It’s a team game, but an entire nation wins. #allin pic.twitter.com/snZUtMPXnS— adidas (@adidas) July 13, 2014
After thinking about it, why is football the world’s most popular sport? I think because it transcends divisions of humanity. People of every age, sex, race, income and culture play it and passing the ball is a universal language. No matter where you are, barriers to human interaction to magically disappear; no translation is needed to get others to play with you even if they don’t understand you. No other sport readily gets people together from all over the world to enjoy it together with heart and feeling.
Team Germany’s victory in a word, is not the triumph of one country; its the triumph of humanity and we can all relate to the field of dreams stuff that produce the greatest talent on earth. On Sunday, Mario Gotze’s World Cup winning goal inspired a child somewhere to do the impossible. Football has that kind of power to inspire, impress, entertain and delight.
For all that and more, the host nation of Brazil has graced us with stunning sights and unforgettable memories. There will never be a tournament quite like this one even though there are surely many more of them to come. And the “beautiful game” is more popular than ever.