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Germany's Mario Götze scoring the winning goal

The 2014 FIFA World Cup Final was the final match of the 2014 World Cup. The
match between Germany and Argentina was played at the Maracanã Stadium in Rio de
Janeiro, Brazil, on 13 July 2014. With the match goalless after 90 minutes, it went
to extra time, in the second period of which Germany broke the deadlock. Mario Götze,
who had come on as a substitute shortly before the end of normal time, received André
Schürrle's cross from the left on his chest before volleying a left-footed
shot (pictured) into the net to secure a 1–0 victory for Germany. Their win was their
fourth World Cup title and the first since German reunification, as well as the first World
Cup win by a European team in the Americas. Götze was named the man of the match,
and Argentina's Lionel Messi was awarded the Golden Ball as FIFA's outstanding player
of the tournament. Joachim Löw, Germany's manager, labelled his side's win as the
culmination of a project that had begun ten years previously under his
predecessor Jürgen Klinsmann. (Full article...)
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Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. It typically has long, unbr
(0.20 in) in diameter which can reach to lengths of 8 m
marine and bodies of water at depths of 5 metres (16 f
underwater slope in Gullmarn, a fjord in Sweden.
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