World Cup Final

:01:05. > :01:11.will face the might of Germany. It's seven!

:01:12. > :01:22.Spain are out. What a fantastic goal!

:01:23. > :01:28.Rio, a special place on the ground, but even more special from the air.

:01:29. > :01:33.Brazil has always drummed to a different beat, but the drama, the

:01:34. > :01:37.twists and turns, the sheer excitement of this World Cup, it's

:01:38. > :01:41.simply been beyond what any of us could have hoped for. Even here,

:01:42. > :01:50.some things have remained consistent and reliable. Never, ever write off

:01:51. > :01:55.the Germans. COMMENTATOR: Mats Hummels is there!

:01:56. > :02:02.Looking for Goetze. Found him all right. And it's in. Miroslav Klose

:02:03. > :02:09.runs away to celebrate. Thomas Muller with a beauty. And then

:02:10. > :02:14.there's the little man from Rosario, Argentina, about 1200 miles that

:02:15. > :02:21.way. So many world-class players never get the chance to play on the

:02:22. > :02:25.ultimate stage, but Lionel Messi gets his chance tonight. Even

:02:26. > :02:29.without hitting his extraordinary heights in this competition so far,

:02:30. > :02:37.he's dragged his team, his country up the mountain. And now, there's

:02:38. > :02:45.just one summit left. COMMENTATOR: Give it to him and pray

:02:46. > :02:51.- oh, he's done it! Who else, Lionel Messi. We know who the locals will

:02:52. > :02:57.be supporting, tango doesn't get much of a look in around here

:02:58. > :03:00.amongst the samba, there's no Brazilian beat here tonight

:03:01. > :03:04.COMMENTATOR: Brazil are being humiliated. It's

:03:05. > :03:17.seven. But this is where the 2014 World Cup will end, the pulsiating

:03:18. > :03:20.heart of a nation, the Maracana. It is the World Cup final between

:03:21. > :03:28.Germany and Argentina, a final that's been played out on two

:03:29. > :03:33.previous occasions, in 1986 Diego Maradonna led Argentina to victory.

:03:34. > :03:38.Four years later the Germans got their revenge with a 1-0 win.

:03:39. > :03:41.Germany are playing in a record-breaking eighth final, hoping

:03:42. > :03:45.to lift the trophy for the first time since the Berlin Wall came

:03:46. > :03:50.down. It's a fifth final for Argentina. Winners on home soil in

:03:51. > :03:54.1978 and of course, in Mexico, eight years later. Here with us for the

:03:55. > :03:58.final Rio Ferdinand, Alan Shearer and for the very last time, Alan

:03:59. > :04:03.Hansen. You've covered many tournaments, any Bert than this one?

:04:04. > :04:06.-- any better than this one? Not a bad place to go Gary! This has been

:04:07. > :04:11.the best by a mile. I said at the start of the tournament that we

:04:12. > :04:16.needed something after the last two or three competitions have have been

:04:17. > :04:20.substandard and as far as entertainment was concerned, haven't

:04:21. > :04:22.been great. They needed something to elevate it to the best sporting

:04:23. > :04:26.event in the planet. We've seen it here. It's exceeded all

:04:27. > :04:31.expectations, the goals, the games, the excitement, the drama. When it's

:04:32. > :04:35.come to the knockout stageds, there's been heartache, euphoria.

:04:36. > :04:39.I'm a great believer that winning is everything but you have to have

:04:40. > :04:43.excitement along the way. We've had that in We have abundance. Two

:04:44. > :04:47.giants in the final. Absolutely, I think Germany, superbly organised.

:04:48. > :04:51.They have a record goal scorer up front. Muller is in the form of his

:04:52. > :04:56.life. Argentina, a lot of the talk about the tournament was about the

:04:57. > :04:59.Fab Four, Messi, di Maria, Higuain, Aguero, but of course, it's been the

:05:00. > :05:07.back four and the goalkeeper that have been their safior. Four clean

:05:08. > :05:12.sheets -- safior. -- saviours. Four clean sheets. A tough test against

:05:13. > :05:16.Germany, a Germany that has gradually got better including that

:05:17. > :05:20.astounding result in the semifinal. Earlier in the tournament they did

:05:21. > :05:22.enough just to get through. As the tournament has gone to the last

:05:23. > :05:26.stages, they've started to command games, dictate the pace of games and

:05:27. > :05:30.I think that's what the Argentineans won't be expecting to command this

:05:31. > :05:34.game or dictate the pace. I think they'll be looking to hit Germany on

:05:35. > :05:37.the counterattack. That's their best bet with the players they have in

:05:38. > :05:43.attacking areas. Germany will come out and do what they've done, trying

:05:44. > :05:48.to attack, break teams down How big early. An advantage is it for

:05:49. > :05:51.Germany to have had an extra day's rest and essentially a pretty

:05:52. > :05:55.comfortable semifinal? The biggest thing is that you will pick up

:05:56. > :05:59.injuries along the way. They will have done that. That extra day is

:06:00. > :06:02.huge. Have you time to get in the ice bath, to rehabilitate your

:06:03. > :06:08.muscles. It's an extra day. Wur doing loads of things to -- you're

:06:09. > :06:14.doing loads of things preparing. They will be ready to go out there

:06:15. > :06:19.and do the job. They are often tight affairs, finals. We could do with

:06:20. > :06:23.one that's quite open, I suspect it won't be. It will be a cagey affair.

:06:24. > :06:30.It could be a long evening. Two very, very good teams. Two very

:06:31. > :06:33.different teams. A lot has relied on Messi for Argentina. He's produced

:06:34. > :06:37.the goods, most of the time. Had a quiet time in the semifinal. But

:06:38. > :06:44.Germany are the best team. It's the best team against the best player. I

:06:45. > :06:48.think where Messi has struggled is where the teams have doubled up on

:06:49. > :06:51.him. I don't think the Germans will. They might, but I'd be surprised

:06:52. > :06:58.because I think the Germans will feel they can win this game. The

:06:59. > :07:03.Argentineans have a great defensive record with Mascherano just from

:07:04. > :07:08.front. An early goal and quids Rio has in. Been invaded by Argentinian

:07:09. > :07:12.supporters this weekend hoping to see their side lift the World Cup

:07:13. > :07:16.for a third time. They heavily outnumber the German fans, although

:07:17. > :07:21.I suspect the locals will be cheering for the men in white. Our

:07:22. > :07:27.man just a few miles from the fan park is Jason Mohammed. A truly

:07:28. > :07:33.fantastic atmosphere here. Can you see the Argentina fans are here.

:07:34. > :07:37.Where are you from? SanJuan. How excited are you? Excited and

:07:38. > :07:44.confident Are you also. Going to lift the cup Yes of today? Course,

:07:45. > :07:48.we have leanel. There -- Lionel. I think we can win this What would

:07:49. > :07:51.cup. It mean to lift the trophy in Brazil? This is the dream of every

:07:52. > :08:02.Argentinian. These guys have something to say

:08:03. > :08:09.about that. Where are you from? Manchengladbach. I love Brazil. I'm

:08:10. > :08:13.sure we take the fourth star today. I want you to meet this couple. They

:08:14. > :08:18.look like German fans, but they're from Brazil. Why are you supporting

:08:19. > :08:25.Germany? Because of the Germany. Same colours. Despite the fact that

:08:26. > :08:37.Germany absolutely battered the host company. Yes, Brazilian has the best

:08:38. > :08:41.soccer in the world, nowadays the Germans are playing the best soccer.

:08:42. > :08:46.I don't think there are any Argentineans left in Argentina,

:08:47. > :08:52.they're all here. SINGING

:08:53. > :08:56.There is a fabulous and very friendly atmosphere right around Rio

:08:57. > :09:01.de Janeiro. This has been one of the best world cups ever. Dan walker

:09:02. > :09:05.reflects on a magnificent festival of football.

:09:06. > :09:12.Questions, questions, could the five-time winners give us a World

:09:13. > :09:18.Cup to remember? Statistics, logistics - sceptics said no. Brazil

:09:19. > :09:24.said yes. This was different, the old kings quickly lost their crown.

:09:25. > :09:30.COMMENTATOR: Spain are out. And what of England? Youthful vigour, yes,

:09:31. > :09:31.but home long before bedtime. In the mighty jungle, the lions fell

:09:32. > :09:37.asleep. COMMENTATOR: Balotelli is going to

:09:38. > :09:41.get there. Zblt nightmare never stopped.

:09:42. > :09:50.COMMENTATOR: Oh, Suarez has knock today in. He can dribble,

:09:51. > :09:55.COMMENTATOR: Oh, Suarez has knock nibble. But this party isn't all you

:09:56. > :10:01.can eat. We saw the two sides of another star, Robben the rogue.

:10:02. > :10:06.Robben the ruthless, Robben the reliant. It was a World Cup of

:10:07. > :10:14.wonderful number ones. Terrific save. Keepers, sweepers, swappers.

:10:15. > :10:21.None shall pass. Saved, brilliantly saved. Football was frantic. Goal

:10:22. > :10:23.after seemingly endless goal as the records came tumbling. Miroslav

:10:24. > :10:29.Klose records came tumbling. Miroslav

:10:30. > :10:35.record goal scorer. The world's most powerful nation fell in love with

:10:36. > :10:40.the world's most powerful game. For the first time, two African sides

:10:41. > :10:46.strode into the last 16, but their light was soon extinguished. We saw

:10:47. > :10:54.the very best from the very best. He dance as way and he scores! Lionel

:10:55. > :11:01.Messi. Messi on his way to the Maracana, the two together again.

:11:02. > :11:04.His is not the only left sided one to weave and leave his magic.

:11:05. > :11:10.His is not the only left sided one even loved by the locusts. His team

:11:11. > :11:14.had class, style. Perfect rhythm, while others were dancing aloan and

:11:15. > :11:19.had class, style. Perfect rhythm, left the stage without -- alone and

:11:20. > :11:22.left the stage without an encore. Wood work, hard

:11:23. > :11:27.left the stage without an encore. warmed the world up. Neymar broke

:11:28. > :11:35.his back, but the broken Brazilian hearts will take much longer to

:11:36. > :11:39.heal. Mullered. Humiliated, humbled and taken apart. Germany will always

:11:40. > :11:45.remember. Brazil try hard to forget. and taken apart. Germany will always

:11:46. > :11:47.Andre Schurrle, it's seven! We wept, we roared, we sang. They sang.

:11:48. > :11:54.Andre Schurrle, it's seven! We wept, sprayed. They prayed. We watched.

:11:55. > :11:57.Andre Schurrle, it's seven! We wept, watched. Millions of viewers.

:11:58. > :12:02.Millions of fans. 32 nations down to just two. The best team against the

:12:03. > :12:07.best player, only one can go home happy.

:12:08. > :12:10.Indeed. Tone was set for this tournament right at the start with

:12:11. > :12:14.that remarkable game between Holland and Spain. It went from there. Yeah,

:12:15. > :12:20.we thought oh, it's not going to get better than this. Then the 7-1 as

:12:21. > :12:24.well. We've had fantastic goals, great players emerging. For me,

:12:25. > :12:27.playing in World Cups and coming here as part of this team, being

:12:28. > :12:32.able to go out and see the fans and locals and how the different nations

:12:33. > :12:36.are merging together, a carnival atmosphere. Very friendly as well.

:12:37. > :12:39.Exactly. You don't see that as a player. You're in a hotel,

:12:40. > :12:42.concentrating on the football and getting ready for each game. This is

:12:43. > :12:48.so different and I've had a fantastic time. They've host today

:12:49. > :12:53.brilliantly. That game, that five when Holland beat Spain, I thought

:12:54. > :12:57.that was it. It set the tone. I thought that game won't be beaten.

:12:58. > :13:01.But that semifinal was just absolutely incredible. Let's not

:13:02. > :13:05.forget England, how great we were. Then the you had the underdogs,

:13:06. > :13:08.Costa Rica were terrific. When you looked at their side and the

:13:09. > :13:12.personnel in the side and you think, the lesser players usually will be

:13:13. > :13:16.men behind the ball and defend deep and it will be a bore, but they had

:13:17. > :13:20.quality as well in the final third. They didn't score a lot of goals,

:13:21. > :13:23.but real quality and were a joy to watch. Even in the cagey games, the

:13:24. > :13:28.tight games, the games that were perhaps in some ways dull ended up

:13:29. > :13:32.exciting affairs, whether it was a penalty shootout, dramatic extra

:13:33. > :13:37.time. It slowed down a little bit after the group stages and I couple

:13:38. > :13:39.of games were 0-0. Even the extra time were just brilliant games.

:13:40. > :13:44.There's always been something significant to talk about in most of

:13:45. > :13:47.the games. Then even the norm was if you had a relatively bad game, the

:13:48. > :13:51.next game you could bet your life was going to be sensational. Let's

:13:52. > :13:58.hope the final lives up to the rest of the tournament. Argentina winning

:13:59. > :14:03.tonight is every Brazilian's worst nightmare. Brazil's campaign started

:14:04. > :14:06.brightly but ended in humiliation, thrashed by Germany on Tuesday,

:14:07. > :14:10.defeat in the third place play-off yesterday has done little to ease

:14:11. > :14:16.the pain. Will this be Luiz Felipe Scolari's

:14:17. > :14:19.last game in charge? His CV is now tainted by the defeat to Germany.

:14:20. > :14:24.It's probable lit end of the road for some of his squad.

:14:25. > :14:28.Robben is pulled back. Penalty kick. Had to be.

:14:29. > :14:34.Referee deciding it is inside the penalty area. After 90 seconds the

:14:35. > :14:40.Dutch are awarded a spot kick. Arjen Robben was flying away. Robin Van

:14:41. > :14:49.Persie can put the Netherlands in front here. 1 off #. -- 1-0. Super

:14:50. > :14:59.cool penalty kick from Robin Van Persie. Good penalty. Arjen Robben

:15:00. > :15:10.here. Van Persie arriving in the middle. Luiz away. It's 2-0.

:15:11. > :15:13.Terrible defending by Brazil. David Luiz clearing heading straight to

:15:14. > :15:29.Bulletined and it's in the back of the net. The home fans are silenced.

:15:30. > :15:41.No foul by Dan. Good overlapping run. 3-0. Always been a suspicion

:15:42. > :15:47.that Brazil would be armed on on the break and that's exactly what has

:15:48. > :15:51.happened. Bash macro under armed. Brazil's World Cup is over and the

:15:52. > :15:58.boos rained down on the selection and on Scolari. (STUDIO) they

:15:59. > :16:06.imploded. Whilst they weren't brilliant early on, they completely

:16:07. > :16:13.lost it from the semifinal onwards. Neymar and Thiago Silva being out

:16:14. > :16:18.totally destabilise them. Emotionally, with the T-shirt with

:16:19. > :16:22.Neymar on, it took too much out of them. We spoke about their defence

:16:23. > :16:27.earlier in the tournament, as soon as they went up in quality, we saw

:16:28. > :16:32.their weaknesses. I don't think enough of their defenders want to

:16:33. > :16:38.defend. Conceding ten goals in two games. The way they capitulated,

:16:39. > :16:44.I've never seen anything like it. They just gave up and collapsed. I

:16:45. > :16:52.thought you were going to say you can't win anything with Fred! He was

:16:53. > :16:58.useless. To wait so long to have the World Cup finals in Brazil and be

:16:59. > :17:05.beaten 7-1... I was distraught myself! A great game to watch, but

:17:06. > :17:10.unreal. I look at it and I think a country of this size, I look at the

:17:11. > :17:15.centre forwards, I've had my say about Fred, but how can they not

:17:16. > :17:20.produce a guy who can give them good quality, hold up the ball, run into

:17:21. > :17:26.the corners? You see better players on the beach! Their midfield and

:17:27. > :17:29.their forward line is the most unattractive in terms of football

:17:30. > :17:36.flair you will ever see in a Brazil shirt. The first time they've lost

:17:37. > :17:43.back-to-back home games since 1940. Without Neymar they had no flair

:17:44. > :17:50.going forward. You still never saw 7-1 coming. Absolutely not. Four

:17:51. > :18:00.goals in six minutes to go 5-0 down. Everybody was in total disbelief. I

:18:01. > :18:06.did! You said it would be a tight game. Picking the team of the

:18:07. > :18:11.tournament isn't easy, but we thought we would try. Mark Chapman

:18:12. > :18:25.-- Mark Chapman cheddar discussion to pick a BBC 11.

:18:26. > :18:31.Before we get to the players you've picked, the first thing you have to

:18:32. > :18:36.do is whether you will have a back three or back four. You've gone with

:18:37. > :18:43.a back three. If the majority go with a back four, you have to change

:18:44. > :18:52.your side. Who is your keeper? Noye. He's the best the world. -

:18:53. > :19:00.Manuel Neuer. The same. The full package. Right back?

:19:01. > :19:05.Manuel Neuer. The same. The full best right back in the world. Never

:19:06. > :19:09.gives it away, perfect full-back. He can defend, attack, that tackle in

:19:10. > :19:20.the semifinal, perfectly timed, that some Tim up. Left back. Rodriguez,

:19:21. > :19:27.Switzerland. Blind. Competition going on! He's an all-round

:19:28. > :19:37.footballer and he is a must. Centre halves? Gonzalez of Costa Rica. And

:19:38. > :19:43.how moles of Germany. Especially for the performance against France. -

:19:44. > :19:53.Hummels. Thiago Silva brought them together and organise them. Thiago

:19:54. > :20:02.Silva missed the semifinal. Take him out! The next six will be very

:20:03. > :20:08.fluid. Mascherano, Toni Kroos, Rodriguez playing behind the

:20:09. > :20:11.striker. I saw Mascherano for the first time playing for the Argentina

:20:12. > :20:14.under 20 side and the harder it is, first time playing for the Argentina

:20:15. > :20:18.the more he likes it. He's been sensational. You could take any one

:20:19. > :20:25.of the German midfielders and you'd sensational. You could take any one

:20:26. > :20:34.be happy. Have you all got Rodriguez? Yes, goal of the

:20:35. > :20:39.tournament. Mascherano and Rodriguez. Who else? Mola up top and

:20:40. > :20:45.they can all move around and do Rodriguez. Who else? Mola up top and

:20:46. > :20:52.they want. - Muller. There hasn't been an outstanding centre forward.

:20:53. > :21:01.Neymar had two excellent games and I think quite order was more important

:21:02. > :21:04.in more games. No Neymar. Messi hasn't

:21:05. > :21:09.in more games. No Neymar. Messi deep for Argentina. I've gone for

:21:10. > :21:15.Thomas Muller up top. No doubt that without Messi Argentina would have

:21:16. > :21:22.been out a long time ago. Who else have you got alongside Muller? Just

:21:23. > :21:26.him, Rodriguez behind. Robben on the left. Muller has been consistent,

:21:27. > :21:31.the chances he's created along left. Muller has been consistent,

:21:32. > :21:39.the goals and his ridiculous workrate. Messi backed up by James

:21:40. > :21:45.pulling the strings. One Midfield Place alongside Mascherano and one

:21:46. > :21:58.right-winger. - midfield player. Schweinsteiger. Kroos. One winger.

