Argentina & Germany have faced each other in 6 previous games at the World Cup. And history by a comfortable margin favors the Germans as they won 4 times out of these 6 encounters, whereas Argentina have only won once. And tonights match will be their third final & each team have won once. They first met at Sweden 1958 in the group stage & Germany won 3/1. Then again they faced each other in the group stage of England 1966 & this time it was a goalless draw. Then came the Maradona show in 1986 where Argentina were able to defeat Germany in the final 3/2. Germany got their revenge back in Italy 1990 when they defeated Argentina in the final 1/0, in one of the most controversial finals in recent memory. In Germany 2006 they played a tough match in the quarter finals & the Germans triumphed in the penalties shootout after the game ended 1/1. Their last meeting was in 2010 when Germany destroyed Argentina 4/0 in a game which ended Maradonas dreams as the Argentine head coach.
Posted on: Sun, 13 Jul 2014 10:50:31 +0000