Brasil 2014

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 . . . :smiley:

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. :smiley:

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. :slight_smile:

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.