:21:59. > :22:05.Robben. It looks like he will hurt you. I'm not sure he warrants being

:22:06. > :22:17.in there, others have been better. He was on fire. I can go with

:22:18. > :22:22.Robben. Neuer, Lahm, Gonzales, Hummels, blind, Mascherano and

:22:23. > :22:29.Kroos, Robben, Rodriguez, Messi and Muller. Can't argue with that. Can

:22:30. > :22:35.we do this again on Monday morning after the final? Very attacking

:22:36. > :22:44.line-up. You were having your afternoon nap. I watched them

:22:45. > :22:50.filming fat and I got bombed out. You've got your chance now, do you

:22:51. > :22:56.disagree with that? Kompany is the best centre-back. I thought he was

:22:57. > :23:05.excellent. That would be the one change. Ron Vlaar! I'd get him in

:23:06. > :23:13.instead of Gonzales. You just picked the team! We'll have another

:23:14. > :23:21.discussion at the end of the final. We can now hear from David Beckham

:23:22. > :23:38.who's here in re-over the final. - in Rio for the final. Beckham! It's

:23:39. > :23:41.in! Beckham has scored for England. Great to see you again. Do you think

:23:42. > :23:46.it's the best World Cup you can remember, either playing in

:23:47. > :23:53.watching? Without a doubt. I've loved every World Cup, even 98.

:23:54. > :23:59.People question that. There is nothing better than playing in a

:24:00. > :24:05.World Cup. Where will the final B won and lost? It will be won by a

:24:06. > :24:12.big moment, big player. I am a big fan of line all. - Messi. Germany

:24:13. > :24:16.have a group of players that are great players and they perform so

:24:17. > :24:22.well together and they have done for a number of years. They are a really

:24:23. > :24:26.strong team. Footballers always want the best players to be at the

:24:27. > :24:31.biggest events. You don't want a World Cup to be held without them,

:24:32. > :24:35.particularly when they do what Luis Suarez did. I don't need to say

:24:36. > :24:49.anything about what he did. He knows. I look at him as a player and

:24:50. > :24:51.he's a huge talent. It's a shame he's leaving the Premiership because

:24:52. > :24:53.the Premiership needs teams like him, players with character and

:24:54. > :24:59.passion. It's sad to see him leaving. What is your assessment of

:25:00. > :25:05.what went wrong? Small margins or a bigger problem? Roy has brought

:25:06. > :25:09.young players into the team with a few experienced players. In the

:25:10. > :25:13.future we will perform really well. When you look at the way the World

:25:14. > :25:15.Cup worked out for Steven Gerrard, can you look at him as a captain and

:25:16. > :25:21.feel he hasn't delivered or can you look at him as a captain and

:25:22. > :25:26.case of just not working out? You definitely don't blame one player

:25:27. > :25:30.for the early exit. I know as England captain you feel the weight

:25:31. > :25:35.of expectation and the responsibility. When you are England

:25:36. > :25:40.captain, you take that on board and Stevie knows that. You could see his

:25:41. > :25:47.pain. I hope he continues as England captain. You've got to love Becks!

:25:48. > :25:52.He knows a thing or two about our next subject. There have been four

:25:53. > :25:56.penalty shoot outs in this World Cup. Two of the last five finals

:25:57. > :26:02.have gone to shoot outs. We've prepared with a man who has taken a

:26:03. > :26:08.few in his time. Representing your country and the whole nation is

:26:09. > :26:11.watching, and the pressure is huge. Imagine there are 50,000 people

:26:12. > :26:17.around you, you're walking from the halfway line to the penalty spot,

:26:18. > :26:21.take it through what's in your mind. This is where your mind starts to

:26:22. > :26:24.play tricks. What should you do? It's a very long walk and there are

:26:25. > :26:30.a million things going through your mind. Try to stay calm, although you

:26:31. > :26:36.can feel your heart beating faster. You have to believe in what you've

:26:37. > :26:43.trained to do. And you have to stay in control of the situation. Looking

:26:44. > :26:49.at the keeper? No. He will try mind games, we saw it with Tim Krul. He

:26:50. > :26:53.was trying to get into their heads. I would have stood ten yards outside

:26:54. > :26:58.the box and waited for Tim Krul to go back in his goal. Stay in

:26:59. > :27:03.control. I always used a line up the ball and look at the opposite side

:27:04. > :27:06.to where I was going to put it. I would always look to the

:27:07. > :27:14.goalkeeper's left knowing I would go to the right. The valve at the top,

:27:15. > :27:19.don't ask me why, I just had to do that. You already know where you're

:27:20. > :27:25.going to put it and you should never change your mind. The Germans have a

:27:26. > :27:31.word for the process of taking a penalty. It means strength of nerve,

:27:32. > :27:39.nerves of steel. They aren't bad at it! If you're going to make sure you

:27:40. > :27:43.score a penalty... I would rather wear a Sunderland shirt! What is the

:27:44. > :27:53.last game that goes through your mind? Don't miss!

:27:54. > :28:04.And then the walk back is better than the walk down. Two arms, unit

:28:05. > :28:07.that from someone! You are under more stress than ever before and

:28:08. > :28:14.they don't even count on your record. We have to get that changed.

:28:15. > :28:18.Bobby Charlton wouldn't like that. Despite their success in this

:28:19. > :28:22.competition, Germany are looking to end 24 years of hurt by lifting the

:28:23. > :28:27.World Cup for the first time since beating Argentina in 1990. Their

:28:28. > :28:31.victory over Brazil was quite possibly the most remarkable result

:28:32. > :28:35.in World Cup history, but will count the little if they fail to winter

:28:36. > :28:39.night. In the lexicon of football, thousands of words have been written

:28:40. > :28:53.on the spirit of the game in this nation of that. One notable section

:28:54. > :28:56.looks a little sparse. Because this isn't a romantic tale. You've heard

:28:57. > :29:03.of boy meets girl, this is more boilie meets strategic grassroots

:29:04. > :29:14.funding, good governance, learning. - boilie meets.

:29:15. > :29:21.In 2010 we played decent football, sometimes very attractive, but

:29:22. > :29:26.without delivering. The guys have matured and they know how to get a

:29:27. > :29:30.result. It might not make for a blockbuster page turner, which is a

:29:31. > :29:34.pity because German success could shouldn't be anything other than a

:29:35. > :29:38.cause for celebration. It would also be a victory for humility and

:29:39. > :29:56.respect. Bellow horizontal, Tuesday, half-time.

:29:57. > :30:03.This was winning in the grand manner in every sense of the term. And the

:30:04. > :30:06.knowledge month that a grieving Brazilian public had seen billions

:30:07. > :30:12.diverted to pay for and finally build this World Cup. The land of

:30:13. > :30:18.the last minute didn't expect to be 5-0 down after 29. We've been

:30:19. > :30:22.brought up like this because in our history we couldn't afford to show

:30:23. > :30:27.any kind of arrogance. We've been told don't humiliate people. It

:30:28. > :30:31.would also be a victory back home for a packed stadium, cheap tickets

:30:32. > :30:36.to watch home-grown players who also happen to be some of the most

:30:37. > :30:39.skilled footballers on the planet. The current player of the year

:30:40. > :30:46.dreamt of carrying his nation all the way and no posters ever needed a

:30:47. > :30:50.World Cup triumph like Brazil. Fantastic storylines thrown on the

:30:51. > :30:55.fire and now the world's finest talent of all could also see his

:30:56. > :30:59.wildest fantasy go up in flames. Another polite act from this very

:31:00. > :31:08.decent group of dream wreckers. Four Germans have been nominated for

:31:09. > :31:34.the Golden en Ball. Ozil has created more chances than

:31:35. > :31:39.any other German player. Up front Klose makes his 24th World Cup

:31:40. > :31:43.appearance. He's the only player who was involved in the 2002 final.

:31:44. > :31:50.Alan, you are focussing on the right was involved in the 2002 final.

:31:51. > :31:53.side of the German side. They're a very strong side. Down the right

:31:54. > :31:58.side, whether very strong side. Down the right

:31:59. > :32:02.Kroos, in particular, Phillipp Lahm, they link up incredibly well.

:32:03. > :32:06.They want to get into the space as much as they can. When

:32:07. > :32:08.They want to get into the space as there, they want to deliver. It's

:32:09. > :32:13.nice, neat, tidy. there, they want to deliver. It's

:32:14. > :32:18.one-touch football. They're all moving, looking for the ball. They

:32:19. > :32:19.all want the ball in, out, through. Very unlucky, with the thought to

:32:20. > :35:44.get into the final third. pop to the Maracana, Clarence is

:35:45. > :35:49.there alongside Jason. Thank you very much. A very good

:35:50. > :35:53.evening to you. Welcome. The Argentinian fans have wasted no time

:35:54. > :36:00.in mocking their Brazilian rivals. They're here. Where are you, they're

:36:01. > :36:04.sing. They've been singing it at the beach all weekend. Good evening to

:36:05. > :36:06.you, great to see you. I remember last year, when we met at the

:36:07. > :36:10.Confederations Cup you said to me, the team that gets to the final an

:36:11. > :36:15.the team that may win it is the team that gets it right on the pitch and

:36:16. > :36:19.off the pitch. That team, Clarence, you were right is Germany. They

:36:20. > :36:27.built their own training venue. They've been impeccable on and off

:36:28. > :36:31.the pitch. Absolutely. Argentina have done their job as well. Great

:36:32. > :36:35.players up front of course. It's going to be a great final. How do

:36:36. > :36:40.Argentina stop the German machine? Well, I think this is the hardest

:36:41. > :36:43.match for the Germans. Arg tona showed against Holland that they

:36:44. > :36:48.have a very solid defence that they can defend very well in their own

:36:49. > :36:51.half. Up front, we don't have to explain how dangerous they can be.

:36:52. > :36:55.It is going to be very, very interesting to see how the Germans

:36:56. > :36:58.will find the spaces. The big question that lots of people have

:36:59. > :37:02.been talking about over this weekend is Lionel Messi. For many people he

:37:03. > :37:06.is one of the great of the of all time -- greatest of all time. That

:37:07. > :37:12.is guaranteed. If he wins the World Cup, do we start talking about Messi

:37:13. > :37:16.in the same breath as Pele and Maradona? You know, they always have

:37:17. > :37:21.to finish their career to make those kind of statements. But for sure

:37:22. > :37:28.Messi is incredibly busy with going in that way. He achieved this final,

:37:29. > :37:31.finally. He achieved a great performance in a few games in this

:37:32. > :37:35.tournament. He scored finally also in a World Cup. Let's see was going

:37:36. > :37:39.to happen. I think he's going to be brilliant today. I think he's going

:37:40. > :37:43.to score today. Still, I think, the Germans normally, normally should

:37:44. > :37:48.win this game. We'll talk more at halftime. Thank you very much. Gary,

:37:49. > :37:52.a chilling message from the Germany coach, Joachim Low, in the news

:37:53. > :37:57.conference, he says, "We're here to win the final and dominate world

:37:58. > :38:02.football for years to come." Nothing new there then! They mentioned

:38:03. > :38:08.Lionel Messi and he's been the man largely responsible for Argentina's

:38:09. > :38:20.presence. The Argentinian genius is attempting to repeat the feat of an

:38:21. > :38:26.Argentinian genius. Ten years ago, Spain wanted to call

:38:27. > :38:28.up a tiny, timid youngster from the Barcelona academy. Lionel Messi's

:38:29. > :39:00.response - I'm Argentine. Another old boy, briefly, was Messi.

:39:01. > :39:01.Like so many in this city, his skills were honed with endless hours

:39:02. > :39:52.playing on the Rosario streets. Always shy, always brilliant and

:39:53. > :39:56.always compared to Maradona. As far as Argentines are concerned, he is

:39:57. > :40:19.always in his shadow. Messi has shown signs of World Cup

:40:20. > :40:22.greatness in this tournament. But there's only one outcome that will

:40:23. > :40:59.cement his place in Argentine hearts.

:41:00. > :41:06.We shall see shortly. There is the little genius. He's got four goals

:41:07. > :41:11.in this tournament. He's not been quite as dominant in a lot of games

:41:12. > :41:15.as perhaps we've seen in his days at Barcelona. Even in the semifinal, I

:41:16. > :41:17.was at that game, he was pretty static for large parts of it. He's

:41:18. > :41:20.always capable of something. static for large parts of it. He's

:41:21. > :41:23.had the magic moments. I static for large parts of it. He's

:41:24. > :41:24.Germans, they'll be looking to represent lip Kate what the Dutch

:41:25. > :41:26.done. They crowded represent lip Kate what the Dutch

:41:27. > :41:30.bodies in the way. They wouldn't let represent lip Kate what the Dutch

:41:31. > :41:35.him get in the zone in the midfield. him get in the zone in the midfield.

:41:36. > :41:41.He wants to run at them and cause problems. As a midfielder, Khedira,

:41:42. > :41:45.they have to get back and help the defenders. The defenders will delay

:41:46. > :41:49.him and the midfielders can help. One on one he can beat you like

:41:50. > :41:52.here. See you later. You have to be diligent in your work, get back,

:41:53. > :41:59.double up. He's capable of going past anyone on the planet one V one.

:42:00. > :42:04.You double up and he's not as exciting and goes back. That's what

:42:05. > :42:09.he was about, the Dutch done that very, very well and smothered him.

:42:10. > :42:14.I've got a couple of stats. We talked about Thomas Muller br. I

:42:15. > :42:23.know you love stats -- Thomas Muller before. I know you love stats. He's

:42:24. > :42:27.covered 69,000 metres, Messi 52, he's not working as hard as in

:42:28. > :42:31.previous times. He used to be a explosive player.

:42:32. > :42:34.previous times. He used to be a too much from him? I watched him in

:42:35. > :42:38.the early rounds and saw him score four goals, three world class,

:42:39. > :42:41.the early rounds and saw him score got us off our seats. His passing is

:42:42. > :42:44.incredible. He's got assists to go with that. I agree, he looked static

:42:45. > :42:48.in the semifinal, with that. I agree, he looked static

:42:49. > :42:50.scores the with that. I agree, he looked static

:42:51. > :42:56.of the tournament. Nobody with that. I agree, he looked static

:42:57. > :43:02.setting a team up against the Argentineans, you're doubling up on

:43:03. > :43:05.Messi. Of course that should provide space elsewhere, but the great times

:43:06. > :43:09.he had in this tournament is when he goes past the first man and the

:43:10. > :43:14.second man isn't waiting. When the second one is waiting, he's tugled a

:43:15. > :43:19.bit. He -- struggled a bit. Will the Germans do that today? I'm not sure

:43:20. > :43:24.they will. We have seen wonderful moments from him. He's created more

:43:25. > :43:27.chances than anyone at this tournament. If he gets the ball

:43:28. > :43:31.higher up the pitch, and starts facing the back four, he will cause

:43:32. > :43:37.problems, skipping past people. He gets his head up. Doesn't come off

:43:38. > :43:42.here at end of it. But he's causing havoc in the Swiss back four. The

:43:43. > :43:44.players here, look, everyone comes to him. That creates space for other

:43:45. > :43:49.players. He sees that, goal. Assist. to him. That creates space for other

:43:50. > :43:53.Devastating. This is the pass of the tournament. He gets his head up,

:43:54. > :43:58.sees that. How he see that's pass, I don't know. The likes of him and

:43:59. > :44:04.Maradona are probably the only people who can play that and are

:44:05. > :44:11.devastating dribblers as well. And you, ruo! He -- Rio! He see that's

:44:12. > :44:16.type of stuff clear, other players it goes hazy. But he does. I was at

:44:17. > :44:21.this game. This was brilliant. I came to that game to see him do

:44:22. > :44:25.something, have that. I mean, he's brilliant. That's beautiful. That

:44:26. > :44:27.something, have that. I mean, he's pace is frightening. You can't

:44:28. > :44:31.defend against it. He doesn't even have to beat you. It's a sign

:44:32. > :44:36.defend against it. He doesn't even great player. Stand here and I'll

:44:37. > :44:42.put it round you. He does more than anyone else. Maradona and he can see

:44:43. > :44:46.passes, dribble. Here change of direction, see you later. Come back

:44:47. > :44:48.together and I'm gone. That's watt kids want to see. YouTube is about

:44:49. > :44:53.skills. This is his time. What a kids want to see. YouTube is about

:44:54. > :45:04.chance he's got. That is in that box, the World Cup trophy. It's

:45:05. > :45:12.being carried out by Carlos Pugol and Guselle. -- Guiselle.

:45:13. > :45:17.It's only 12 irchls high. -- Inches high. I think the other guys haven't

:45:18. > :45:23.performed. Aguero, Higuain, one goal. They haven't helped him a

:45:24. > :45:28.great deal either. I think Lavezzi, this could be a good game for him.

:45:29. > :45:45.He has the legs to get behind the Germans.

:45:46. > :45:55.And here is the Argentinian team. The Germans believe that Mascherano

:45:56. > :46:02.is Argentina's key player and Schweinsteiger says he is the leader

:46:03. > :46:08.of a pack of Wolves. Messi has never scored in a World Cup knockout

:46:09. > :46:14.match. Higuain has not hit top form in Brazil but he got the crucial

:46:15. > :46:19.strike against Belgium. Mascherano, one of the great holding players in

:46:20. > :46:26.world football. Without a shadow of a doubt. He has pace, a wonderful

:46:27. > :46:34.tackle, anticipation, and he can pass as well. The complete midfield

:46:35. > :46:39.player. This is timed to perfection. This against the Dutch was one of

:46:40. > :46:45.the great performances, reading it, picking it up, possession is king,

:46:46. > :46:52.never give it away. He looks, looks, and what a past that is. The great

:46:53. > :46:58.players, the great passers in world football would be happy with that.

:46:59. > :47:05.Again, not giving it away, looking all around, produces an inch perfect

:47:06. > :47:10.pass again. This is what he's best at. Six Argentinian defenders in the

:47:11. > :47:14.picture and he's in near the penalty spot. He's blocking, coming right

:47:15. > :47:20.across. Spotting the danger and eliminating it. An absolutely

:47:21. > :47:26.magnificent piece of play. Coming up, without a shadow of a doubt, the

:47:27. > :47:30.tackle of the tournament. Seven or eight yards away from Arjen Robben.

:47:31. > :47:34.Perhaps Arjen Robben should hit it earlier but to time that tackle to

:47:35. > :47:41.perfection was masterful, brilliant play. I suppose that's five the

:47:42. > :47:48.Argentinian defence and goalkeeper have been so good. He is a

:47:49. > :47:52.defender's dream. I had Michael Carrick read the game in front of me

:47:53. > :47:56.at Manchester United and that was a dream for a defender. But the first

:47:57. > :48:06.thing he does is sniff out danger and snuff it out. The free kick is

:48:07. > :48:10.for Germany have been hugely important in this World Cup and they

:48:11. > :48:15.scored from a lot of set pieces. They have scored from five. This

:48:16. > :48:22.does not just happened. It is from work on the training ground. Mats

:48:23. > :48:28.Hummels goes in, Klose is blocking David Luiz for the run around the

:48:29. > :48:33.back. Look at Klose blocking David Luiz. He realises but too late.

