Germany scores! Minute 113; 7 minutes left to the end of the game
Very nicely taken goal.
Beautiful!
I think bringing Agüero on at half was a definite mistake. He’s run around for 90 minutes and done very little. Ugh.
Christ, Messi; all that tension and all that preparation just to put the ball in orbit?! :facepalm:
And now it’s over! Germany wins 1-0; Germany wins its 4th World Cup and is the first European team to win a World Cup championship in the Americas.
Germany!
We’ll done, Germany.
Germany’s won!
OK, now time for Schweinsteiger to go to the hospital . . .
Well, that was disappointing but Germany were undeniably better today. Argentina just didn’t have enough offense. They were never going to be champions of the world with Palacios and a hamstrung Agüero out there.
What a goal that was though. Brilliant run and cross by Schurrle, fantastic finish by Gotze.
Damn that’s a pretty goal. Has just about everything you want in a highlight. Well done.
The better team won. IMO Argentina played an exhausting counterattack style of offense and they were physically done by the 70th minute.
Germany!!!
Congrats Germany, even though I was routing for Argentina. Germany definitely played the better game. Excellent goal.
OK, no need to watch soccer for another 4 years.
Appropriate finish. Messi misses, and Schweinsteiger on the ground.
What a feeling it must be to win it all. A two year campaign ends with you on top. Wow.
Phew. That’s how a WC Final should be.
Overall a decent final. A great first half and though it became scrappier after that, the winning goal was worthy of a final.
I think the 2002 final was a bit better but this one is second-best in the last 25 years.
Good match, and the best team on the day probably won, although Argentina will rue their blown chances.
Goetze’s goal was fantastic, definitely a worthy cup-winning strike. As a good Aussie fan, though, i’m sticking with Tim Cahill for goal of the tournament.
I think it’s safe to say that Pharrell’s “Happy” has now been permanently ruined for the players of Argentina.