At times, the World Cup appeared a battle of one-man teams:

Messi

Neymar

Pirlo

Robben

Rodriguez

Ronaldo

Suarez

And one by one they fell – to injury, to opponents, to hunger – until only one was left: Messi.

But Messi faced die Mannschaft:

Khedira

Klose

Kroos

Muller

Neuer

Schweinsteiger

Argentina had brought Messi, but Germany brought a Team.

Germany also brought Mario Gotze.

Gotze – substituted for Klose – scored the winning (and only) official goal of the match (113′).

Die Mannschaft hat Weltmeister bekommen.