:48:34. > :48:36.Muller has the space. They are very dangerous from set pieces whether it

:48:37. > :48:43.is Muller or Mats Hummels. Dangerous. World Cup finals offers

:48:44. > :48:46.players the chance to achieve footballing immortality. Thierry

:48:47. > :48:51.Henry at pays homage to some of those who have triumphed on the

:48:52. > :48:58.world 's biggest stage. What does it take to be a World Cup

:48:59. > :49:03.legend? For me, if you want to go down in history you have to perform

:49:04. > :49:06.in big games. It obviously helps if you win, but as long as you

:49:07. > :49:16.perform, people always remember. Pele! Number three.

:49:17. > :49:28.The walk up is the biggest thing for me that you can play in. -- the

:49:29. > :49:33.World Cup. Especially if you are supposed to be that player that can

:49:34. > :49:40.make the team win. People start to talk about you, other teams are

:49:41. > :49:44.aware of your quality. You are going to get it, people will try to upset

:49:45. > :49:50.you and take you out of the game but you need to do one thing, make sure

:49:51. > :49:55.you don't let your team down. It is not only about scoring goals.

:49:56. > :49:59.Beckenbauer with a delicate chip nearly surprises the goalkeeper. As

:50:00. > :50:07.long as you can have an impact in the game people always recognise

:50:08. > :50:13.that. When you have players of quality around you you become a

:50:14. > :50:17.better player because of it. It is difficult to put your finger on it.

:50:18. > :50:27.They have that little thing extra that will make them perform.

:50:28. > :50:30.Ronaldinho! They are great players, obviously, but it is up there, how

:50:31. > :50:40.will you perform under pressure when you know the world is watching? But

:50:41. > :50:47.we have a legend already in this World Cup? We will see. We have 90

:50:48. > :50:50.minutes ago. You might have a guy like Zinedine Zidane, he did not

:50:51. > :50:56.score a goal before the final, then he came up with two goals and the

:50:57. > :51:02.rest is history. So don't choose one yet. Wait until the final.

:51:03. > :51:15.GARY LINEKER: The final is here, of course. And there is a great player,

:51:16. > :51:19.without question. Walking down the tunnel. Will this be his day of

:51:20. > :51:23.reckoning? We will find out. Somebody once said that great

:51:24. > :51:26.players win football matches and great teams win tournaments. The

:51:27. > :51:33.perfect example of one against the other.

:51:34. > :51:39.ALAN HANSEN: Exactly, this is Messi's time. If ever he needed a

:51:40. > :51:43.performance, that he alone in this Argentinian side could give, it is

:51:44. > :51:48.right now. I think the Argentina 's side could win this. I think the

:51:49. > :51:52.Germans were great in the semifinal but before that I was not that

:51:53. > :51:57.impressed. They play a high line and leave space behind and that is a big

:51:58. > :52:02.weakness. I would like to see him have a fantastic game. Some of the

:52:03. > :52:05.moments we have seen before. His have a fantastic game. Some of the

:52:06. > :52:10.great goals, that is what we want to see and it does not get bigger than

:52:11. > :52:17.this. For him to be placed alongside Maradona and Pele, he has to to win

:52:18. > :52:23.this game. I think everybody tuning in except the Germans and except

:52:24. > :52:27.most Brazilians will want to see this man. They want to see him

:52:28. > :52:32.produce a world-class performance and take this trophy with both hands

:52:33. > :52:37.by himself. I think it will be difficult. I'm with the Germans

:52:38. > :52:40.myself, as a team I think they are strong and commanding with a lot of

:52:41. > :52:45.experience and I think they will get themselves over the line. A very

:52:46. > :52:50.good team and they have a different goal-scorers, that tells them they

:52:51. > :52:58.are a team. We said before the game that we wanted it to be a spectacle

:52:59. > :53:01.and an early goal would help that. The World Cup final, Germany against

:53:02. > :53:04.Argentina at Maracana. Your commentators are Mark Lawrenson and

:53:05. > :53:13.Guy Mowbray. GUY MOWBRAY: Thanks, Gary. You have

:53:14. > :53:18.been closer than most of us, but imagine how that feels. A group of

:53:19. > :53:28.players about to realise the dream, a moment when the money really does

:53:29. > :53:29.not matter. Look into the eyes. From the parks and playing fields to the

:53:30. > :54:00.professional game, One of that number about to

:54:01. > :54:12.the iconic Maracana field, Miroslav Klose, this is his chance to secure

:54:13. > :54:13.a World Cup. Before the game we will have the national anthems of Germany

:54:14. > :54:21.and Argentina. When all of the have the national anthems of Germany

:54:22. > :54:29.the supporters from the two countries that have travelled to Rio

:54:30. > :54:46.de Janeiro, their anthems will never sound so sweet.

:54:47. > :54:58.# Danach lasst uns alle streben Bruderlich mit Herz und Hand

:54:59. > :55:11.# Einigkeit und Recht und Freiheit Sind des Gluckes Unterpfand

:55:12. > :55:41.# Bluh' im Glanze dieses Gluckes Bluhe, deutsches Vaterland. #

:55:42. > :56:54.ARGENTINA NATIONAL ANTHEM - INSTRUMENTAL

:56:55. > :57:05.CHEERING APPLAUSE

:57:06. > :57:11.GUY MOWBRAY: It will hurt Brazil hearing the Argentinian national

:57:12. > :57:15.anthem ring gained out loud and proud around their national stadium,

:57:16. > :57:20.their temple of football. It is time for Germany against Argentina part

:57:21. > :57:25.three in finals terms, a record. We hope for something more like 1986

:57:26. > :57:34.and a little less of 1990. The heads of state are in position. It was to

:57:35. > :57:43.be the same German team for the final that beat Brazil in the

:57:44. > :57:49.semifinal, but spare a thought for Sami Khedira who was injured in the

:57:50. > :57:51.warm up. A first competitive start for 23-year-old De Rossi

:57:52. > :57:58.Moenchengladbach man, Christoph Kramer. -- by Russia

:57:59. > :58:09.Moenchengladbach. Miroslav Klose will be here for what

:58:10. > :58:13.will surely be his final World Cup appearance. Three of his record 16

:58:14. > :58:18.goals have come against Argentina in the last two tournaments. Nicola

:58:19. > :58:26.Rizzoli has the honour of REFEREE: The biggest game, let's hope he has

:58:27. > :58:31.a more routine job than Howard Webb last time around.

:58:32. > :58:40.Angel Di Maria pulled up in training yesterday so won't be risked. Enzo

:58:41. > :58:46.Perez will feature again. Sergio Aguero is only among the substitutes

:58:47. > :58:52.again. This is a team yet to concede a goal in the knockout stages. It is

:58:53. > :59:05.a team all about Mascherano to stop them, and Messi to star. The

:59:06. > :59:13.proudest moment in the coaching careers of Joachim Low and Alejandro

:59:14. > :59:16.Sabella. Both cut their teeth as national team assistants before

:59:17. > :59:22.promotion. They are both looking for greater honours than their previous

:59:23. > :59:36.incumbents. One of the modern wonders of the

:59:37. > :59:45.world. What a setting for a game that promises so much.

:59:46. > :59:58.The stars are out and ready to shine.

:59:59. > :00:11.Everything is set for the 20th World Cup final. WHISTLE

:00:12. > :00:15.The ultimate contest in the game and one of the ultimate teams against

:00:16. > :00:27.another a lot more reliant on one particular talent. This is the

:00:28. > :00:32.fourth time I've seen Argentina live, and they scrap for everything.

:00:33. > :00:33.I think they will need some magic from the aforementioned little

:00:34. > :01:04.fellow to win today. They've had a day less to prepare.

:01:05. > :01:07.They won't be as fresh as the Germans. If you look at the Germany

:01:08. > :01:13.game against Brazil, they only had to play for about 25 minutes, so a

:01:14. > :01:19.massive difference. It went from 1-0 to 5-0 in under

:01:20. > :01:23.seven minutes. They will find this Argentina defence harder to pick

:01:24. > :01:27.through. Yeah, especially with Mascherano in front of them. They

:01:28. > :01:42.start with Perez on the left, Lewandowski on the right. Higuain --

:01:43. > :01:53.Lavezzi on the right. They tried to play a tricky one

:01:54. > :02:13.through to Klose. Argentina very deep in the early stages.

:02:14. > :02:24.Demichelis gave it away. Mascherano has only managed to move

:02:25. > :02:29.that up to Muller. He claims he was blocked. Yes, the referee agrees.

:02:30. > :02:37.That's a daft foul as well. Just clatters into the back of him.

:02:38. > :02:44.There can be the touch of the reckless about Marcos Rojo. In two

:02:45. > :02:45.years in Portugal he has seen five red cards, three of them last

:02:46. > :02:50.season. red cards, three of them last

:02:51. > :02:53.They score from set pieces, don't they, Germany? They have been doing.

:02:54. > :02:58.More from the wider positions into the box, but they'll fancy this.

:02:59. > :03:17.Committee meeting first. A smile on Schweinsteiger's face is

:03:18. > :03:21.telling. Ramiro has kept three clean sheets.

:03:22. > :03:25.He's hard to beat. So are Germany when it comes to free kicks.

:03:26. > :03:32.This is interesting. What happens next.

:03:33. > :03:34.They're all in the queue. Not a lot. A bit dancing round your handbag

:03:35. > :03:49.really. Hummels has to retreat. Neuer wasn't entirely sure of where

:03:50. > :03:55.his line was. It goes for a Germany throw. Argentina's first sorte into

:03:56. > :04:03.opposition territory and they look dangerous. And from a very poor

:04:04. > :04:05.German free kick. You could hear the change in noise

:04:06. > :04:08.around the stadium as soon as You could hear the change in noise

:04:09. > :04:11.men in blue broke forward. Argentina have by far and away the lion's

:04:12. > :04:12.share of support, even though have by far and away the lion's

:04:13. > :04:31.from Brazil are behind the They've come across the border in

:04:32. > :04:33.any way they could. They're sleeping anywhere and everywhere. It's been

:04:34. > :04:42.They'll be hoping for an Argentinian an Argentinian takeover.

:04:43. > :04:47.They'll be hoping for an Argentinian take away, won't they? They aren't

:04:48. > :04:50.the favourites. Might be worth

:04:51. > :04:52.the favourites. last World Cup here, the only

:04:53. > :04:53.previous World Cup final here, Brazil came into it

:04:54. > :04:57.previous World Cup final here, seven past Sweden and six against

:04:58. > :05:03.Spain. Then they lost as favourites to Uruguay.

:05:04. > :05:07.Here's Ozil. Muller. Nearly came back to Ozil. He looked to

:05:08. > :05:09.out, Muller, actually. It's a good deflection back to the

:05:10. > :05:38.goalkeeper. The referee just saying that he

:05:39. > :05:48.couldn't really get out of the way. The last touch was a German one. It

:05:49. > :05:55.will be an Argentine throw. That's unfortunate there.

:05:56. > :06:18.Senor Rizzoli, this is his fourth game at the tournament.

:06:19. > :06:24.The noise around the place now, you could be watching BocaJuniors,

:06:25. > :06:33.astonishing. Muller might get onto that.

:06:34. > :06:36.It is Martin Demichelis who comes across to stop him in no uncertain

:06:37. > :06:52.terms. A little bit worried that Argentina

:06:53. > :06:59.down the left-hand side, that's three occasions, they're all coming

:07:00. > :07:07.down here. Muller was there. Lahm has nobody opposing him at all.

:07:08. > :07:11.Kroos dictating a lot of the passing in the German midfield. They look

:07:12. > :07:33.sharp, Germany. Sharp and measured. They won't hurry

:07:34. > :07:35.it. Can you see

:07:36. > :07:43.it. out of every player in white.

:07:44. > :07:47.it. -- you can see the confidence oozing

:07:48. > :07:53.out of every player in white. Hummels was a doubt. Problem with

:07:54. > :07:56.his left knee. But taken off at halftime against Brazil purely a

:07:57. > :08:04.precaution. Look at the room Phillipp Lahm

:08:05. > :08:08.There was no way through for Kroos. Messi will leave Hummels in his wake

:08:09. > :08:22.here. He found Schweinsteiger in the way.

:08:23. > :08:31.Messi was a little bit tired, someone was saying. Waky, waky.

:08:32. > :08:34.Not now. There has been a feeling that he's

:08:35. > :08:41.been saving something special.. We hope. So

:08:42. > :09:11.-- something special. We hope so. Demichelis came out into the pocket

:09:12. > :09:17.again. Demichelis came out into the pocket

:09:18. > :09:23.The whistle has gone for a free kick. That wasn't the pinching the

:09:24. > :09:27.ball off Messi, it was the first challenge by Hummels, I think.

:09:28. > :09:32.Brilliant, though. He almost stops and then goes again. Hummels is

:09:33. > :09:34.trailing in his wake. Perez was waiting. Higuain was the

:09:35. > :09:58.man further over. In between the two of them! Turned

:09:59. > :10:02.clear by Muller. Great play by Zabaleta. We haven't

:10:03. > :10:12.seen him come forward that often in this competition.

:10:13. > :10:36.Biglia had time to line it up there. He took plenty of time.

:10:37. > :10:44.Decent block too by the Schalke man. Yeah, it was. We haven't got a ball

:10:45. > :10:52.at the moment. There is a spare special final ball.

:10:53. > :10:58.There's the man most consider to be the world's best goalkeeper, having

:10:59. > :11:19.to keep out The Many think is the world's best player and co.

:11:20. > :11:25.Now Argentina down their right posing problems. We thought it might

:11:26. > :11:40.be cagey and lack pace early on. Not a bit of it. Certainly not.

:11:41. > :11:48.Zabaleta hung Rhyl into the tack -- hungrily into the tackle. He doesn't

:11:49. > :12:16.really tackle any other way. Kramer is playing a little bit

:12:17. > :12:19.further forward than Khedira would be, certainly from that point of

:12:20. > :12:26.view, it's given the Argentineans a little bit of problems when he tries

:12:27. > :12:28.to come off the front man. Messi comes back to help out

:12:29. > :12:53.defensively. Germany get the throw. Demichelis stout stuff. Yeah,

:12:54. > :13:01.Demichelis just read it a Demichelis stout stuff. Yeah,

:13:02. > :13:05.second before close close close. He just -- Miroslav Klose. He just did

:13:06. > :13:29.enough to put him off. I think they might have conceded a

:13:30. > :13:35.key free kick here. It's in the back of Klose. I'm not

:13:36. > :13:42.sure it's a foul, is it? A little late.

:13:43. > :14:05.It is another free kick in a very promising position for Germany.

:14:06. > :14:41.Zabaleta read it. Germany's throw.

:14:42. > :14:51.It squirted awkwardly off the head of Demichelis, the sun in his eyes.

:14:52. > :15:16.Yeah, he Jess -- gesticulats that. fascinating to watch from the German

:15:17. > :15:19.players. That was unlucky, it was meant for Muller. He came out around

:15:20. > :15:26.the back. meant for Muller. He came out around

:15:27. > :15:30.Perez tries to run away. That's twice they have broken from set

:15:31. > :15:37.pieces, Argentina, and for the neutrals that is good.

:15:38. > :15:41.pieces, Argentina, and for the Joachim Low spoke about at press

:15:42. > :15:46.conferences, he was aware of the speed at the break. And wary of one

:15:47. > :15:51.man in particular. We have speed at the break. And wary of one

:15:52. > :15:58.darting run from him so far down the right-hand side, Lionel Messi.

:15:59. > :16:01.Ezequiel Garay, a solid centre-back. Marcos Rojo was a little

:16:02. > :16:11.off-balance. Looking down at the pitch. I don't think so, must have

:16:12. > :16:14.been a worm! There has been a bit of rain around Rio in the last few

:16:15. > :16:22.days. Perfect evening for the World Cup final.

:16:23. > :16:32.Demichelis was shoulder to shoulder with Miroslav Klose. He has already

:16:33. > :16:40.taken the throw. That was hefty from Kramer. Germany are a man lights

:16:41. > :16:46.just now. They're not too worried, they're just keeping the ball.

:16:47. > :16:51.Argentina's players are pointing to the touchline to tell Boateng to put

:16:52. > :16:55.it out of play. They don't have to, it is their man. They've made the

:16:56. > :17:01.decision on the pitch. Toni Kroos does that. They have the ball, they

:17:02. > :17:05.can make the decision. It is the call of the referee whether he wants

:17:06. > :17:10.to stop play or not. At sea ought to have done. Always when you are

:17:11. > :17:20.looking the other way that you miss one. -- perhaps he ought to have

:17:21. > :17:22.done. He took the full weight. Zabaleta took one the other night,

:17:23. > :17:39.very similar. Clicking his jaw back into place. A

:17:40. > :17:46.penny for the thoughts of Sami Khedira. Ruled out in the warm up.

:17:47. > :17:54.He's a player who has had rotten luck with injury in last season.

:17:55. > :18:01.Kramer will carry on for now. He only made his debut against Poland

:18:02. > :18:07.it one of the warm up games in May. What a rise for the 23-year-old.

:18:08. > :18:13.Sometimes it's just meant to be. Watching on anxiously in the town

:18:14. > :18:17.where he's from, famous for making swords. I'm sure he's got plenty of

:18:18. > :18:25.steel in him. He won't be coming off. Not if he

:18:26. > :18:40.had has any say about it. He's fine, He won't be coming off. Not if he

:18:41. > :18:41.jogging around the pitch now. Over two wards Lahm, but it won't reach

:18:42. > :18:56.him. Rojo looked to find Higuain. A

:18:57. > :18:59.nose of Alejandro Sabella. They nose of Alejandro Sabella. They

:19:00. > :19:06.called him Alex when he was at Bramall Lane as a player. Standing

:19:07. > :19:27.down, what may after this game. Kroos to Lahm. Muller this time

:19:28. > :19:33.takes one. Get up, he's fine. Rojo went in. He was waiting for it, well

:19:34. > :19:44.done, referee. Nothing wrong with him. There was a bit of that in

:19:45. > :19:45.Germany's opening game, a 4-0 game against Portugal.

:19:46. > :19:49.Germany's opening game, a 4-0 game enough to get himself off.

:19:50. > :19:56.Germany's opening game, a 4-0 game take a lot to get Pepe sent off.

:19:57. > :20:17.Excellent slide into win from Mascherano.

:20:18. > :20:27.That was a risk, DME, a chance for Higuain! What a waste. He was

:20:28. > :20:37.presented with a World Cup final gift. He obviously couldn't believe

:20:38. > :20:45.it. He snatched at this. He waited to hit it and it almost came off the

:20:46. > :20:51.ankle, above the boot. What an opportunity. Toni Kroos headed the

:20:52. > :21:01.ball back without looking. A player who has hardly wasted a pass all

:21:02. > :21:06.tournament long. For him not to make the goalkeeper made a save from that

:21:07. > :21:13.position is criminal. What a let off for Germany. They now have a free

:21:14. > :21:18.kick in the Argentine half. Kroos has just steadied himself. His heart

:21:19. > :21:22.will be absolutely pumping. Just tries to hit it too hard, doesn't

:21:23. > :21:44.he. Kramer was second to that ball,

:21:45. > :21:51.Demichelis won it. A free kick to Argentina.

