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​ WORLD CUP FINAL: ARGENTINA 0(0) - GERMANY 0(1) AET Germany finally won the World Cup for the fourth time in a dramatic way after beating Argentina 1-0 score in a high octane match, at the Maracana Stadium . Fresh from beating Brazil with 7-1 score last Wednesday, The Germans showed to the world that they are the new King of of football and Joachim Low have answered his critics by becoming the first man to lead a European team to win the World Cup glory on South American soil. ​ Argentina should have had an early goal but Gonzalo Higuain blew the chance away after the striker shot wide with only the goalkeeper to beat. A few minutes later, he tapped in Ezequiel Lavezzi 's cross but was unfortunate to be caught offside. Then, Lionel Messi sent the ball past Neuer , but Jerome Boateng cleared the ball away. After the restart, Messi threatened the Germany defense again, but his shot went wide. Miroslav Klose record-breaking career ended when he was sub...

​ WORLD CUP SEMIFINAL: ARGENTINA 0(4) - NETHERLANDS 0(2) Argentina scored all four penalty kicks in a shootout against the Netherlands on Wednesday in São Paulo to advance to the World Cup final for the first time since 1990. Lionel Messi made the first and his teammates Ezequiel Garay , Sergio Aguero and Maxi Rodriguez followed suit to earn Argentina a date with Germany in Sunday's final in Rio de Janeiro. The Netherlands missed two of their first three attempts, with first Ron Vlaar and then Wesley Sneijder seeing their shots saved by Argentina's goalkeeper, Sergio Romero . After 120 minutes of scoreless exasperation in a World Cup semifinal on Wednesday that was by turns tense, cautious, clumsy, gripping and stubbornly unyielding. There was little space to move, few chances to score. Sometimes the match was as dreary as the misty evening chill. If it possessed any beauty, it was not in gracefulness but in stark, struggling exertion.  ​ Sergio Rome...

​ WORLD CUP SEMIFINAL: BRAZIL 1 - GERMANY 7 Germany ended Brazil's World Cup dreams in a brutal fashion after a 7-1 humiliation. A stunning performance from Germany and a disgracefully amateur turn from Brazil led to a historic result in the World Cup semifinal at Belo Horizonte. Brazil's players mourned the absence of the injured Neymar before kick-off, but captain Thiago Silva was an even bigger loss. The result was their first competitive home defeat in 39 years, and the end of their hopes of making it to the World Cup final at the iconic Maracana on Sunday. Thomas Muller gave the three-time winners an early lead before a period of utter chaos saw Miroslav Klose break the World Cup scoring record, Toni Kroos add two more in the space of 179 seconds and Sami Khedira net a fifth. Chelsea striker Andre Schurrle , on as a substitute, added two more after the break before Brazil's followers delivered what must be regarded as the defining insult to their na...