The Team versus the Superstar
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| Champions: Philipp Lahm of Germany lifts the World Cup trophy after defeating Argentina 1-0 in extra time |
- Score remains goalless as game continues into extra time
- Sergio Aguero brought on to replace Ezequiel Lavezzi
- All square at half-time
- Benedikt Howedes hits the post with a thumping diving header
- Sami Khedira picks up calf injury before the match kick-off and is replaced by Christoph Kramer
- Line ups see Angel Di Maria on bench and both teams remaining unchanged
- Germany and Argentina meet in 2014 FIFA World Cup final
- Joachim Low's team looking to continue on from 7-1 win over Brazil
- South American outfit defeated Holland on penalties in semi-final
- Germany looking to win fourth title and first as unified nation
- Argentina hoping to add to two pevious crowns and win first since 1986
- Final takes place at Maracana Stadium in Rio
At first glance it looked so simple. Almost a toe-poke, in fact. And then, around the stadium, those in celebration and despair searched for the replay. There it was, in all its glory. A goal to grace a World Cup final, a goal that was so much more than the sum of its parts.
The team versus the superstar, that was the narrative. On one side the Die National Mannschaft, on the other Lionel Messi. Yet football has a way of confounding such expectation. Mario Gotze scored a team goal, true, but with a level of technique that would have won Messi the Golden Ball had it come from his foot.
With eight minutes of extra time remaining, Andre Schurrle sprinted down the left. He finally outwitted an exhausted Argentine defence, finding Gotze in space. He took it on his chest, finished it left foot on the volley past Sergio Romero. And the World Cup was done.
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