:21:52. > :22:01.Demichelis won it. A free kick to when you look at it, looked around,

:22:02. > :22:07.and he's just dragged it. Dear oh dear. The man wearing number nine.

:22:08. > :22:18.Looked at Javier Mascherano's reaction. And the bench. Sergio

:22:19. > :22:22.Aguero, number 20, he had his shirt over his head. What he would give

:22:23. > :22:35.for a chance like that, if and when he gets on the field.

:22:36. > :22:41.Acres of space for Philipp Lahm here. Not the best ball. It sent him

:22:42. > :22:56.backwards rather than forwards. Past the midway point of the first

:22:57. > :23:02.half. Cross by Philipp Lahm, Klose collapse, collected by Muller. Zappa

:23:03. > :23:20.Letta, great on his left foot. -- Zappa Letta.

:23:21. > :23:28.Benedikt Howedes was Germany's goal-scorer... As we look down

:23:29. > :23:30.Benedikt Howedes was Germany's Copacabana beach. He was the

:23:31. > :23:35.goal-scorer for Germany the last time

:23:36. > :23:41.goal-scorer for Germany the last friendly in Frankfurt, it was a 3-1

:23:42. > :23:43.Argentina victory, and we had something almost as breathtaking in

:23:44. > :24:08.the Higuain mess in the first half, we had a missed penalty from Messi.

:24:09. > :24:23.Germany getting a bit of order back about themselves.

:24:24. > :24:26.All the way back to Neuer. He doesn't mind receiving the ball

:24:27. > :24:34.anywhere in his doesn't mind receiving the ball

:24:35. > :24:39.field. One of these sweeper- keepers.

:24:40. > :24:48.A lovely take and turned by Mesut Ozil. Klose is stopped by Garay.

:24:49. > :25:15.Just as This is good pressing from Rojo and

:25:16. > :25:43.Perez, forcing Germany back. Germany bossing possession but not

:25:44. > :25:44.going anywhere that quickly yet. Schweinsteiger is having too

:25:45. > :25:48.going anywhere that quickly yet. the ball as far as Argentina are

:25:49. > :26:06.concerned. Good closing from Lavezzi. On it again.

:26:07. > :26:12.Didn't get that one right, not close enough to Kramer. I think he

:26:13. > :26:20.stopped, thinking he was running offside. Thereafter some Germans

:26:21. > :26:25.here. -- there are some Germans here. There have been plenty of

:26:26. > :26:30.Germans wherever they have played, they have plenty of support in

:26:31. > :26:37.Brazil. That killer Lee in the south of the country. -- particularly in

:26:38. > :26:48.the south of the country. Even more today.

:26:49. > :26:57.Forced out by the pressure of Kramer. Sabella's face tells a

:26:58. > :27:01.story. A great one for reactions, Sabella will stop never left in any

:27:02. > :27:19.doubt what he's thinking. A chip up towards Klose and Romero

:27:20. > :27:25.had seen that developing. I think Klose realised if you went for that

:27:26. > :27:29.he would get smashed. Just a split second, he's onside, has a look at

:27:30. > :27:37.the goalkeeper and thanks, maybe not. The timing of the run was

:27:38. > :27:41.exquisite. The veteran striker is looking to go out on the biggest

:27:42. > :27:44.high of all having already broken the record for the number of goals

:27:45. > :27:54.scored at the World Cup in this tournament. Lahm was through. Romero

:27:55. > :27:58.gets it away but the flag is up. Would not have counted for Muller

:27:59. > :28:12.even if he got his toe to it. The flag seemed to go up late. A clever

:28:13. > :28:17.ball as well. Great decision. Renato Faverani wasn't just the right place

:28:18. > :28:22.to see it all. Lavezzi is sent sprawling. A free kick. He wanted to

:28:23. > :28:26.take it quickly but the referee was not ready because he's making a note

:28:27. > :28:31.of the foul and we have the first yellow card of the World Cup final.

:28:32. > :28:39.Asti and Schweinsteiger gets it. -- Bastian Schweinsteiger gets it. No

:28:40. > :28:47.complaining. Stopped him in his tracks.

:28:48. > :28:52.That was Daft as well because Boateng was just waiting to tackle

:28:53. > :29:06.him. No surprise at all to see who's the

:29:07. > :29:09.wall. Biglia with a touch to Messi to allow him to run. Can't get

:29:10. > :29:20.through that way. to allow him to run. Can't get

:29:21. > :29:26.keeps that in. Might have caused a problem but Romero is out to tidy

:29:27. > :29:33.up. Rojo, that wasn't tidy from Germany. Lavezzi has Rojo and

:29:34. > :29:40.Higuain is in there. Germany. Lavezzi has Rojo and

:29:41. > :29:47.it won't count. He doesn't know yet. But Argentina have not taken the

:29:48. > :29:59.lead. The flag went up very quickly. Great ball. This is a ball and a

:30:00. > :30:05.half and an absolutely correct decision again. What a finish after

:30:06. > :30:12.his miss as well. Curling away from Neuer. This time we give the thumbs

:30:13. > :30:18.up to the other assistant referee, Andrea Stefani. I think Schurrle

:30:19. > :30:29.could be coming on here. He's taken off his top. There's a subplot

:30:30. > :30:33.within a big story. Kramer in at the last minute for Sami Khedira,

:30:34. > :30:40.injured in the warm up. And now he's only lasted half an hour himself.

:30:41. > :30:47.He's still very, very dazed. Yeah, he's groggy. I hope he's all right.

:30:48. > :30:53.Christoph Kramer's dream hasn't quite gone to plan.

:30:54. > :30:58.On will come Andre Schurrle, who when he has left the bench has made

:30:59. > :31:01.impact after impact for Germany. You get the impression actually that he

:31:02. > :31:08.is a real impact player. When he starts and thinks, not sure, when he

:31:09. > :31:16.comes on, most definitely. The referee's assistant just explaining

:31:17. > :31:20.what was wrong. Andre Schurrle, the Chelsea player, came on as a

:31:21. > :31:25.substitute against Algeria in the last 16 to give Germany the lead, to

:31:26. > :31:30.look really lively throughout. Then came on against Brazil, last

:31:31. > :31:36.Tuesday. He got himself two of the seven. He's going to play on the

:31:37. > :31:41.left. I think they'll probably just, I don't know if they're going to

:31:42. > :31:49.drop Ozil in a little bit with Kroos and Schweinsteiger. Play a front

:31:50. > :31:55.three. Joachim Low, even in his days as the assistant to Jurgen Klinsmann

:31:56. > :32:08.was the tactition in the camp. He will have a plan for every

:32:09. > :32:11.eventuality. This might improve Germany's attacking prowess. Howedes

:32:12. > :32:15.is not particularly great about going forward. We know Schurrle is

:32:16. > :32:35.all about attacking people in those areas.

:32:36. > :32:39.keep rolling overment you got -- over. You got your foul, mate, get

:32:40. > :32:47.over it. Mesut Ozil caught him. Let's see how many rolls we can

:32:48. > :32:57.count. One, two, three... I think there were three-and-a-half.

:32:58. > :33:06.Zabaleta has been taken out. That is a naughty one. Has Howedes. That

:33:07. > :33:08.will be a yellow card. Maybe something brewing for

:33:09. > :33:14.Argentina here. Maybe something brewing for

:33:15. > :33:18.Two German names in the referee's note book. Germany having already

:33:19. > :33:20.had to make one change in the game and one just before it. Oh, it's a

:33:21. > :33:33.naughty foul, that. To be fair to Zabaleta, he's tough.

:33:34. > :33:37.If he's going to catch any player in the Argentinian side that will note

:33:38. > :33:39.it down for later, he's just caught him. Any player plus And him

:33:40. > :33:50.Mascherano. . Just need to settle down a bit,

:33:51. > :34:00.Germany, here. You might say

:34:01. > :34:15.with Higuain missing that sitter. -- lightly.

:34:16. > :34:29.Schweinsteiger is even more important to the Germany plans.

:34:30. > :34:38.Lavezzi felt he was fouled. The Italian referee begs to differ.

:34:39. > :34:45.Rojo almost getting in Perez' way. Both so eager to go in and make the

:34:46. > :34:49.tackle themselves. Yeah, it's getting a little bit

:34:50. > :34:53.spicy, which is always good. We are just over ten minutes from 45 being

:34:54. > :34:56.played. This is good stuff. just over ten minutes from 45 being

:34:57. > :34:58.Not edge of your Messi couldn't get it through to

:34:59. > :35:12.there's a lot developing here. Messi couldn't get it through to

:35:13. > :35:15.Higuain. He has won a corner. It was Schweinsteiger again, I think.

:35:16. > :35:23.That's Lavezzi originally into Messi.

:35:24. > :35:32.Schweinsteiger there just reads the situation.

:35:33. > :35:40.Lavezzi has got a turn of pace from somewhere.

:35:41. > :35:44.Starting his fourth game in a row with Sergio Aguero having been ruled

:35:45. > :35:52.out. Oh, yeah we need one of them, mate, to carry on.

:35:53. > :36:01.He's looking lively. It's Manuel Neuer's. The box belongs

:36:02. > :36:21.to him. Muller gives Zabaleta the slip.

:36:22. > :36:25.Good chance. Good save, Romero. Schurrle met it nicely. So did the

:36:26. > :36:29.keeper. I think it's a corner. He's saying

:36:30. > :36:38.no. a little nip at him. Ozil just got

:36:39. > :36:52.out of the a little nip at him. Ozil just got

:36:53. > :36:55.been given. No, offside. Yes, offside, Ozil. Romero taps it out to

:36:56. > :37:08.Demichelis. Germany 0, Argentina 0.

:37:09. > :37:13.Argentina have had the ball in the German net. Offside Higuain. He

:37:14. > :37:20.should have had the ball in the German net earlier.

:37:21. > :37:23.Messi ran straight into Schweinsteiger, who doesn't make a

:37:24. > :37:41.meal of it just gets on with the Perfect ball to Lahm, just bounced

:37:42. > :37:48.off his boot. He wanted to keep it a lot lower, obviously. But great ball

:37:49. > :37:53.into him. That's gone out for an Argentina throw-in.

:37:54. > :38:00.A rocky few minutes for Germany. They seem to have got their rhythm

:38:01. > :38:17.back at the moment. So fantastically poised, this game.

:38:18. > :38:21.Argentina beaten in only one of the last 25 games. Germany can do

:38:22. > :38:44.better, one defeat in their last 27. Perez has swapped sides at the

:38:45. > :38:48.moment. Yeah since Lavezzi took the corner before, he's not gone back to

:38:49. > :39:07.his original position. Another one, they're creeping forward.

:39:08. > :39:17.This time it's Germany's. Ticking around towards halftime.

:39:18. > :39:21.Strange to think after today it's all over. Luckily you don't have to

:39:22. > :39:24.wait too long for the football to start again. Match of the Day

:39:25. > :39:31.returns in 34 days, Saturday August 16 for its 50th year.

:39:32. > :39:42.Messi has managed to get through. It's turned away from goal.

:39:43. > :39:46.It's Boateng. He got through unbelievably easily, Messi.

:39:47. > :39:53.Hummels is feeling the pace of the races he's having to have against

:39:54. > :39:55.the brilliant Argentina Number Ten. He has largely been kept quiet, but

:39:56. > :40:10.you know it's there. Hummels and Howedes had big guys.

:40:11. > :40:27.Messi is causing them problems. No free kick. Well done, ref.

:40:28. > :40:33.Late challenge there. Germany appeal for a free kick.

:40:34. > :40:37.Muller is down again. Referee didn't see it.

:40:38. > :40:41.Muller back to his feet. Biglia caught on the ball and needlessly

:40:42. > :40:46.fouled by Schurrlement A -- Schurrle. Schurrle and Rojo having a

:40:47. > :40:51.little set-to here. Lavezzi is across to have a word and

:40:52. > :40:55.Mascherano is here too. Thomas Muller can rub opponents up the

:40:56. > :41:00.wrong way and he's doing just that here.

:41:01. > :41:08.This will play into Argentina hands. I would have thought so.

:41:09. > :41:20.That's just a Schurrle foul. We know that all day. It's amazing when they

:41:21. > :41:26.don't see it. This is the one. What's that? It was something rather

:41:27. > :41:56.manufactured by Thomas Muller. It was indeed, for the second time.

:41:57. > :42:04.Rojo is lucky. He tried to be too clever. In the end, he just let

:42:05. > :42:07.Muller have a simple cross and thanks goodness for Zabaleta, for

:42:08. > :42:11.Argentina. Thomas Muller has to be careful. If he wants a battle, he's

:42:12. > :42:19.playing the right team for it. Or the wrong team!

:42:20. > :42:27.It goes Argentina's way. Contested by Schurrle. He's come on full of

:42:28. > :42:31.fire. Yeah, he's getting a little bit rattled, the Germans, which

:42:32. > :42:34.would suit Argentina. They don't have a problem with this.

:42:35. > :43:09.It was the right call. straight at Romero from Kroos. Klose

:43:10. > :43:18.did really well here, great awareness, out of his feet. That's a

:43:19. > :43:24.back pass. Not his thing today. That's two though, isn't it? Germany

:43:25. > :43:25.just showing signs approaching halftime of knocking it around

:43:26. > :43:38.again. They're going over too easily as

:43:39. > :44:06.well. Muller had to make sure he stayed in front of Lavezzi.

:44:07. > :44:09.Could Miroslav Klose have flung himself at that? I think he thought

:44:10. > :44:43.about it. Great ball, isn't it? No. Even though we're goalless, for a

:44:44. > :44:51.World Cup final, it's actually been good, the first half.

:44:52. > :45:02.Schweinsteiger has run most of the first half.

:45:03. > :45:18.Germany corner. We move into two minutes of first-half added time.

:45:19. > :45:31.That's such a good relationship down the right, Muller and Lahm. Perez

:45:32. > :45:34.puffing there. It's difficult. It will be Kroos with a corner.

:45:35. > :45:39.puffing there. It's difficult. It and Howedes have made their way into

:45:40. > :45:45.the Argentina penalty area. - Hummels. Romero started to move

:45:46. > :45:51.towards the ball and he retreated and he will stay

:45:52. > :45:55.towards the ball and he retreated corner kick. Hummels is a danger.

:45:56. > :46:04.Two goals in the World Cup at already, one against

:46:05. > :46:10.Muller is the target of the referee's attention again, pushing

:46:11. > :46:20.and pulling between him and Pablo Zabaleta. Expectant German fans.

:46:21. > :46:29.Against the post! The flag has gone up. It hasn't gone in. Romero has

:46:30. > :46:38.the ball in his grateful gloves. Such a great header as well, this

:46:39. > :46:45.was, from Howedes. It comes off the post.

:46:46. > :46:54.I'm saying it's a good header, he should have scored. He

:46:55. > :46:58.I'm saying it's a good header, he run at it. Got great leveraged at

:46:59. > :47:02.I'm saying it's a good header, he the header as well. Good officiating

:47:03. > :47:11.once again. A stroke of luck for Argentina. Schurrle caught by

:47:12. > :47:16.Zabaleta. Half-time at the Maracana. We haven't had a goal, but we have

:47:17. > :47:21.seen a glaring miss from Gonzalo Higuain, who then did put the ball

:47:22. > :47:24.in the net only for it to be ruled out for offside. Right at the end we

:47:25. > :47:29.had that Howedes header. I think out for offside. Right at the end we

:47:30. > :47:29.will get goals, we just don't know out for offside. Right at the end we

:47:30. > :47:42.score them. Goalless it may be, but fascinating

:47:43. > :47:46.it certainly is. A contrast in styles between attack and

:47:47. > :47:50.counterattack. Classic, German pass and move and they tried to thread

:47:51. > :47:56.their way through a resilient defence. The Germans are then

:47:57. > :48:00.playing high up the pitch, distinct lack of pace and susceptible to the

:48:01. > :48:05.counter attack. It's very, very open. Argentina have probably had

:48:06. > :48:11.the better chances, apart from the one that hit the post at the end. It

:48:12. > :48:15.was tough to call before the game, but it becomes increasingly

:48:16. > :48:19.difficult. Still tough to call. Germany have had a lot of

:48:20. > :48:26.possession, a lot of play down the right-hand side. Both teams have had

:48:27. > :48:30.two great chances. Higuain should score and Howedes at the end is a

:48:31. > :48:36.sitter from the set piece. Thoroughly enjoyable first half.

:48:37. > :48:40.Yes. Argentina are looking very dangerous on the counterattack. I

:48:41. > :48:44.can't believe Germany are playing with such a high line in possession,

:48:45. > :48:50.with the lack of ability their centre halves have. Lavezzi and

:48:51. > :48:54.Messi are having a field day. You said that throughout the tournament,

:48:55. > :49:01.but you'd suspect with the class Argentina have got... Algeria did

:49:02. > :49:07.the same thing, but this is against Argentina. If they continue to take

:49:08. > :49:12.chances like that... There's no great recovery pace so when it's

:49:13. > :49:19.played pass them, Messi gets in on the right-hand side and he's in.

:49:20. > :49:24.Conceivably should have done better. Germany went very close to scoring

:49:25. > :49:28.just before half-time. Before the game you said set pieces could be

:49:29. > :49:34.crucial. They are very good at it and they know their jobs, Germany.

:49:35. > :49:39.That is a fantastic ball in and Howedes should score, five yards

:49:40. > :49:46.out. You've got to score. Eventually gives offside. It's a great ball in.

:49:47. > :49:54.Argentina haven't defended brilliantly. Higuain has had an

:49:55. > :49:59.interesting first half. He had the best chance before that. Just before

:50:00. > :50:08.Mascherano had made a great tackle. He takes about three days to get it

:50:09. > :50:16.under control. Then a gift of a chance. He's onto it, but he is

:50:17. > :50:21.slow, pedestrian, laborious. Just nudging forward with your head and

:50:22. > :50:27.make the chance easier. It sat out really well for him. He can take it

:50:28. > :50:33.on. Because it's so nice to hit, and it's a sitter, you dream about one

:50:34. > :50:39.of them. I don't think he needs to go so early here. He needs to check

:50:40. > :50:43.his run to three yards. It's a very, very good ball in and a great

:50:44. > :50:48.finish, but he doesn't need to make the wrong so early. He can see the

:50:49. > :50:55.defenders. He should see a cross the line. Messi getting the ball between

:50:56. > :51:01.the lines and he puts someone else in. Fantastic to see. You said

:51:02. > :51:05.before the games that Germany are strong down the right and that is

:51:06. > :51:10.predominantly where their threat has come from. Almost everything is

:51:11. > :51:15.coming down the right-hand side. Lahm starts it off the vast majority

:51:16. > :51:21.of the time. Whether it's Muller, they get in there and they have a

:51:22. > :51:24.habit of getting in there. They find pockets of space and eventually

:51:25. > :51:30.Argentina will get punished if they don't stop the cross coming in. They

:51:31. > :51:36.are not prepared to rush, they wait. They get into the final third

:51:37. > :51:40.and they are dangerous. You can tell that their favourite side because

:51:41. > :51:43.and they are dangerous. You can tell the vast majority of it is there

:51:44. > :51:49.whether it is Muller and Lahm or the others down there. It's a dangerous

:51:50. > :51:52.area. You have to stop the cross. Defender lets him cross it to be

:51:53. > :51:58.easily and at the moment Argentina are getting away with it. They are

:51:59. > :52:05.creating half chances, Germany. The final ball hasn't been great. This

:52:06. > :52:10.is fantastic from Ozil. Bit of a backpass, but they are working the

:52:11. > :52:15.spaces really well. If they can find the final ball, they will punish

:52:16. > :52:19.them. We've talked about the high line and the lack of pace of

:52:20. > :52:26.Hummels, is it possible to exploit that? Yeah. He's been protected

:52:27. > :52:32.really well this tournament, they haven't been left isolated man for

:52:33. > :52:43.man. He has a lack of ability. He can't live with him. Comes inside.

