Germany tested the crossbar three times during the first-half initially when Julian Brandt s sweetly struck shot cannoned to safety with Weverton beaten.
The hosts much-vaunted frontline of Luan, Gabriel Barbosa, Gabriel Jesus and Neymar began to link pleasingly and, after Renato Augusto spurned an unmarked 23rd-minute chance at the back post, it was Brazil s captain who sent a capacity crowd into raptures.
Neymar s 25-yard free-kick was simply sumptuous, leaving Timo Horn grasping helplessly as it found the net via the underside of his bar.
Germany refused to be daunted by the scoreline or a now ramped-up party atmosphere and a Meyer free-kick caused havoc his delivery from the left deflecting and skimming to top of the crossbar.
From the resulting corne…