AFTER SO MANY CLOSE-SHAVES, NEARLY MOMENTS....GERMANY CAN FINALLY SAY.....WORLD CUP CHAMPIONS!!!!

Where they ever going to do it? Would it be another case of the best team not winning it? Would this golden generation, just like Portugal's, Ivory Coast and maybe Belgium's just be remembered as that special group that never got it done? Argentina were looking for penalties and looked like they may use the power of the Pope to beat the Germans. But Germany were not having it and MARIO JEREMIAH GOTZE scored a BEAUTY of a G to finally give this group the title they deserve.

Mario Gotze. Who would have thought it? When he came on, I don't think many people cheered or thought for a SECOND he would be the winner. It was a cup that he should have starred in like James Rodriguez did, but it just never happened for him after that Portugal game. And once Low had his formation set with Klose as striker, it looked like Gotze would have to write off this tournament.


But he has ALWAYS been good, and he is actually still very young. But that talent has been there since his Dortmund days. When Schurrle hustled down the wing and hit that ball into the box, it was the ONE time that the superb Argentine defense switched off. For the first time in the game, most likely due to fatigue, there was finally a German player free in the box. Then it was the control and the EXECUTION that made it such a memorable goal and from my memory, THE best World Cup winning goal.

Finally, the best team won. That's how it should be. That's how it should ALWAYS be. But it never always happens that way. France were not really the best team in 98, nor were Spain in 2010. Perhaps, the last time that the one true outstanding team won the tournament was Brazil in 2002 where NOBODY was going to beat them.

This was a German team that pretty much hit the peak of its potential and powers. They licked their wounds from those Spanish and Italian defeats, and became pretty much the team of all season. A pie for all days, Monday through to Saturday and twice on Sunday. The perfect oiled German machine. And it started with Klinmann and was refined by Low.

The man came under pressure. The well-dressed long lost cousin of one of the Beatles. He somehow thought he could experiment with the false-nine with Germany and got caught out by Ghana and almost completely went out against Algeria. Funny thing though, it was the TWO African teams that actually gave Germany their biggest headache...ha.

But Low got his tactics right against France, and let's just skip Brazil....that is too much of a joke to even THINK about. Then came the Final, and Low put in what worked for him, but Argentina defended with their lives. They put their bodies on the line and they restricted Germany from having their usual clear-cut chances. But they persevered and they continued....and with it looking like those cruel lottery they call penalties, Low put in his final gamble. Some may say that sub was to put in a penalty-taker he could trust, but Jogi would be adamant in his belief he put him on to WIN THE GAME. Argentina were playing for penalties, and Germany kept on pounding and pounding, desperately seeking that goal. And it paid off, with Gotze delivering the GOLD.

World Champions.

Champions of the World.

Weltmeister.

Wunderbar.

Germans....take a bow. You entertained, you dug deep, you hustled, and you finished with style. The PERFECT winners.

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