:52:44. > :52:49.The next one shows it even more. Neuer knows exactly where he is,

:52:50. > :52:54.great goalkeeping. One on one, he identifies who he is up against, see

:52:55. > :53:00.you later. Stop start. That's what they have to do. Great players

:53:01. > :53:07.identify a weakness and they sit on it. The thing about a high line, and

:53:08. > :53:13.we've seen Neuer are coming and sweeping, sometimes you can't come

:53:14. > :53:18.and sweep. You just need one little ball in and the player to make the

:53:19. > :53:23.right run and the goalkeeper is out of the equation. The game springs to

:53:24. > :53:28.life when it gets to Messi. Three occasions in the first half,

:53:29. > :53:37.including this one. Not only that, his vision and to execute the pass

:53:38. > :53:40.also. He is top, top drawer. That is a very good tackle from

:53:41. > :53:45.Schweinsteiger, who comes across and cuts out the danger. Him running at

:53:46. > :53:51.you, you fear the worst. For the first time, his final ball let him

:53:52. > :54:00.down. This is the one over the top I was talking about. A simple ball. So

:54:01. > :54:06.dangerous. Boateng does well. So much space behind that Neuer

:54:07. > :54:10.account, and get this one. When the ball is good enough like that, the

:54:11. > :54:14.goalkeeper will be in no man's land if he dares to come out. If you are

:54:15. > :54:20.giving Messi that space, he will punish you. Eventually. We shall

:54:21. > :54:29.see. Time to pick your goal of the tournament.

:54:30. > :54:35.Great ball, he's onside, van What a fantastic goal! What a

:54:36. > :54:50.fantastic goal! The underdogs have made such a good

:54:51. > :54:55.start. Is there a response? K Hill! What a strike! Tim K Hill has done

:54:56. > :55:10.it again for Australia. - Give it to him and pray. And he's

:55:11. > :55:15.done it! It had to be Messi. He's broken in rainy and hearts. -

:55:16. > :55:21.Iranians. Now Jones. Jones! The equaliser!

:55:22. > :55:48.Jermaine Jones. James Rodriguez! Moment of magic!

:55:49. > :55:51.The outstanding James Rodriguez has once again lit up a game at these

:55:52. > :56:06.World Cup finals. David Luiz! Brilliant! What a goal

:56:07. > :56:12.from David Luiz! Absolute perfection. David Luiz Hammers home

:56:13. > :56:37.a sensational free kick! A lovely reverse ball. Schurrle!

:56:38. > :56:44.Andre Schurrle, seven! Seven to choose from and we know which one we

:56:45. > :56:52.like. To vote, head to the BBC World Cup website and click on the goal of

:56:53. > :56:56.your choice. Voting closes on the full-time whistle and we'll give you

:56:57. > :57:01.the result towards the end of the programme. Plenty more sport to look

:57:02. > :57:03.forward to this summer, starting with the live coverage of The Open

:57:04. > :57:06.Championship from Hoylake on Thursday morning. But what about

:57:07. > :57:08.next month? Thursday morning. But what about

:57:09. > :57:34.next month? Life returns. I don't think I know

:57:35. > :57:39.who the doctor is any more. I'm the doctor. I've lived

:57:40. > :57:41.who the doctor is any more. I'm the years. I've made many mistakes. It's

:57:42. > :57:45.about time I did something about that. Where are we going? Into

:57:46. > :57:57.darkness. Here we go again. Am I a good man? I don't know. Dr

:57:58. > :58:14.Who. Let's pop back, not in time, but

:58:15. > :58:21.right now to the Maracana to hear the thoughts of Clarence Seedorf.

:58:22. > :58:24.Just before kick-off I spoke to Lothar Matthaus. He says he's very

:58:25. > :58:30.confident, although I'm not sure how relaxed he was when Higuain was

:58:31. > :58:31.clean through. Is this the World Cup finals you expected?

:58:32. > :58:37.clean through. Is this the World Cup Cup final, great quality, great

:58:38. > :58:41.game, exactly what we expected. Argentina waiting for the Germans,

:58:42. > :58:46.great possession from the Germans, but Argentina are knocking on the

:58:47. > :58:51.door. Do you think Germany need to speed up their midfield? Yes, and

:58:52. > :59:01.use the left side more. They are ignoring the left side. They have to

:59:02. > :59:06.be more adventurous. They came out quite dangerously a couple of times.

:59:07. > :59:10.I think Argentina have had the better chances. I know how impressed

:59:11. > :59:15.you've been with Thomas Muller, whose movement has been fantastic.

:59:16. > :59:18.He's fantastic, always doing the right thing. He's a bit out of the

:59:19. > :59:23.game because they are forcing the game on the right-hand side, which

:59:24. > :59:29.ups Argentina to defend better. - helps. The atmosphere is incredible,

:59:30. > :59:31.what will happen helps. The atmosphere is incredible,

:59:32. > :59:36.what will in the second-half? Is it going all the way? I expect

:59:37. > :59:42.Argentina to sit back and Germany to push forward, with more movement up

:59:43. > :59:46.front. They have to be aware of the speed of Argentina up front. Messi

:59:47. > :59:53.is in the game and I'm liking what I'm seeing. Who will lift the

:59:54. > :59:57.trophy? Very hard question. The logical thing is Germany, the best

:59:58. > :00:02.team of the tournament. But Argentina are knocking on the door.

:00:03. > :00:07.Thank you. Brilliant way of saying he has no

:00:08. > :00:12.idea! More of the same in the second-half? I can't see it

:00:13. > :00:17.changing. Germany will have the lion 's share of the play, but Argentina

:00:18. > :00:25.have looked dangerous. If they introduce Sergio Aguero, he could

:00:26. > :00:30.have a big say. We don't always say this but you have to say the Germans

:00:31. > :00:33.have been a little bit unfortunate so far, losing Khedira before

:00:34. > :00:38.kick-off and then losing his replacement, Kramer. It is one of

:00:39. > :00:41.those were you can't see him coming. You take the full force of it. I

:00:42. > :00:46.feel sorry for him there, You take the full force of it. I

:00:47. > :00:51.introduced to the game and then for that to happen to him. Normally when

:00:52. > :00:57.you can see somebody coming you can prepare yourself, you tense up, but

:00:58. > :01:03.there is nothing there. Nasty one. How do you see it going, Alan? I

:01:04. > :01:08.agree with Clarence. The Germans had a lot of possession in the first

:01:09. > :01:10.half. Because Argentina can see Germany are susceptible to the

:01:11. > :01:15.counterattack they will sit back and try to hit them on the break. They

:01:16. > :01:24.have the pace of Messi. It just needs one ball over the top. I agree

:01:25. > :01:35.with Rio, if Aguero comes off on, he can make the difference. Is it

:01:36. > :01:40.fate? You just wonder. We have had a first half with no goals but it has

:01:41. > :01:45.been end to end. We expected Argentina to get men behind the ball

:01:46. > :01:49.but we did not expect a first half as good as that. Both managers will

:01:50. > :01:52.be happy at half-time with all players carrying out their

:01:53. > :02:00.instructions. Argentina will be looking for more of the same. Mats

:02:01. > :02:08.Hummels, they have been in your team of the tournament. He has been slow.

:02:09. > :02:15.It's still 0-0. They just look relaxed and happy in this situation.

:02:16. > :02:20.It is a World Cup final, 24, 25 years old, but they're just chilling

:02:21. > :02:24.before they go out. He looks pretty cool, with his family by the looks

:02:25. > :02:30.of it. Looks like he's supporting Argentina. How can he let them wear

:02:31. > :02:39.Argentina shirts? I don't understand it. Diego Simeone told him he had

:02:40. > :02:43.to. One goal for Thomas Muller and he would grab the Golden Goal. James

:02:44. > :02:50.Rodriguez has six at the moment and there will be watching closely. The

:02:51. > :02:54.first goal will be vital. I think there should be more of the same but

:02:55. > :03:05.with goals. The first half was absolutely excellent. Great watch.

:03:06. > :03:10.Cancer attacking play against a classic passant move team. Cash

:03:11. > :03:16.counter attacking play. -- passage and move team. Germany will

:03:17. > :03:26.definitely be hoping to get that first goal. The two sides walking

:03:27. > :03:29.back out onto the pitch at the fantastic Maracana Stadium. Back to

:03:30. > :03:39.Mark Lawrenson and Guy Mowbray. GUY MOWBRAY: Thanks, Gary. A change

:03:40. > :03:44.to start with. Ezequiel Lavezzi is going off to be replaced by Sergio

:03:45. > :03:52.Aguero. A change for Argentina. Lavezzi came into the side after

:03:53. > :03:57.Aguero was ruled out with injury. He has started the last three games.

:03:58. > :04:00.Aguero still looking for his first World Cup goal. He has half a dozen

:04:01. > :04:02.international appearances without a goal but is not a bad player to have

:04:03. > :04:16.coming on at We did see him in S?o Paulo and he

:04:17. > :04:24.looked a bit ring rusty. Growing problems? I'm not sure you could say

:04:25. > :04:28.that. He's had a number of muscular problems since New Year with

:04:29. > :04:32.Manchester City. His first touch in the World Cup final, sending it back

:04:33. > :04:36.to Javier Mascherano. Messi is running already. Howedes is beaten

:04:37. > :04:55.by Higuain. Aguero An interesting story developing in

:04:56. > :04:57.that Argentina kept the Germany players waiting for some time in the

:04:58. > :05:14.player's tunnel. Mascherano lists it three for

:05:15. > :05:22.Higuain but he's offside again. -- lifts it through for Higuain.

:05:23. > :05:26.Probably four or five different occasions down that side now.

:05:27. > :05:30.Looking at what Argentina have done, I think Higuain will play on the

:05:31. > :05:37.right, Messi in the middle and Aguero on the left. Aguero and

:05:38. > :05:45.Higuain Hattie tucked in from those sides. Perez is playing as a

:05:46. > :05:51.right-sided midfielder. Aguero will try to run onto this but Jerome

:05:52. > :05:58.Boateng combines with Neuer. It was easy for Boateng. A positive stride.

:05:59. > :06:04.Positive start for Argentina. Biglia has gone to the left of Mascherano.

:06:05. > :06:12.Messi, the flag has stayed down but he has missed! Right across the face

:06:13. > :06:19.with the crowd waiting to roar. Of all the people. He is on the side. A

:06:20. > :06:30.massive intake of breath. You are just waiting for the net to bulge.

:06:31. > :06:35.How close was that? Very. Neuer was beaten. He was stranded. Another

:06:36. > :06:47.It has got those blue and white Argentina opportunity goes by.

:06:48. > :06:49.It has got those blue and white striped shirted

:06:50. > :06:52.It has got those blue and white feet and waving the flag

:06:53. > :06:54.It has got those blue and white They like what they have seen since

:06:55. > :07:09.the break but they might not like Muller the ball now.

:07:10. > :07:20.A little bit of a waste. But a really bright start by Argentina. He

:07:21. > :07:30.is not just feeling his left hamstring? I'm hoping it's just an

:07:31. > :07:43.itch. So is he. He knows where the camera is, Alejandro Sabella. Still

:07:44. > :07:52.0-0, still a lot of Argentina fans wondering how that is

:07:53. > :08:05.Fired all the way through by Mascherano. Not quite sure

:08:06. > :08:11.Germany players. They were waiting in the tunnel except Philipp Lahm.

:08:12. > :08:18.He came out onto the field but was in the tunnel except Philipp Lahm.

:08:19. > :08:23.called back in by the referee. Lahm ignored him and had the Maracana to

:08:24. > :08:33.himself for a couple of minutes. Zabaleta was caught by Klose. The

:08:34. > :08:40.sunset in Rio, not many finer sites in the world.

:08:41. > :08:47.That is a picture. Staggering, isn't it. To think we have been up there

:08:48. > :09:04.as well. Argentina free kick. Mistake by Perez.

:09:05. > :09:08.Javier Mascherano for bailing him out there. Perhaps he was lucky that

:09:09. > :09:10.Javier Mascherano for bailing him it was Klose who

:09:11. > :09:18.Javier Mascherano for bailing him quickly as he used to. Don't mind

:09:19. > :09:23.seeing the odd mistake, it usually means goals. Aguero climbed early

:09:24. > :09:27.and five. Higuain went in with Howedes, but the defender did

:09:28. > :09:34.enough. A swing and a miss from Higuain.

:09:35. > :10:03.Messi, defenders doubling up on him. Messi couldn't get involved there,

:10:04. > :10:12.he was wandering back rather lazily from being offside. At the moment

:10:13. > :10:19.every time Argentina come forward, they are posing problems for the

:10:20. > :10:24.Germans. Its lack of football now, isn't it. That is amazing. Almost as

:10:25. > :10:31.though it was planned that way. It isn't it. That is amazing. Almost as

:10:32. > :10:58.just doesn't look real. That is how amazing it is.

:10:59. > :11:03.Ozil got it out to Howedes who showed too much of its two Pablo

:11:04. > :11:08.Zabaleta who took a bit of everything. He looked like a

:11:09. > :11:10.centre-back playing left-back then, Howedes. The second touch was almost

:11:11. > :11:37.a header. There is room on the right for

:11:38. > :11:48.Philipp Lahm should Germany choose to go that way. Lahm, threatening to

:11:49. > :11:50.under all busily through, to go that way. Lahm, threatening to

:11:51. > :11:56.instead he will have to get back pretty quickly. -- to bundle. Great

:11:57. > :12:23.tackle by Boateng on Aguero. They will have a rest and set off

:12:24. > :12:27.again. The game is quickening up, which is great. Even Mascherano

:12:28. > :12:31.threatened to break forward then which is great. Even Mascherano

:12:32. > :12:35.he was ignored. They will try another way round. Zabaleta sets

:12:36. > :12:44.off. That was wasted by Mascherano. Two

:12:45. > :13:17.in a row for him, most unusual. He goes down, tripped by Zabaleta.

:13:18. > :13:22.The advantage is played and it's turned behind by Garay for the

:13:23. > :13:29.corner. Schurrle asking for the free kick. But the referee gave Germany

:13:30. > :13:34.the advantage. Foul, yeah, but look what a good position Germany are in.

:13:35. > :13:39.They will have to settle for the corner, which they are pretty good

:13:40. > :13:49.from. No card for Zabaleta, incidentally. Howedes is making the

:13:50. > :13:54.run to the near post. Well over him. And there was a bit of pushing and

:13:55. > :14:04.pulling with Muller grabbing hold of some shirt.

:14:05. > :14:14.Well, yeah, right. After his was pulled. I think the free kick has

:14:15. > :14:21.gone against his reputation. Mats Hummels was getting a hug from

:14:22. > :14:55.Garay. Thomas Muller was unlucky there.

:14:56. > :15:15.Germany. Quite clever when you are under the cosh a little bit.

:15:16. > :15:24.Argentina quickening the tempo once more. Zabaleta looking for the run

:15:25. > :15:29.of Higuain. Outcomes Neuer, a long, long way. Big collision. He's given

:15:30. > :15:35.a free kick the other way, the referee. Was Neuer inside the box

:15:36. > :15:42.when he made the connection with his fist? That's exactly what Sergio

:15:43. > :15:48.Aguero is arguing about. Higuain has a look, he knows he's coming, he can

:15:49. > :15:57.hear him. That doesn't tell us, does it? I think he's just all right,

:15:58. > :16:02.just. Higuain might not be. It's his knee coming up into the side of the

:16:03. > :16:07.face. Is that dangerous play from the goalkeeper? He does get to the

:16:08. > :16:12.ball first. What's he going to do with his knees when he's that high

:16:13. > :16:21.up in the air? You make contact with the ball and then worry about

:16:22. > :16:26.everything else later. German goalkeeper Polak Singer boy in blue,

:16:27. > :16:29.we are back to Schumacher! Not quite in that category, thank goodness.

:16:30. > :16:35.we are back to Schumacher! Not quite Higuain is half accepting the

:16:36. > :16:43.apology. Hard to know how it can be a free kick to Germany. Very harsh.

:16:44. > :16:55.He got his head in the way of a six German. - six German. You can

:16:56. > :16:58.understand his anger and his business. Quite a few breaks for

:16:59. > :17:04.blows to the head throughout this World Cup. He's having a go at the

:17:05. > :17:07.fourth official as well, Higuain, on the touchline. Sub ballot is joining

:17:08. > :17:46.in. Not getting a lot of movement from

:17:47. > :17:48.Klose, are they? Finding it really difficult to get into the game at

:17:49. > :18:24.the moment. A cross towards Klose. He's got one

:18:25. > :18:29.on target, there's always once a match. That's what he's good at,

:18:30. > :18:35.within the confines of the 18-yard box. A good league, but not a great

:18:36. > :18:41.connection. It seemed to slide down his face rather than

:18:42. > :18:44.connection. It seemed to slide down temple. Echoes the way he got off in

:18:45. > :18:46.2002 when Schurrle runs into Pablo Zabaleta.

:18:47. > :19:17.five goals Just kept in. It will be an

:19:18. > :19:19.Argentina throw in. They claim it should be a goal kick, but not the

:19:20. > :19:26.case. Joachim should be a goal kick, but not the

:19:27. > :19:41.with a few words to say, it Lahm couldn't quite slide it

:19:42. > :19:48.the feet of Muller. No. Did Muller stop thinking he was offside, maybe?

:19:49. > :19:55.the feet of Muller. No. Did Muller Clever play by Lahm. No,

:19:56. > :20:10.the feet of Muller. No. Did Muller moment it looked like Bayern

:20:11. > :20:32.He is forced a slice from the keeper. What a touch!

:20:33. > :20:39.Demichelis was caught by Klose. Muller wants it in the middle.

:20:40. > :20:47.Mascherano didn't really get it away and then it was behind from Ozil. It

:20:48. > :20:56.shot up at him, a bit unlucky. Klose was also behind Ozil. Looks like a

:20:57. > :20:57.deflection off Mascherano. A little bit unfortunate, not a lot Ozil

:20:58. > :21:09.could do. Running at full pelt. The World Cup final remains

:21:10. > :21:20.intriguing. Still don't think you would want to

:21:21. > :21:26.firmly put yourself in one camp, saying one team will win it over the

:21:27. > :21:32.other. Hummels against Aguero and that's getting tetchy. Well done,

:21:33. > :21:39.Aguero. He fought three different people to win that corner. He is

:21:40. > :21:43.strong. Looks far more ready for this than he was the other day. He

:21:44. > :21:57.was undercooked the other day, no doubt about it. Clever too. Didn't

:21:58. > :22:00.let Hummels anywhere near that. Demichelis and Geraint Hughes and

:22:01. > :22:04.row Joe up from the back. - garra right.

