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Germany Wins Terrifically Entertaining World Cup
Assciated Press ^ | July 13, 2014 | JOHN LEICESTER

Posted on 07/13/2014 10:37:26 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper

Germany won the World Cup. Host Brazil won a world of new friends.

The now four-time champions, the first European team to win the World Cup on Latin American soil, earned the honor of lifting the most recognized trophy in sports with a tooth-and-nail 1-0 victory in a final as terrifically entertaining as the tournament itself.

For a 32-day showcase of football at its best, the winning goal was beautifully appropriate. Mario Goetze controlled the ball with his chest and then volleyed it into the Argentine goal, making difficult skills look so simple. Scored in the 113th minute, the mortal blow left Argentina too little time to recover.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, sitting in the VIP section, waved a clenched fist as Goetze celebrated. When referee Nicola Rizzoli blew the final whistle a few minutes later, Vladimir Putin reached across and shook Merkel's hand. The Russian president's country hosts the next World Cup in 2018.

(Excerpt) Read more at abcnews.go.com ...


TOPICS: Sports
KEYWORDS: fifa; worldcup2014
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To: Berlin_Freeper
Streaker Tries To Kiss German Player Benedikt Hoewedes
41 posted on 07/14/2014 12:22:51 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper (Germany 7 Brazil 1)
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To: 1rudeboy; dfwgator
Given that I actually enjoyed the World Cup this year and looking forward to 2018, must I now turn in my Conservative credentials and banished forever from Free Republic? And how dare they call it the World Cup! The only event deserving that moniker is good old all-American baseball since filthy furreigners aren't involved except for that Eskimo team from way up yonder in Manitoba or somesuch place that I done never heard of and don't want to know anything about. So there! :)
42 posted on 07/14/2014 12:26:18 AM PDT by re_nortex (DP - that's what I like about Texas)
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To: Berlin_Freeper
Gary Neville (GNev2) on Twitter
43 posted on 07/14/2014 12:26:39 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper (Germany 7 Brazil 1)
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To: Berlin_Freeper
Luiz Felipe Scolari: Brazil coach 'resigns' after World Cup 2014
44 posted on 07/14/2014 12:35:03 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper (Germany 7 Brazil 1)
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To: Berlin_Freeper
The Craziest World Cup, Ever
45 posted on 07/14/2014 12:38:30 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper (Germany 7 Brazil 1)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Yawn


46 posted on 07/14/2014 12:39:10 AM PDT by Bullish (You ever notice that liberalism really just amounts to anti-morality?)
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To: Berlin_Freeper
Mario Götze and his girlfriend after the World Cup final.
47 posted on 07/14/2014 12:40:07 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper (Germany 7 Brazil 1)
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To: re_nortex

Hey now, I’m a baseball fan . . . they’re not “furriners” if they play for your team. :)


48 posted on 07/14/2014 12:40:25 AM PDT by 1rudeboy
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Podolski going for his son's penalties in front of last few hundred German fans
49 posted on 07/14/2014 12:41:53 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper (Germany 7 Brazil 1)
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Messi Messi Messi
50 posted on 07/14/2014 12:44:35 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper (Germany 7 Brazil 1)
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To: Berlin_Freeper
203 teams, 883 matches, 1 champion. A diagram showing the entire World Cup, including qualification matches.
51 posted on 07/14/2014 12:51:00 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper (World Cup 2014 Final: Germany 1 Argentina 0)
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Gotze's World Cup Winning Goal
52 posted on 07/14/2014 12:54:19 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper (World Cup 2014 Final: Germany 1 Argentina 0)
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To: Berlin_Freeper
16 June 2014 - Lukas Podolski and Germany team vow to win World Cup for F1 legend
53 posted on 07/14/2014 12:58:30 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper (World Cup 2014 Final: Germany 1 Argentina 0)
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To: Berlin_Freeper
here's the updated group of pictures of Schweinsteiger consoling players, now with Messi
54 posted on 07/14/2014 1:01:09 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper (World Cup 2014 Final: Germany 1 Argentina 0)
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♥♥ #DeutschlandWeltmeister#GER #GERARG #wcfinal pic.twitter.com/pArBkG96a0— حفيد سعد زغلول xD (@NourZaghloul) July 14, 2014


55 posted on 07/14/2014 1:03:41 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper (World Cup 2014 Final: Germany 1 Argentina 0)
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Streaker Tries To Kiss German Player Benedikt Hoewedes

Don't look Ethel. Too late, she done got a free shot.

56 posted on 07/14/2014 1:05:35 AM PDT by Mark17 (Obama & Nero? Both Emperors. The difference is Nero plays a fiddle, while Obama plays Minnesota Fats)
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Final Goal Differentials for the 2014 World Cup
57 posted on 07/14/2014 1:12:09 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper (World Cup 2014 Final: Germany 1 Argentina 0)
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Zurich celebrating Germany's WC victory
58 posted on 07/14/2014 1:14:01 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper (World Cup 2014 Final: Germany 1 Argentina 0)
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To: re_nortex

Mixing of metaphors can sometimes be tricky...

Why on earth did you single out the Eskimo? They have life difficult as it is without you piling on...


59 posted on 07/14/2014 1:15:27 AM PDT by Delta Dawn (Fluent in two languages: English and cursive.)
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▶ Argentina v Germany World Cup 2014 Final Promo - YouTube
60 posted on 07/14/2014 1:22:49 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper (World Cup 2014 Final: Germany 1 Argentina 0)
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