Sport | Football‘We broke the opponent’ – Germany’s Thomas Muller revels in 7-1 win over Brazil Brutal: Thomas Muller was in devastating form against BrazilGETTY Charlie Eccleshare8 July 2014Thomas Muller, who scored Germany’s first in their 7-1 semi-final rout of hosts Brazil, said his team revelled against the flimsy Brazilian defence.Speaking after Germany's record-breaking win, the striker said: "The spaces were bigger today than against defence-minded teams. We benefited from that overwhelmingly, at one point we broke the opponent."You couldn't expect that at all but you can see after that how different games can develop."Brazil v Germany - player ratings 1/28 Striker Miroslav Klose, who tonight broke the tournament record by becoming the World Cup's highest goalscorer, was full of praise for his team-mates: "You could see in training that we harmonise greatly," said the forward."We are one unit and you can see that on the pitch. It was so important that our set-pieces worked."The Lazio man also explained why he resisted celebrating with one of his trademark back-flips: "Toni [Kroos] put the ball exactly there where it belonged for me, but I was hit during my goal so there was no chance to do a flip.”MORE ABOUTBrazilFIFA World CupGermany