The 3 Players Involved in Both Germany 7-1 Brazil & Bayern Munich 8-2 Barcelona

Friday night's result was iconic. The sort that will not just get its own Wiki page, but its own books, podcasts and internal inquiries.

It was history making for Barcelona. Roma was bad, Liverpool was worse, this was cataclysmic; the product of five years of terrible decision making.

It was, perhaps, the most significant and shocking football humiliation at elite level since the 2014 World Cup semi-final between Germany and Brazil.

Amazingly, three players (as well as coach Hansi Flick who was Joachim Löw's assistant in 2014) were heavily involved in both famous fixtures. Here's how their performances stacked up in each outing.

Thomas Muller

Toni Kroos was awarded the official Man of the Match - and fair enough - but Muller was almost equally excellent in the Estadio Mineirão in 2014, opening the scoring with a volley from a corner and then rounding off the evening by setting up Andre Schurrle for the seventh.

The indefinable forward finished the tournament in the fan-selected 2014 Dream Team and as Silver Boot winner, with five goals.

Meanwhile on Friday, six years older, but without apparently ageing a day, Muller was even better. The now 30-year-old scored the first and killer fourth for Bayern, as well as setting up Philippe Coutinho for the first of the loanee's two gut punches.

After the game, Muller - arguably the world's best attacking midfield player right now - drew comparisons between the two maulings: "In the win in Brazil we didn't have the same amount of control. Yes, we were good, but tonight the way we dominated the game was brutal."

Brazil rating: 9/10

Barcelona rating: 10/10

Jerome Boateng

The player with perhaps the least to do in either game, Boateng's contribution to the 7-1 was pretty minimal all in all.

Playing the full 90 minutes in Belo Horizonte, he made four clearances, blocked a shot and completed precisely no tackles as his teammates ran riot in attack. In fact, there's a case to say that - watching Brazil's only goal back - that Boateng should even have done a little better.

Fast forward six years and Boateng's lack of pace combined with Bayern's unrelentingly high line looked to be a problem in the first half against Barcelona. By the end of the 45, the 31-year-old's lack of speed on the half-turn was no longer a concern, even as he picked up a yellow card.

For a lovely bit of symmetry, Boateng completed precisely zero tackles in Lisbon too.

Brazil rating: 6/10

Barcelona rating: 5/10

Manuel Neuer

The undisputed best goalkeeper in the world back in 2014, Neuer was heralded for his last-16 display against Algeria in particular but he was a busier boy in Belo Horizonte than you might remember.

Brazil actually took 18 shots (four more than Germany), despite scoring just the one at the end. Neuer's double save against Paulinho early in the second half as the hosts tried (in vain) to rally was especially impressive. He also completed the sixth-most touches for any German player with 59 (four more than Mesut Ozil, oddly).

In the summer of 2020, Neuer's position had been under threat both for club and country, with Alexander Nubel and Marc-Andre ter Stegen both coming for the king.

Friday's performance showed that 34-year-old Neuer is not on his way out yet.

The veteran made a couple of solid stops when called upon but his standing in the proxy war for German international supremacy was helped immensely by ter Stegen's own collapse.

After the game Neuer said he 'felt sorry' for his rival.

Brazil rating: 8/10

Barcelona rating: 6/10