Germany's players made a half-time dressing room pact not to "humiliate" Brazil ‎during their World Cup mauling, international media report.

Defender Mats Hummels ‎said he and his teammates spoke in the dressing room in Belo Horizonte after storming into a 5-0 interval lead.

They agreed not to 'show-boat'. Hummels explained: "We just made it clear that we had to stay focused and not try to humiliate them.

"You have to show the opponent respect and it was very important that we did this and didn't try to show some magic or something like this. It was important we played our game for 90 minutes."

He added: "‎After our second goal they got confused. They were not organised on the pitch and after that we didn't miss a chance until we scored the fifth goal. This doesn't happen too often. You just have to enjoy it.

"We know we are one of the best teams in the world but you always need a bit of luck and for us it was a good day. We must enjoy what happened, but if we lose the final, this semi-final will not be worth anything.”