In the latest in a series looking back at some of the biggest sporting moments of the decade, chief football writer Phil McNulty revisits the night of 8 July 2014, when hosts Brazil were humbled 7-1 in the World Cup semi-finals by eventual champions Germany. The theme of redemption was the thread running through the 2014 World Cup in Brazil - the chance to heal a wound that had scarred a sporting nation for 64 years. Despite all their success, Brazil had never fully recovered from the loss to Uruguay in their own iconic Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro in the 1950 final. With the tournament's return, this was the summer when football was going to dance to the samba beat with a sixth World Cup triumph - but, significantly, this one would be won in front of Brazil's own fans in their own football temple. It really was coming home. Instead, on a balmy July night in Belo Horizonte, the city built on hills, a drama unfolded that will never be forgotten by anyon

Imagine the scene - your team are 8-0 up at half-time against your big cross-town rivals in the highlight of your festive fixture list. But, rather than battle it out, your opponents decide they would rather go home than come out for the second half. Well, that is exactly what happened in Abingdon on Saturday as the Oxfordshire town's big game between Abingdon Town and Abingdon United ended in bizarre circumstances. United, who are bottom of Hellenic League Division One East and won just twice all season, travelled to second-placed Town. "In my 30 years of football I've never known anything like that to happen," Town secretary John Blackmore told BBC Sport. Download and listen to the latest Football Daily podcast The hosts took the lead after four minutes and were 4-0 up inside quarter of an hour. After missing a chance for a fifth goal from a couple of yards out, Town went to town in the final 15 minutes of the half - and, as it proved, the match -

Ings pounced on Kelly's misplaced backpass before slotting confidently past Vicente Guaita for his 12th league goal of the season. James Tomkins - making his 350th career appearance - had given the visitors the lead early in the second half, heading Luka Milivojevic's delivery into the net via the underside of the crossbar. Max Meyer thought he had put Palace ahead before half-time, but the German's effort was disallowed by the video assistant referee for a marginal offside call against Wilfried Zaha. Southampton threw caution to the wind following Ings' equaliser and went close to snatching all three points through James Ward-Prowse, but the midfielder's goal-bound free-kick was palmed to safety by Guaita. The result lifts Saints four points clear of the relegation zone, while Palace stay ninth on 27 points. Saints slow out of the blocks Christmas schedule makes it hard