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Champion!

Germany knocks Argentina out and takes its fourth title

Mario Goetze is the new hero of the achievement; team got near it in 2004 and didn’t get a title in 24 years

New knowledge

Germans highlight local football reformulation after exchanges

In the last twelve years, Germany has been living a complete football revolution; the prize for the metamorfosis may be the fourth world title

Did their homework

Kluivert admits he didn't expect such a lower Brazil

Louis van Gaal's assistant coach indicates a deep analysis of Felipão's team helped Holland get the third position

Face to face

Van Gaal and Scolari reunited after nearly 20 years

Coaches faced off for the first and only time in 1995, in Intercontinental Cup in Japan.

EXPERIENCE

'Kluivert tells us how bad is losing to Brazil', says Kuyt

Former Netherlands striker, currently Van Gaal's assistant was eliminated by Brazil in 98' semifinals in France

Walk in Frankfurt

Among writers, German rout over Brazilians was deeper

In October 2013, a team of Brazilian writers was massacred by a team of German literates 9-1; description of the game is similar to "Mineirão Massacre"

Another game, another rival

Löw slows down euphoria after rout over Brazil: "it's not a rule"

Coach tries to take Germany to the fourth title over Argentina, this Sunday, in Maracanã

Messi

The last steps of an ace in Cidade do Galo

Argentina makes one more practice in Cidade do Galo

Cup tales

Barbecue restaurant turns into bleachers for truckers

Workers stopped at BR-381 to watch the duel between Brazil and Germany

Morale

Super newspaper's cover gets the spotlights in North-American television

Pun with the words "hexa" and "vexame", in Portuguese, was shown by NBC

Just happened

"We couldn't avoid the humiliation", said Müller

Forward denied that German group slowed down in second half and asserted that just wanted to play serious football

Reform now

Minister demands changes and defends State intervention in football

Magnitude of the threshing that took from the Brazilian squad the possibility of their sixth title at home was an accident, but must be examined for "future's sake