rather than say good and clinical. this is the same German side that since their opening game haven't been entirly convincing and made hard graft past other opponents. a slightly organised and competent Brazil...