:22:05. > :22:13.My first thought was it was another corner for Argentina. I think I was

:22:14. > :22:40.right, it came off Klose. Schweinsteiger is

:22:41. > :22:46.want it. Doesn't want it there. I don't think he wants it anywhere.

:22:47. > :22:55.Really messy between Neuer and Howedes. Neuer are saying to

:22:56. > :23:00.Howedes, you have to accept the ball. Zabaleta will take the

:23:01. > :23:05.Argentina throw in. Threatening to have a good spell with Aguero

:23:06. > :23:09.instrumental. Mascherano has made another mistake. And then plunging

:23:10. > :23:15.into a tone for the error and he will get a yellow card. He knew

:23:16. > :23:25.straightaway as well. Doesn't complain. OK, I'll take that, my

:23:26. > :23:30.mistake. Argentina in the final, you might say, largely down to his lots

:23:31. > :23:40.this chick tackle to deny Arjen Robben. - last-ditch tackle. Most

:23:41. > :23:42.definitely. Stretched so much he almost did himself a mischief in

:23:43. > :24:09.that game, but fit today. Aguero was in late and he will be

:24:10. > :24:16.yellow carded. He has ended Schweinsteiger and there is a lot of

:24:17. > :24:21.feeling creeping into this now. Echoes of when they meant in the

:24:22. > :24:26.World Cup in Germany in 2006, when it went all the way to penalties. At

:24:27. > :24:30.the end, Schweinsteiger was punched in the back by Maxi Rodr?guez after

:24:31. > :24:37.the penalty shoot out. It all went off, as they say. I think it's

:24:38. > :24:45.because you've got that undercurrent in this game as well, which is why

:24:46. > :24:47.it's so intriguing. Lots and lots of Argentinian noise again. I thought

:24:48. > :25:18.they had been quiet for a while. Overruled. Ozil took it. Not to any

:25:19. > :25:21.great benefit for Germany. Biglia was caught waiting for it. Free kick

:25:22. > :25:42.for Argentina. Klose as well, back a long way. He

:25:43. > :25:47.couldn't stop himself. Germany have six or seven players warming up

:25:48. > :25:52.behind the goal. Can't bring them all on! Played in. Neuer was the

:25:53. > :26:09.only player ready for that. Very coolly done by Demichelis. He

:26:10. > :26:16.had to get that absolutely right. Schurrle and Romero have words. We

:26:17. > :26:22.had a player sent off in both of the last two World Cup finals, why

:26:23. > :26:28.shouldn't this one be any different? I think Romero is the biggest player

:26:29. > :26:34.Argentina have in terms of height. Not a tall team at all. Free kick

:26:35. > :26:43.for Germany and Biglia is contesting that. Many duels developing all over

:26:44. > :26:56.the field. Returned to Ozil by Muller. Zabaleta doesn't take any

:26:57. > :27:04.chances. Kept by Higuain. Perez claims handball and gets it against

:27:05. > :27:11.Toni Kroos. Not sure what Kroos can do in that circumstance. Is he

:27:12. > :27:34.supposed to chop it off at the shoulder?

:27:35. > :27:41.Great run from row Joe down the left-hand side. Higuain is in the

:27:42. > :27:49.box. left-hand side. Higuain is in the

:27:50. > :27:56.Schweinsteiger. Who else? Three separate

:27:57. > :28:00.Schweinsteiger. Who else? Three he's come in and saved Germany. Nice

:28:01. > :28:07.turn by Enzo Perez and then he drove straight at Hummels. Demichelis out

:28:08. > :28:13.to Zabaleta, who can put in a cross, but it was too close to Neuer R.

:28:14. > :28:27.The game is opening up. Here we go. Lahm breezes past Biglia. And then

:28:28. > :28:33.he is unceremoniously taken down. He bought it, didn't he? He wasn't

:28:34. > :28:50.turning round and running back to his own goal.

:28:51. > :28:58.Lovely passing Germany players. Howedes with a

:28:59. > :29:05.cross that is anything but lovely. It goes for a throw in. That's why

:29:06. > :29:12.he's a centre-back. It's also why we've seen no goals to determine who

:29:13. > :29:15.will be closer to lifting that trophy at the end of the day. You

:29:16. > :29:27.can still focus your goal of the trophy at the end of the day. You

:29:28. > :29:32.Cup website. The vote Clark says - closes at full-time. It has run

:29:33. > :29:48.away, Rome are row has it. Poor touch. Lovely play.

:29:49. > :30:01.much longer there, he ran straight into Kroos. He had a couple of

:30:02. > :30:06.moments in the first half, most definitely. But you could have said

:30:07. > :30:07.that about ten in some of the other games until the last couple of

:30:08. > :30:14.minutes. And then we saw games until the last couple of

:30:15. > :30:18.Particularly in the last 16 game against Switzerland when he made the

:30:19. > :30:26.winner for Di Mar?a in the nick of time. Perez and Schweinsteiger

:30:27. > :30:29.having a falling out. To be considered with Maradona and Pele,

:30:30. > :30:37.does Messi have to start performing before this game is done? Yes.

:30:38. > :30:37.does Messi have to start performing answered that! Did you want the

:30:38. > :30:57.longer version? Yes will do. A little bit of anxiety at

:30:58. > :31:04.German end but they seem relaxed by and large. Argentina supporters have

:31:05. > :31:09.been anything but relaxed. I'm amazed they all made it four

:31:10. > :31:15.kick-off because of the noise made in Rio last night, until 6am,

:31:16. > :31:24.fantastic stuff. Aguero towards fantastic stuff. Aguero towards

:31:25. > :31:29.Higuain. Away by Howedes. Mascherano went in bravely, some might say

:31:30. > :31:32.foolhardy. I'm not sure it was a free kick. He goes download to head

:31:33. > :31:58.it. You are allowed to challenge him.

:31:59. > :32:05.Higuain can't get past Mats Hummels, one of the defenders of the

:32:06. > :32:10.tournament. Howedes asked a lot of Andre Schurrle there. Schurrle went

:32:11. > :32:16.stride for stride with Zabaleta. Looked like the assistant was about

:32:17. > :32:23.to give a free kick to Germany. He undoubtedly was. It is a throw for

:32:24. > :32:37.Perez to take. Now it is Zabaleta to take.

:32:38. > :32:45.Messi can't take it. Looked as though he was about to burn away

:32:46. > :32:50.from Howedes. I think he had a little luck before the ball was due

:32:51. > :32:59.to arrive at his feet. Must have just taken his eye off it. They all

:33:00. > :33:02.look old enough to have enjoyed Maradona at his best. This is not

:33:03. > :33:25.Messi at his best on night. The touch from Perez somehow bounces

:33:26. > :33:29.through to Messi. Messi bounces past a couple of tackles to shoot but he

:33:30. > :33:37.couldn't quite wrap his left foot around. But here he comes. Amazing,

:33:38. > :33:44.isn't it, defenders seemed mesmerised when he's up against

:33:45. > :33:58.them. His movement is so quick, short steps, fantastic control. He

:33:59. > :34:04.was thinking of Iran all over again. That goal in injury time moments

:34:05. > :34:11.after Iran had had their own chances to win it. Argentina are yet to be

:34:12. > :34:23.behind in any game in this World Cup.

:34:24. > :34:26.Klose did well to keep his balance but couldn't quite keep the ball in

:34:27. > :34:44.the end. Neither could Lahm. Joachim Low is contemplating what

:34:45. > :34:52.move to make next but I think Sabella will make the next move. It

:34:53. > :34:58.will probably be Palacio. He seems to come on quite regularly. Has come

:34:59. > :35:09.on in four of the games. He could have won it against the Dutch.

:35:10. > :35:14.We don't know if Di Maria is fit to play any part at all. You would

:35:15. > :35:25.think if he was he would be involved. Howedes beat Perez to

:35:26. > :35:30.that. Schurrle loses out to Mascherano and in fact was impeding,

:35:31. > :35:35.stopping Mascherano getting away. The referee in the right place. The

:35:36. > :35:43.question is, who does he come on for? This will be a statement. If

:35:44. > :35:49.it's not the like of Higuain, you're not taking Messi Ofcom is on. He's

:35:50. > :35:56.either taking off Higuain or he's going for it with everything,

:35:57. > :36:12.Sabella. The board says nine, Higuain will be coming off.

:36:13. > :36:26.Throw for Argentina. They will make the change before play is reserved.

:36:27. > :36:34.-- resumed. Higuain was put through by, of all people, Toni Kroos with a

:36:35. > :36:40.backward header. He won't be getting a goal in this World Cup final.

:36:41. > :37:04.Rodrigo Palacio takes over. Aguero had to be strong. Messi

:37:05. > :37:09.trying to hold off Schweinsteiger. It won't quite run for Palacio and

:37:10. > :37:16.Neuer is there to pounce. A good bit of distribution as well, Muller was

:37:17. > :37:17.screaming for the ball. Looked for a split-2nd like Messi would burst

:37:18. > :37:43.through everybody. Muller got himself in a mix up. They

:37:44. > :37:49.have managed to get a corner from it. I think what Argentina have

:37:50. > :37:55.done... Look at that, fantastic. Just stumbles and then

:37:56. > :38:01.off-camera... He turns to the rest and thought he had been caught. He's

:38:02. > :38:06.now playing through the, Messi. Argentina looking all the more

:38:07. > :38:11.dangerous for it. It will be Germany who could threaten from this,

:38:12. > :38:16.though. Garay is trying to go where ever Mats Hummels wants to go. It is

:38:17. > :38:25.towards Muller. He could not get off the floor to challenge for it.

:38:26. > :38:35.Argentina in no hurry to get out here.

:38:36. > :38:45.A lovely ball from Muller. Had defenders swarming around Howedes,

:38:46. > :38:50.the chance was gone. Again, it went to the wrong man. But he was the

:38:51. > :38:55.the chance was gone. Again, it went only man in there for Germany. Won

:38:56. > :39:00.back by Mats Hummels. Lahm lists it towards Muller but it looks like a

:39:01. > :39:09.push. Everybody's down. It was like Beaches Brooke. -- beach

:39:10. > :39:18.I think they just clattered into each other. Howedes could not get it

:39:19. > :39:26.out of his feet and under control. It has been the story of his game.

:39:27. > :39:32.He broke free from Demichelis... No, he didn't, he just fell over. The

:39:33. > :39:39.referee said that all of the German players lining up behind the goal,

:39:40. > :39:52.it's a distraction. For whom? I think for him.

:39:53. > :40:02.Less than ten minutes of the 90 to go. We are yet to see a goal in the

:40:03. > :40:20.first World Cup final played Palacio never really had a handle on

:40:21. > :40:22.where that was going over his head. The game continues to be reasonably

:40:23. > :40:26.open and The game continues to be reasonably

:40:27. > :40:32.both teams. Can Ozil create something? Behind Schurrle. Kroos!

:40:33. > :40:42.He passed it wide of the post. Well wide. Never felt like he would make

:40:43. > :40:53.the net bulge. Ozil cuts inside, head up and a great ball. No. Didn't

:40:54. > :40:58.even bobble or anything. No excuse. There was no conviction in me shot

:40:59. > :41:00.from a player who scored twice as Brazil were bulldozed in Belo

:41:01. > :41:08.Horizonte Leeds on Wednesday. I wonder if were getting to the

:41:09. > :41:13.stage I wonder if were getting to the

:41:14. > :41:19.pressing and Argentina forced to sit back, where the toil of Argentina's

:41:20. > :41:24.semifinal against the Dutch takes control. Goalkick. Ozil thinks it's

:41:25. > :41:43.a corner. So did I at first. Good decision. Ozil was in front of

:41:44. > :41:47.Mascherano. Ozil Ben claims he should have had a free kick. But it

:41:48. > :42:06.will be a goalkick. -- Ozil Ben Joachim Low is unruffled. There is a

:42:07. > :42:16.delay for an intruder. That is a far better site. Absolutely. Some

:42:17. > :42:21.village has just lost its idiot. It looks so close, doesn't it. We can

:42:22. > :42:34.see it with the naked eye from where we are sitting, just on top of the

:42:35. > :42:42.hill. Germany 0-0 Argentina. Nodded on towards Klose. A combination of

:42:43. > :42:46.Demichelis and Garay can bind to keep him away. Romero was very cool.

:42:47. > :43:00.And a lack of pace Palacio is on the move down the

:43:01. > :43:05.left. Slip from Boateng it allows the ball to be played into Messi but

:43:06. > :43:11.a slip from Aguero. I don't think he would have got to it anyway. No, he

:43:12. > :43:17.was just setting himself and Messi flicked it as though... He does

:43:18. > :43:23.about 50 of those everyday. Here you go. We knew the final would be tight

:43:24. > :43:35.but we did not know how it would pan out other than that. Six minutes.

:43:36. > :43:38.Are we set for a big finish? Argentina are getting ready to make

:43:39. > :43:44.their third and final change and it looks like a defensive one with Gago

:43:45. > :43:52.getting ready. Will it still be level terms? Schurrle could not find

:43:53. > :43:54.Muller. Germany's throw. Sabella wants to make the change. The

:43:55. > :44:05.referee has not glanced over. It will be Gago for Perez when they

:44:06. > :44:49.get the chance. Argentina's throw, and it is their

:44:50. > :45:00.last road, substitution wise. -- their last throw. Perez

:45:01. > :45:04.last road, substitution wise. -- two games in the World Cup, not bad,

:45:05. > :45:17.in the semifinal and final, but now he makes way for Fernando Gago. Gago

:45:18. > :45:20.actually lost his place to Biglia. A home-based player takes the field

:45:21. > :45:31.for Argentina, plays for Boca Juniors. Another player who fits the

:45:32. > :45:36.team old, very steady and solid. Joachim Low is going to throw on

:45:37. > :45:42.someone a little more exciting in style, Mario Gotze. When he gets the

:45:43. > :46:05.chance. Palacio on the ball for Argentina in the meantime.

:46:06. > :46:16.I think it will be Klose making way for Germany, which presumably will

:46:17. > :46:24.mean Muller in the middle. Yeah. Gago demanding the ball. Messi ran

:46:25. > :46:30.into Boateng. Biglia. What a great tackle that is. Two tackles

:46:31. > :46:34.actually. That one firm Schweinsteiger, yet again in his own

:46:35. > :46:42.penalty area, and Boateng beforehand. Now the change. Mario

:46:43. > :46:44.Gotze, 22 years old, who many thought would have

:46:45. > :46:51.Gotze, 22 years old, who many tournament than he's had. He did

:46:52. > :46:55.score against Ghana. The Bayern Munich boy wonder is probably a

:46:56. > :47:00.better player than he's shown overall. He might have a big say

:47:01. > :47:08.yet. Presumably the end of his World Cup career. 36, he's done it all,

:47:09. > :47:16.he's scored more goals at the World Cup finals than any other player.

:47:17. > :47:24.Two at this one. One more than Ronaldo and two more than Gerd

:47:25. > :47:28.Muller. Says it all, what a career. On comes Gotze, whose career is

:47:29. > :47:37.bouncing along very nicely, thank you. A worry for Argentina. Biglia

:47:38. > :47:43.is half smiling, half grimacing. Joe Cain lurve has taken the opportunity

:47:44. > :47:55.to speak to Schweinsteiger. - Joachim Low. Tactics, I presume. Pat

:47:56. > :48:01.on the back and carry on as you are. Biglia will be OK to continue, he

:48:02. > :48:05.has to do, Argentina have used all their substitutes. Germany have one

:48:06. > :48:18.left. It might be needed in extra time because that is now looming

:48:19. > :48:35.large. Sabella is going mad... Biglia is back on now.

:48:36. > :48:45.Palacio has Zabaleta in support. He got past Hummels all by himself, but

:48:46. > :48:49.a good challenge by Howedes. Gotze is through the middle and Muller is

:48:50. > :48:54.still on the left-hand side. Schurrle on the right. Muller is

:48:55. > :49:00.trying to make a nuisance of Schurrle on the right. Muller is

:49:01. > :49:08.will stop Demichelis had time to steer it back to Garay. Gotze not

:49:09. > :49:24.close enough to take advantage of the stumble.

:49:25. > :49:29.Three minutes to be added on. Three minutes to find a winner all we will

:49:30. > :49:40.have another 30. - or. Messi minutes to find a winner all we will

:49:41. > :49:43.to take it from Ozil. A lovely shift of the ball. Almost rude to Aguero.

:49:44. > :49:53.Boateng has had of the ball. Almost rude to Aguero.

:49:54. > :50:03.Given away by Biglia, that was very, brilliant.

:50:04. > :50:09.Given away by Biglia, that was very, very casual. Gotze with Schurrle

:50:10. > :50:14.running strongly. Gotze stuff debt. - scuffed it. The ball never seemed

:50:15. > :50:46.to come down. Romero going long again, Aguero

:50:47. > :50:54.trying to force the error from Hummels, but there haven't been many

:50:55. > :50:55.throughout the World Cup. No way through to Messi, well cut out by

:50:56. > :51:18.Muller. Rojo ran straight into Schurrle.

:51:19. > :51:23.Lahm finds Ozil. A touch from Gotze. Three in the box for Germany. Gotze

:51:24. > :51:33.trying to ghost into a shooting position. Zabaleta away. Towering

:51:34. > :51:40.staff from Hummels. One last staff from Hummels. One last

:51:41. > :51:44.Argentina break before the end. Here it is. Aguero. Messi and Palacio are

:51:45. > :51:50.up. They are outnumbered and it is. Aguero. Messi and Palacio are

:51:51. > :51:58.been outdone. Yeah, Hummels just kept his eye on the ball.

:51:59. > :51:59.been outdone. Yeah, Hummels just really for Gago to go, he had to go

:52:00. > :52:12.into reverse. Schurrle is still full of running.

:52:13. > :52:21.Palacio looked like he might have been offside. Knocked down by

:52:22. > :52:24.Hummels to Kroos. Demichelis can't get it through to Aguero and we are

:52:25. > :52:35.going to have an extra 30 minutes and maybe a little bit more! There

:52:36. > :52:41.have been chances, but nothing taken even with the likes of Messi on the

:52:42. > :52:48.field. We still don't know who will be world champions in 2014, but

:52:49. > :52:53.don't go anywhere. (STUDIO) it's awfully tense and it

:52:54. > :52:58.could go either way. It's been like that all evening. Chances at both

:52:59. > :53:02.ends, but despite that, there's only been three shots on target in the

:53:03. > :53:07.entire match and they were all from Germany. Argentina probably having

:53:08. > :53:12.the best chances in much of the game, but they failed to hit the

:53:13. > :53:17.target and Messi just after half-time having one of the best of

:53:18. > :53:24.all. Perhaps a good omen for Argentina, the last two World Cup

:53:25. > :53:30.finals that went to extra time were won by the team wearing blue or dark

:53:31. > :53:37.blue. 18 years since Germany's last trophy at Euro 96 and 24 years since

:53:38. > :53:41.their last world title. Argentina's last significant silverware was the

:53:42. > :53:46.Copa America in 1993. It's the longest drought in their history,

:53:47. > :53:50.but something has to give. So difficult to predict which way this

:53:51. > :53:56.will go. Unbelievably difficult, the game is so open. The first half was

:53:57. > :54:01.better than the second half. The second half was stop start. Messi

:54:02. > :54:05.had a golden opportunity just after half-time and he missed the target.

