This would be Germany’s first win as a unified force — the previous three in 1958, 1974 and 1990, were all as West Germany. Germany have only failed to get out of the group stages once — and that was in 1938 after the country annexed Austria and tried to bring six of that country’s players into their squad, causing understandable divisions. Germany is playing a record eighth final, with three wins and four second placings. Germany’s most recent final appearance was in 2002 when they lost 2-0 to Brazil. After that the German federation revamped their youth set up and have ploughed an estimated $1 billion into winning their next World Cup. European teams have won 10 of the 19 World Cups to South America’s 9. Germany have had 64 attempts on target for 17 goals at this tournament — a figure boosted by the Brazil win. Argentina have had 61 attempts on target with just eight goals. Germany have committed 71 with four yellows and 0 reds. Argentina have committed fewer fouls — with 64 — bt have collected six yellows and no reds. In head to heads, Germany leads 4-1 with one draw (not including a draw with East Germany in 1974). They played each other in two finals, Argentina winning 3-2 in 1986 and Germany winning 1-0 in 1990.
Posted on: Sun, 13 Jul 2014 06:13:23 +0000
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