<p class="title">Defender Thiago Silva believes Brazil restored some pride in the famous shirt after a 1-0 friendly win over Germany in Berlin allowed his team to put their 2014 World Cup mauling behind them.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Gabriel Jesus' first-half goal at a sold-out Olympic Stadium on Tuesday saw Brazil end Germany's unbeaten run of 22 games dating back to their Euro 2016 semifinal defeat by hosts France.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"It was a matter of pride, after all that has been written and said," said Silva, who was suspended for the 7-1 rout in Belo Horizonte nearly four years ago.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"This jersey deserves a little more respect. That's why I'm overjoyed about winning against a big opponent."</p>.<p class="bodytext">The friendly victory gained a measure of revenge for five-time world champions Brazil, whose coach Tite had admitted are still haunted by the thrashing in the semifinal of the last World Cup.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The 56-year-old, nicknamed 'The Professor', said his side had learnt the lesson and showed cool heads in chilly Berlin.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"You media has spoken a lot about this (7-1) result, the reality that it is over -- we simply played well here and we won," said Tite.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"We had no anger or hatred, you can't play well with emotions like that.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"We weren't trying to rebuild lost pride, we just wanted to put in a good performance.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"There are positive things to take from the game and the result, but we made a few mistakes, we gave away some possession and we lacked some width in our game."</p>.<p class="bodytext">Tite said he was pleased to see Brazil earn wins over Russia and now Germany in the last week without injured star forward Neymar.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"We are learning to play well without Neymar and that is part of our strength," said the Brazil boss.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Defending world champions Germany are now winless in their last four games after draws against England, France and Spain.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"We have lost the game, but we can live with it as we have four or five points which we need to intensively work on," said Germany head coach Joachim Loew.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"It was to be expected that Brazil, with their injured soul, played their best team and were highly motivated.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"It wasn't our day. We made too many mistakes, which allowed Brazil to grow in strength and confidence." </p>
<p class="title">Defender Thiago Silva believes Brazil restored some pride in the famous shirt after a 1-0 friendly win over Germany in Berlin allowed his team to put their 2014 World Cup mauling behind them.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Gabriel Jesus' first-half goal at a sold-out Olympic Stadium on Tuesday saw Brazil end Germany's unbeaten run of 22 games dating back to their Euro 2016 semifinal defeat by hosts France.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"It was a matter of pride, after all that has been written and said," said Silva, who was suspended for the 7-1 rout in Belo Horizonte nearly four years ago.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"This jersey deserves a little more respect. That's why I'm overjoyed about winning against a big opponent."</p>.<p class="bodytext">The friendly victory gained a measure of revenge for five-time world champions Brazil, whose coach Tite had admitted are still haunted by the thrashing in the semifinal of the last World Cup.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The 56-year-old, nicknamed 'The Professor', said his side had learnt the lesson and showed cool heads in chilly Berlin.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"You media has spoken a lot about this (7-1) result, the reality that it is over -- we simply played well here and we won," said Tite.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"We had no anger or hatred, you can't play well with emotions like that.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"We weren't trying to rebuild lost pride, we just wanted to put in a good performance.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"There are positive things to take from the game and the result, but we made a few mistakes, we gave away some possession and we lacked some width in our game."</p>.<p class="bodytext">Tite said he was pleased to see Brazil earn wins over Russia and now Germany in the last week without injured star forward Neymar.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"We are learning to play well without Neymar and that is part of our strength," said the Brazil boss.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Defending world champions Germany are now winless in their last four games after draws against England, France and Spain.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"We have lost the game, but we can live with it as we have four or five points which we need to intensively work on," said Germany head coach Joachim Loew.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"It was to be expected that Brazil, with their injured soul, played their best team and were highly motivated.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"It wasn't our day. We made too many mistakes, which allowed Brazil to grow in strength and confidence." </p>