:54:06. > :54:12.Very, very difficult to pick a winner. What do you think? It is

:54:13. > :54:16.very difficult. The big thing is there have been big chances and the

:54:17. > :54:21.disappointing thing is none of them have made the goalkeeper 's work.

:54:22. > :54:29.Messi had his moment, one on one, left foot. Put it wide. The second

:54:30. > :54:35.half wasn't as exciting as the first half. Gotze coming on will give them

:54:36. > :54:41.more legs to run in behind because Klose was really, really tired.

:54:42. > :54:47.Expected at his age. Gotze will give them more. We've talked about the

:54:48. > :54:52.German high and whether they will get caught out, but they are getting

:54:53. > :54:57.away with it. They are. The first half they got away with it, and in

:54:58. > :55:04.the second half. Boateng has had a fantastic game at centre half, he's

:55:05. > :55:10.been immense for Germany. Almost in there. So square. Hummels doesn't

:55:11. > :55:15.even look on his left shoulder. Both centre halves on the same line,

:55:16. > :55:22.which is criminal. The full-back is a centre-half. There's not a lot of

:55:23. > :55:30.space behind that one, but there is here. Look at the line. This was his

:55:31. > :55:37.chance. Pick-up the trophy himself. That would have put him up there

:55:38. > :55:43.alongside if not above Maradona. A few inches the difference. Sometimes

:55:44. > :55:48.he bursts to life. Few and far between. Probably their best chance.

:55:49. > :55:52.It is. When he gets the ball in this position and he's running at you,

:55:53. > :55:58.it's virtually impossible to stop him. You know where he wants to go,

:55:59. > :56:05.but you can't stop him. A clever little pass. Three players around

:56:06. > :56:10.him and he has a picture in his head before he gets the ball. Everyone

:56:11. > :56:15.knows he wants to come on his left foot, but you can't stop him, he is

:56:16. > :56:20.so quick and so good. That's where they've improved a little bit,

:56:21. > :56:25.Argentina, when the ball has gone up to Aguero and it's stuck to him.

:56:26. > :56:30.Messi has benefited from that a little bit. It has been fits

:56:31. > :56:34.Messi has benefited from that a starts with Messi. He's disappeared

:56:35. > :56:43.for long periods. A great tackle on him therefrom Boateng. He's had a

:56:44. > :56:48.great game. The best players have been Schweinsteiger, Mascherano and

:56:49. > :56:56.Boateng. It's been a good game. Very, very cagey. Alex Sabella

:56:57. > :57:00.giving his instructions, once of Sheffield United. Messi waiting to

:57:01. > :57:07.hear. He's had enough of that Team Talk, he knows what to do, he wants

:57:08. > :57:14.no part of it! Vital moments, viz. We've all been in this situation.

:57:15. > :57:17.Did you need cajoling at this stage? I was more concerned about my

:57:18. > :57:22.physical state. Worried about how you will get through the next half

:57:23. > :57:26.an hour. Your mind is already set far how you will perform, the

:57:27. > :57:33.structure of the team. The physical well-being... Some people like great

:57:34. > :57:40.speeches, others don't want you to speak to them. Two of the smallest

:57:41. > :57:47.men on the pitch tossing the coin. I'm starting to think about

:57:48. > :57:52.penalties. Someone get us out of it! It just needs one piece of

:57:53. > :57:56.individual brilliance and he is the man. I've always been a big fan of

:57:57. > :58:02.penalties, quite entertaining! Lets get back to the commentators.

:58:03. > :58:08.Thank you, it is the seventh World Cup final to go to extra time. Two

:58:09. > :58:14.have been decided on penalties, in 1994, Brazil beating Italy in Los

:58:15. > :58:22.Angeles, and 2006 in Germany when Italy held sway. Over the French.

:58:23. > :58:29.Joachim Low has been in and out again during the break. Nothing of

:58:30. > :58:33.the sort for Alejandro Sabella. Lionel Messi led the Team Talk as

:58:34. > :58:39.they went into extra time against the Dutch on Wednesday, this time he

:58:40. > :58:43.was well away from it. It was about Sabella and then Mascherano took

:58:44. > :58:52.over. 30 minutes or the next world champions will be decided by a

:58:53. > :58:57.penalty shoot out. Argentina played in one final that went to extra

:58:58. > :59:02.time, on their patch, 1978, when they beat the Dutch. Germany lost in

:59:03. > :59:19.1966 when it went to extra time. Schurrle went down. Up on his feet

:59:20. > :59:24.and beaten away. Another chance! Garay managed to get it down to

:59:25. > :59:30.Mascherano and now there's an Argentina break. Stopped by Boateng

:59:31. > :59:36.and then by Hummels. What a start to the extra period. Aguero taking on

:59:37. > :59:42.Hummels again, Noi in charge. Great break by Germany, absolutely

:59:43. > :59:49.brilliant. - Knoydart. I hope that's set the time for extra time. The

:59:50. > :59:52.goalkeeper having to make a save. Straight at him. Germany are going

:59:53. > :00:01.to try and have a go again immediately.

:00:02. > :00:28.Schweinsteiger wanted Muller on the end of that. Important header. Now

:00:29. > :00:40.Nobody there. No. His argument will have done. Palacio miscontrolled it.

:00:41. > :00:44.Nobody there. No. His argument will be there should have been somebody.

:00:45. > :00:59.He was in control of the ball. Messi tried to get in there with him.

:01:00. > :01:00.He was in control of the ball. Messi We locked at -- looked at Romero,

:01:01. > :01:42.but Germany are a team in a getting the bigger picture. Just

:01:43. > :01:57.waiting to pick off the tackle. Rather lucky that he fire today

:01:58. > :02:04.through Schurrle. It's an Argentina throw.

:02:05. > :02:26.It's that final ball. A comfortable save. Actually doesn't do great

:02:27. > :02:28.time. Largely thanks

:02:29. > :02:31.time. We have seen they could be picked

:02:32. > :03:17.off on the counterattack, Boot raised a little high, was it?

:03:18. > :03:37.Yeah. Schweinsteiger has plenty to say. Germany carry on apace.

:03:38. > :03:44.Schurrle being followed by Mascherano.

:03:45. > :04:10.Goetze can't quite get there. Just looking at Schurrle. He seems

:04:11. > :04:11.to be frightened of Zabaleta. Certainly won't go and take him on

:04:12. > :04:25.at all. All eyes on the game. But we're all

:04:26. > :04:26.still waiting for that one moment of magic that could decide the biggest

:04:27. > :04:38.prize in football. Many times during the game it's

:04:39. > :04:46.looked likely to come. It's looked close, but never quite happened.

:04:47. > :04:56.Got to credit the two sets of defenders for that.

:04:57. > :04:59.Demichelis and Gabius, the two of them.

:05:00. > :05:19.-- Zabaleta, the two of them. up with something special now.

:05:20. > :05:24.Palacio's got it. Neuer out to meet him. All he can do is lift it wide.

:05:25. > :05:37.Another chance goes. What a fantastic ball from Rojo. Just

:05:38. > :05:39.picked him out. Over Hummels ' head. The height over Neuer was the

:05:40. > :05:50.problem. Muller lurking on the point of the

:05:51. > :06:05.penalty area. Germany throw.

:06:06. > :06:14.Give Neuer a bit of credit, how quickly he came out to Palacio.

:06:15. > :06:18.We've seen some good goalless draws at this tournament. This probably

:06:19. > :06:34.not the best of them actually. No. Schurrle was trying to play it

:06:35. > :06:37.against Demichelis and get the corner. Not very convincing acting

:06:38. > :06:50.skills. No. No. Just a little bit out of his feet.

:06:51. > :06:55.He got everything wrong from there on in.

:06:56. > :07:01.The other thing as well, if it's on target, Boateng deals with it

:07:02. > :07:06.because it's a roly poly ball. Boateng has been in control of

:07:07. > :07:08.pretty much everything. Yes, he has. I think Mats Hummels breathed a sigh

:07:09. > :07:55.of relief, certainly. Just no way through. Also, there's

:07:56. > :08:03.no-one in the box. Something that Klose will always give you. Muller

:08:04. > :08:11.will make his way there now. Great work from Lahm. Once more

:08:12. > :08:23.outstanding work from Mascherano. Radar for danger.

:08:24. > :08:34.Aguero met by Hummels. He's done just about enough. That was almost a

:08:35. > :08:38.Hunter Thou salt situation. Not pass? No, Poland at Wembley. I

:08:39. > :08:51.thought you meant he was going to take everything. No.

:08:52. > :09:15.They can't get out of their own half.

:09:16. > :09:25.Ozil as well, I thought he was going to come on to it.

:09:26. > :09:33.Germany have done all the pressing in this first part of extra time.

:09:34. > :09:37.Good tackle from Mascherano once more. Then a dual between Mascherano

:09:38. > :09:41.and Schweinsteiger. Germany did all the pressing and Argentina should be

:09:42. > :09:49.in front. Story of the whole Yes, you game?

:09:50. > :09:58.Could argue it, most certainly. Better chances have certainly gone

:09:59. > :10:06.to the team in blue. He's just caught his instep, has he?

:10:07. > :10:16.Mascherano has been booked. But no danger there.

:10:17. > :10:22.Schweinsteiger like-wise. I think they both appreciate each

:10:23. > :10:27.other, don't they? That time when players have to stretch it out a

:10:28. > :10:30.little bit more. Body and minds in focus.

:10:31. > :10:34.Three minutes of the first extra time to go.

:10:35. > :10:46.We're still at deadlock. Boateng moving in laboured fashion

:10:47. > :11:02.out to that one. Mascherano suffered a concussion in

:11:03. > :11:05.the last game. Has he been caught again? Not as badly I

:11:06. > :11:09.the last game. Has he been caught It was Kroos. There's a big

:11:10. > :11:22.difference in height It was Kroos. There's a big

:11:23. > :11:24.time. Argentina supporters have decided the time is now. They're

:11:25. > :11:25.time. Argentina supporters have going to lift their team as best

:11:26. > :12:26.they can. Out came Mascherano to snuff out the

:12:27. > :12:30.threat. Similar situation, same old players every time. Yeah, it is. If

:12:31. > :12:45.Just a few snapshots of the tension Schweinsteiger or Boateng.

:12:46. > :12:48.Just a few snapshots of the tension around the Maracana stadium. A lot

:12:49. > :12:50.of money been paid. A lot of people have come a long way to see their

:12:51. > :13:26.team crowned world He'll get a free kick. He was lucky

:13:27. > :13:33.because he miscontrolled it. Looked as though he had the chance to poke

:13:34. > :13:45.it back to Aguero. He did. Phillipp Lahm now struggling.

:13:46. > :13:49.it back to Aguero. He did. a free kick for Germany, ouch.

:13:50. > :13:53.I think once they've taken it that will be it for the first period of

:13:54. > :13:54.time. In fact, they won't take it. That will do it for

:13:55. > :13:59.time. In fact, they won't take it. minutes. 15 minutes to find a

:14:00. > :14:05.winner. It is getting more and more tense all the time and still we

:14:06. > :14:09.wait. STUDIO: 15 minutes to go

:14:10. > :14:16.wait. this gripping final of the 2014

:14:17. > :14:22.World Cup. Will either of those goalkeepers be beat? Manuel Neuer,

:14:23. > :14:26.who's stood resolutely throughout this tournament. Romero, who's been

:14:27. > :14:30.equally difficult to beat for Argentina, but you have to say,

:14:31. > :14:37.they've had very few saves to make in this competition, certainly in

:14:38. > :14:45.this final so far. Both teams have had a chance in extra time. Big

:14:46. > :14:51.chance. Schurrle for the Germans and Palacio for Argentineans. It was

:14:52. > :14:55.well worked. Good stuff. He comes inside. It's hit right at the

:14:56. > :14:58.keeper. Straight at him. Did him a right favour, straight at him.

:14:59. > :15:03.Difficult skill on the half-volley to curl that in the corner. This is

:15:04. > :15:08.a proper chance. Palacio. This is his time. You look at the keeper. He

:15:09. > :15:16.comes out very quick, stands big, makes it difficult. But a striker

:15:17. > :15:20.playing in an inter-Milan team, scoring 19 goals last season, you've

:15:21. > :15:23.got to put it in the back of the net. He didn't look comfortable. The

:15:24. > :15:27.chances have been there. They haven't been taken. That 15 minutes

:15:28. > :15:34.was really good. The first five minutes of extra time was end-to-end

:15:35. > :15:40.stuff. Argentina have never been behind, at all, in this tournament.

:15:41. > :15:45.Brilliant defence, solid. Mascherano is unbelievable in front of that

:15:46. > :15:50.back four. He's a defender's dream to play behind. He just sniffed out

:15:51. > :15:56.all the dangerer. Every time the ball is in the box, it hasn't got

:15:57. > :16:01.through, it's him. After months Phenomenal. Of playing game after

:16:02. > :16:02.game, reaching the final, final 15 minutes of extra time,

:16:03. > :16:06.game, reaching the final, final 15 on your feet now. It's pure fighting

:16:07. > :16:09.spirit that will see these players through. You have to get your mind

:16:10. > :16:15.going. 15 more minutes, you're saying that to your body. You have

:16:16. > :16:20.to find it from somewhere. Otherwise? Extra reserves of energy.

:16:21. > :16:24.This is 15 minutes that could define your life. It becomes mental.

:16:25. > :16:27.Physical fatigue, but you mentally get through it and adjust everything

:16:28. > :16:33.and make sure you're there at the Still all end. Is to play for. They

:16:34. > :16:42.still believe. I wonder if they're players too. The Germany players

:16:43. > :16:53.will, that's for sure. Guy. There is Lothar Matthaus, filming a movie!

:16:54. > :16:59.Movie selfie! For the former captain of West Germany. You would think

:17:00. > :17:08.with Argentina's extra time and playing a day later, this would be

:17:09. > :17:12.better for Germany. A fantastic chance for Palacio. Three out of the

:17:13. > :17:19.last four games have gone to extra time for Argentina. Germany were

:17:20. > :17:27.only taken all the way by RG your - Algeria in the last 16. One big

:17:28. > :17:32.quarter of an hour left or penalties. Which you would assume

:17:33. > :17:38.Germany will win! That might be a big assumption. That's just the way

:17:39. > :17:41.it goes, but Argentina are pretty handy from the spot, too, as they

:17:42. > :17:46.showed against the Dutch in handy from the spot, too, as they

:17:47. > :17:52.round. Romero, handy from the spot, too, as they

:17:53. > :17:58.Netherlands penalties. I don't think the man at the other end would lack

:17:59. > :18:05.confidence. Certainly not, no. I think he might even take one. I

:18:06. > :18:09.would think so. Just for a second it looked as though Boateng might be

:18:10. > :18:19.beaten by Palacio. We might not get to penalties yet. He said hopefully!

:18:20. > :18:24.Fingers crossed. Although there is an argument the other way, of

:18:25. > :18:45.course. Some sort of drama guaranteed, anyway.

:18:46. > :18:55.Biglia went in late. That will be a free kick. He caught Schweinsteiger.

:18:56. > :19:01.He got a knock a few minutes earlier from Mascherano. It was Mascherano

:19:02. > :19:10.who actually caught him and he is on a card. The ref hasn't seen that.

:19:11. > :19:20.Not as Mascherano. They both got him, actually. That warrior spirit

:19:21. > :19:25.is being dragged out of tired legs. What can Germany work here? Ozil

:19:26. > :19:39.leaves it for Kroos. Mascherano's header. Cleared by Rojo. It will

:19:40. > :19:40.drop to Pablo Zabaleta. Aguero is the man in the middle. Boateng was

:19:41. > :19:56.there with him. About to say lots of room for Lahm

:19:57. > :20:00.to gallop into, but it's not the galloping stage now. When you gallop

:20:01. > :20:05.forward as a full-back, you worry about getting back. A dozen minutes

:20:06. > :20:10.of the World Cup finals left, I would think so.

:20:11. > :20:25.Nicely back to Mesut Ozil. Cleared by Rojo. Aguero has jumped into

:20:26. > :20:35.Schweinsteiger, free kick. Aguero on a yellow card. Careful, careful.

:20:36. > :20:41.He's caught another one. That looked as if to say, what? What have I

:20:42. > :20:51.done? He knew where Schweinsteiger walls. Very lucky. - was. That

:20:52. > :20:55.really is fortunate that the referee has not seen that clearly.

:20:56. > :21:11.Mascherano's tackle just 1990 World Cup final... Look at

:21:12. > :21:16.that, that's the evidence, goodness me. Argentina fell apart towards the

:21:17. > :21:21.end of the second half. Pedro Monzon and then decide the full off and

:21:22. > :21:28.Andreas Brehme scored from the penalty spot. - Dezotti. That's not

:21:29. > :21:33.just a second yellow card, it's a straight red card and he's got

:21:34. > :21:38.nothing. Schweinsteiger asking why not. Sami Khedira is really

:21:39. > :21:41.furious. He is the nonplaying substitute and he is being led away

:21:42. > :21:49.by the Germany Assistant. On goes the game. Argentina ball. They have

:21:50. > :21:58.a head injury of their own to worry about.

:21:59. > :22:08.Muller on Demichelis. at the cuff full in

:22:09. > :22:14.Muller on Demichelis. the technical area. - scuffle.

:22:15. > :22:22.You would want Schweinsteiger on because he would take a pen, would

:22:23. > :22:29.he not? You would just want him on. Second bit of thinking. He would

:22:30. > :22:39.take a penalty. So would Aguero and he really shouldn't be on. Messi

:22:40. > :22:44.managed to get away from Ozil. Germany down to ten. Should have

:22:45. > :22:51.been Argentina down to ten for the rest of the match. Those in front of

:22:52. > :22:56.the German dugout are getting very animated. Khedira was furious. They

:22:57. > :23:13.need to calm down, it has gone. Biglia is there to stop a run down

:23:14. > :23:19.the week. Schweinsteiger is back Biglia is there to stop a run down

:23:20. > :23:23.his feet and saying, get me a. Biglia is there to stop a run down

:23:24. > :23:27.a reception from Germans Biglia is there to stop a run down

:23:28. > :23:35.Brazilians in the Maracana. - get me on.

:23:36. > :23:37.Schweinsteiger's last four international goals have all been

:23:38. > :23:54.penalties. They will need him. To qualify that, with eight and a

:23:55. > :24:01.half minutes to go, they might need him. Lahm's shirt was pulled by

:24:02. > :24:05.Palacio. The German substitutes him. Lahm's shirt was pulled by

:24:06. > :24:10.getting to their feet. Joachim Low is calling for calm.

:24:11. > :24:17.getting to their feet. Joachim Low little bit excited. They got a free

:24:18. > :24:22.kick. Mine is going back to 2006 after the penalty shoot out in

:24:23. > :24:26.Germany. - my mind. We hope it doesn't end in those scenes. It

:24:27. > :24:32.wouldn't befit the final of the tournament generally played in good

:24:33. > :24:50.spirits. Very good, generally. Chancellor Gotze! Mario

:24:51. > :25:04.The coolest man in Rio. Even the Chancellor is on her feet. A

:25:05. > :25:10.symbolic goal-scorer. One of the new batch of brilliant German talent. He

:25:11. > :25:18.has put them in front in the closing minutes of the World Cup final. What

:25:19. > :25:24.a great run as well. Committing defenders. Shall I? Shall I not?

:25:25. > :25:26.Fantastic first touch and it's a brilliant finish. Technique

:25:27. > :25:32.fantastic. Didn't even brilliant finish. Technique

:25:33. > :25:41.the goalkeeper was, he knew where brilliant finish. Technique

:25:42. > :25:53.was going. That's a goal worthy of winning the biggest final round.

:25:54. > :25:59.Yeah. Mario Gotze, brought up at Borussia Dortmund, moved to Bayern

:26:00. > :26:01.Munich. He wins a lot at club level. Has he just won the biggest prize

:26:02. > :26:14.you can get? Up goes Muller with the header.

:26:15. > :26:29.Argentina have to throw the lot at Germany now.

:26:30. > :26:37.Think of the chances Argentina have missed. The likes of Higuain and

:26:38. > :26:44.Messi missing them. That took the best technique of all. Wasn't it

:26:45. > :26:52.just magnificent? Yeah, absolutely fantastic. That boy doesn't think

:26:53. > :27:02.so! Lawyer with a huge throw to Schurrle. - Manuel Neuer. Sliced out

:27:03. > :27:11.by Kroos. Jumping Germans right around the ground. A fourth world

:27:12. > :27:23.title is close. Just can't get the

:27:24. > :27:30.moment, Argentina, to affect a reply.

:27:31. > :27:42.Messi can't work it to Palacio, cleared by Boateng.

:27:43. > :27:50.Rojo did welterweight for it. Gotze couldn't slide in. Great cross, just

:27:51. > :28:03.behind Palacio. Comes out to Biglia. Heavy. Lionel Messi can't keep the

:28:04. > :28:08.ball in play. Great idea as well. Schurrle got in the early ball,

:28:09. > :28:15.which was key. What a sensational finish from that angle. What a chip

:28:16. > :28:21.through and what a finish into the goal. Might not be finished yet.

:28:22. > :28:26.Willie and from Manuel Neuer. There isn't another goalkeeper in the

:28:27. > :28:32.world who can do that. - brilliant. He looks the best. And he looks it,

:28:33. > :28:44.he absolutely wants to be part of the action. Ozil has run the ball

:28:45. > :28:49.across the line. Won by Gotze. With his arm. Three and a half minutes

:28:50. > :29:05.for Argentina to find a goal that would force penalties.

:29:06. > :29:13.Rojo is playing as a left-winger for Argentina now. Didn't go out. Neuer

:29:14. > :29:20.has had to go back to his goal. In came Messi! The goalkeeper knew

:29:21. > :29:33.exactly where this was going. Just watching. - just watch him. Decides

:29:34. > :29:38.to stay. Nothing the other goalkeeper could have done about

:29:39. > :29:44.that goal. Another German substitution, I think. They have one

:29:45. > :29:53.left. Per Mertesacker will get a run out. I'm guessing he won't play up

:29:54. > :30:00.front either! That's if they can get him on. They will do now if the

:30:01. > :30:08.referee sees the substitution is ready to be made. Not yet. Romero

:30:09. > :30:11.kicks it long. Demichelis and Arfield have gone up. Only

:30:12. > :30:26.Mascherano sitting now. - Garay. That is Neuer's all night long.

:30:27. > :30:30.Just wondered whether he might kick it out to get Mertesacker on. He's

:30:31. > :30:41.gone long with it. 90 seconds remain of the World Cup

:30:42. > :31:00.final. Muller has got away. He can't find

:31:01. > :31:13.spirit now and a stroke of luck. Muller has got away. He can't find

:31:14. > :31:22.Ozil. Such a great position as well, Ozil.

:31:23. > :31:31.Unfairly tackled, free kick. Here's the Germany change. Not a bad place

:31:32. > :31:38.to foul either. They're getting ready. They're on stand by to

:31:39. > :31:43.celebrate. Ozil coming off I think for Mertesacker.

:31:44. > :31:58.Coming off at his leisure. Germany are seconds away.

:31:59. > :31:59.You may argue they now have centre backs on now with Howedes.

:32:00. > :32:14.Mertesacker wins that ball. ( Neuer, how quick he is, he's off the

:32:15. > :32:22.line, ready, alert. He knows this is his time. Joachim

:32:23. > :32:28.Low is managing to look as cool as anybody possibly could in the

:32:29. > :32:33.circumstances that he's in. He always does. Wondering away,

:32:34. > :32:36.about to become the World Championship winning coach, if

:32:37. > :32:38.about to become the World team can hold out for two more

:32:39. > :32:52.minutes. Two minutes remaining

:32:53. > :33:07.Sabella's spell in charge the Argentinian national team.

:33:08. > :33:21.One last surge down the middle. Messi has been brought down. Looks

:33:22. > :33:25.like he might have cramp. Aguero got away with his. Schweinsteiger got

:33:26. > :33:29.away with that. Argentina free kick and this really is last chance

:33:30. > :33:34.saloon. Romero is asking to go forward. Why would you stop him?

:33:35. > :33:42.Those fans have seen him. Sabella is ignoring him.

:33:43. > :33:54.Lionel Messi. He's asking. Sabella is ignoring him. Now he's said he

:33:55. > :34:03.can go, has he? No. No, I don't think he has.

:34:04. > :34:09.Why wouldn't you let him go? Well, this is "the" moment. They have only

:34:10. > :34:15.been fleeting from Lionel Messi. Best player in the world. Some are

:34:16. > :34:19.still having Ronaldo. Officially the world Player of the Year this year.

:34:20. > :34:27.It's not been the world Player of the Year this year.

:34:28. > :34:30.have wanted it to be, Lionel Messi, unless he can put this in against

:34:31. > :34:37.the best goalkeeper in the world or create something for somebody else.

:34:38. > :34:41.Presumably Schweinsteiger has to go off. He can barely move.

:34:42. > :34:55.Those Argentina players will race in It's all about Messi.

:34:56. > :35:01.Those Argentina players will race in if there's a rebound.

:35:02. > :35:10.That's his final. It's not if there's a rebound.

:35:11. > :35:16.Argentina's. The other thing, that free kick is a long way out to beat

:35:17. > :35:19.Argentina's. The other thing, that They know, don't they? Mario Goetze

:35:20. > :35:34.has asked the question of referee Rizzoli. The first World Cup win for

:35:35. > :35:39.the reunified Germany. The referee has had another look at both

:35:40. > :35:44.watches. They're screaming for fulltime on

:35:45. > :35:49.the touchline. Another look at the watch. Another

:35:50. > :35:54.muted cheer from the Germany's substitutes. That will be a free

:35:55. > :36:00.kick. That will do it for them now. Schweinsteiger taken out, again. He

:36:01. > :36:04.has given absolutely everything. But he doesn't have to give any more!

:36:05. > :36:22.Germany are champions of the world. One Goetze goal has the whole of

:36:23. > :36:28.Germany, its leaders and power brokers, beaming from ear to ear.

:36:29. > :36:31.Not a night for the world's best individual to shine. But a night

:36:32. > :36:38.when the world's best international team put it all together, as a team,

:36:39. > :36:42.again. You might argue that the goal that wins a game is possibly the

:36:43. > :36:49.most difficult chance of the night, bearing in mind the ones that went

:36:50. > :36:54.before it. Argentinian tears are one side of

:36:55. > :36:58.the story. The German celebrations will carry on. They've been a long

:36:59. > :37:04.time in the making. They've seen this team grow. They've grown

:37:05. > :37:10.together, six of the team five years ago, won the European under 21

:37:11. > :37:15.champion, Neuer, Boateng, Hummels, Khedira, Ozil, they have all come

:37:16. > :37:20.through together. Schooled masterfully by that man, Joachim

:37:21. > :37:26.Low, who's done what his ally, Jurgen Klinsmann, couldn't quite do,

:37:27. > :37:30.taken Germany to the top of the world. Lothar Matthaus once upon a

:37:31. > :37:36.time had his hands on the crown. This is Phillipp Lahm's time and

:37:37. > :37:42.once more, Germany's time. STUDIO: After a 24-year wait, the

:37:43. > :37:48.Germans have won the World Cup, their fourth triumph in the game's

:37:49. > :37:52.sternest and greatest competition. It equals Italy's tally, one behind

:37:53. > :37:56.still Brazil. It wasn't an easy ride. Argentina had their

:37:57. > :38:01.opportunities, but this wasn't to be Messi's time. This is the German

:38:02. > :38:05.time In the end, it was a sublime finish from substitute Mario Goetze

:38:06. > :38:09.that clinched it for Germany. There he is, what a moment for that young

:38:10. > :38:15.man. What a memory that he will have forever. Germany become the first

:38:16. > :38:20.European team to win the tournament in the Americas. All in all, they've

:38:21. > :38:23.probably been the best team in this tournament. Yeah, they are

:38:24. > :38:31.absolutely phenomenal at getting the job done. It's very much a team

:38:32. > :38:34.thing. A team ethos, team spirit, really good players, but there's

:38:35. > :38:40.been a special, special World Cup. A special goal to win the final, a

:38:41. > :38:44.great one with Schurrle. Good cross, great first touch and a stunning

:38:45. > :38:49.volley. The technique was out of this world. We saw Rodriguez take

:38:50. > :38:51.volley. The technique was out of one earlier in the tournament on his

:38:52. > :38:56.chest and volley, well that was equally as good, I think. Absolutely

:38:57. > :39:01.stunning finish, it was. The mix in emotions between the two sets of

:39:02. > :39:05.players. Graphic. This is the goal. If ever there was a goal to win the

:39:06. > :39:09.tournament, it was this What Schurrle one. Did to them, he gave

:39:10. > :39:15.them legs. The work rate that he put in, up and down that side, he got

:39:16. > :39:19.into the danger area. It's a good ball in, but still a hell of a lot

:39:20. > :39:25.to do, when that ball comes to Goetze. The first touch was

:39:26. > :39:29.brilliant. And the finish was out of this world. The technique there is

:39:30. > :39:32.brilliant. It's absolutely outstanding. He's been promise to do

:39:33. > :39:36.something like this for a while in a German shirt. He's a wonder kid over

:39:37. > :39:41.there. In Germany, they love this kid. This is the future. He will be

:39:42. > :39:46.the talisman in years to come. He's fast forwarded that and come here

:39:47. > :39:50.now. Argentineans had their chances, but I agree, that is probably the

:39:51. > :39:53.hardest of the lot. The technique, the first touch, he knew he was

:39:54. > :40:02.going to score. He was always in control of that ball. Never got away

:40:03. > :40:09.from him. Left foot, bang. That made an awful lot of people happy in

:40:10. > :40:19.Berlin. Reminiscent in many ways to the finale four years ago. We waited

:40:20. > :40:24.till extra time. Magic moments come into games. You have to dispatch

:40:25. > :40:29.chances that come their way. Them guy who's missed their chances,

:40:30. > :40:34.Higuain, they will have nightmares. Three terrific chances Argentina

:40:35. > :40:38.had. You know, there's no good news there, I'm afraid. You're beaten.

:40:39. > :40:42.You have to admire the Germans play. They play with risk. They get

:40:43. > :40:46.everybody high. The defenders are high. We've been going on about the

:40:47. > :40:50.defenders holding the high line. They want to keep possession in the

:40:51. > :40:54.opponents' half and press when they lose the ball. They stay there and

:40:55. > :40:58.it's paid off. They have great belief in the guy behind them, the

:40:59. > :41:02.goalkeeper. He can play left foot, right foot and he's very coming out

:41:03. > :41:10.of that 18-yard box. He is sensational. Quite scary at times.

:41:11. > :41:16.Four or five games now, he just comes off the line and gives nobody

:41:17. > :41:21.a chance. He's quick and dominant. This man, well - Didn't happen for

:41:22. > :41:27.himment Wasn't his -- Didn't happen for him. Wasn't his He had night. A

:41:28. > :41:32.great chance. Palacio had a good chance when he came on. He was

:41:33. > :41:37.magnificent, Schweinsteiger. Put through the wars he was. Battered

:41:38. > :41:42.from pillar to post. They've got some top players. We mention Neuer.

:41:43. > :41:45.Look throughout the team, Muller, Lahm, Schweinsteiger, Kroos. Boateng

:41:46. > :41:48.was fantastic today. A lot of young players as well. This team could be

:41:49. > :41:53.dominant like perhaps Spain have been. I think it goes in cycles.

:41:54. > :41:56.Spain were before. But Germany, I mean, now they look like they could

:41:57. > :42:02.dominate for a few years. Average age of 26. Let's hear from inside

:42:03. > :42:08.the stadium, a view from Clarence and Jason.

:42:09. > :42:12.You were talking about the mixed emotions as far as the players are

:42:13. > :42:17.concerned. Wonderful World Cup moment, when the Argentina fans

:42:18. > :42:23.applauded Germany. Clarence, over the tournament, you have to say that

:42:24. > :42:27.Germany are worthy of the title? Absolutely. We announce them in

:42:28. > :42:33.2010, and they made it all happen. The best team. They grew a lot. The

:42:34. > :42:36.first games were not the best. Always very solid, getting the

:42:37. > :42:41.results and they play fantastic from then on. I think today was quite

:42:42. > :42:45.equal. Maybe the best chances actually Argentina had, but this is

:42:46. > :42:48.well As we deserved. Approached extra time, Clarence turned to me

:42:49. > :42:52.and said, it's either a moment of magic or madness. It was a moment of

:42:53. > :42:56.magic from Mario Goetze. Absolutely. A great run on the left side. I

:42:57. > :43:00.magic from Mario Goetze. Absolutely. really surprised how few times they

:43:01. > :43:07.actually used the left side. In extra time they started to use it

:43:08. > :43:10.much more. Argentina had more difficulty to cover that spot. It

:43:11. > :43:15.was a great spot and a fantastic finish, worthy of the World Cup,

:43:16. > :43:19.worthy of really this great final. What happened to Lionel Messi

:43:20. > :43:23.tonight? This was meant to be his big moment. You don't play alone. I

:43:24. > :43:27.think Argentina had a lot of chances. They should have scored at

:43:28. > :43:30.least one goal out of them. You know, the law of football, if you

:43:31. > :43:34.don't score them, the others will. Thank you very much indeed. Back to

:43:35. > :43:40.you. Thank you both. There he is, Manuel

:43:41. > :43:43.Neuer, one of the stars of this German side. Well, he didn't have

:43:44. > :43:48.that much to do tonight. His presence is always there, of course,

:43:49. > :43:52.because Argentina, in 120 minutes did not have one single shot on

:43:53. > :43:56.target. They had their opportunities, but their finishing

:43:57. > :43:59.was wasteful. They had big opportunities. You're in bed last

:44:00. > :44:04.night hoping and dreaming thinking, come on, give me a one on one with

:44:05. > :44:09.the goalkeeper from 14 yards out. It falls perfectly for him. You cannot

:44:10. > :44:17.miss the target from there. That is a sitter, I'm afraid. That's the

:44:18. > :44:21.scene at this present moment. It wasn't the scene for a Messi triumph

:44:22. > :44:26.that we all possibly expected. He would have hoped for it, and

:44:27. > :44:30.Argentina too. We said it before the game, the kids watching want to see

:44:31. > :44:30.him produce something and do something

:44:31. > :44:42.him produce something and do win the World Cup. His moment comes,

:44:43. > :44:46.he's here, moves people around. Once on the left foot, you can't stop

:44:47. > :44:48.him. His time didn't come today. It's unfortunate for him that he

:44:49. > :44:55.wasn't able to produce. He It's unfortunate for him that he

:44:56. > :44:59.other chance where he had a great opportunity to score, but - Just

:45:00. > :45:03.after halftime, he went through. The really good chance was just after

:45:04. > :45:07.halftime. The Germans played the high line. He got through.

:45:08. > :45:20.halftime. The Germans played the missed the target. It was a golden

:45:21. > :45:22.opportunity. This is Palacio. The keeper again. How quick he comes off

:45:23. > :45:29.his line. keeper again. How quick he comes off

:45:30. > :45:32.going to score. That's a gilt-edged opportunity, I don't care if the

:45:33. > :45:37.keeper comes out, you find a way to score. They

:45:38. > :45:40.keeper comes out, you find a way to Messi, Higuain and Palacio and not

:45:41. > :45:45.one of them hit Messi, Higuain and Palacio and not

:45:46. > :45:47.unbelievable. Almost like they weren't expecting the chances to

:45:48. > :45:52.unbelievable. Almost like they their way, like they had resigned

:45:53. > :45:55.themselves to penalties. What is the significance of the Messi? Can we

:45:56. > :46:00.not consider him alongside Maradona significance of the Messi? Can we

:46:01. > :46:03.or Pele? The whole tournament we have been saying that for

:46:04. > :46:08.or Pele? The whole tournament we have the card - iconic status of

:46:09. > :46:13.Pele or Maradona, he has to lift the biggest one of all. He had his

:46:14. > :46:19.chance tonight and it hasn't been taken. The true test is the World

:46:20. > :46:21.Cup. Pele has done it, Maradona has done it, unfortunately

:46:22. > :46:26.Cup. Pele has done it, Maradona has If you want to be one of the

:46:27. > :46:32.all-time greats in the history of football, you have to do it in the

:46:33. > :46:37.World Cup and he hasn't done it. He's done things at club level is

:46:38. > :46:42.those two haven't been anywhere near. He has influenced his team to

:46:43. > :46:46.win the Champions League a couple of times. That Barcelona team was

:46:47. > :46:52.better than this Argentina team. That is the big chance. He didn't

:46:53. > :46:57.take it. You expect the great players to make things happen. You

:46:58. > :47:03.do. You go back to Neuer and you say they haven't hit the target, and

:47:04. > :47:07.that was correct, but he's got an incredible presence. When you

:47:08. > :47:14.one-on-one with him, he stands big anti-puts players. Even the free

:47:15. > :47:24.kick in the last seconds, he was resigned to it. Miles over the top.

:47:25. > :47:29.Affectionate moment! Wonderful. Schweinsteiger was awesome today.

:47:30. > :47:34.He's shown a different side to his game, I never knew he was as good

:47:35. > :47:40.defensively. You saw how many times he got the ball back, covering the

:47:41. > :47:44.centre halves. On the ball, the simplicity with which she plays,

:47:45. > :47:49.getting it to a man in the same shirt. He is brilliant at reading

:47:50. > :47:51.the game. He goes left, he goes right, and he will get it every

:47:52. > :47:56.single time. The manager right, and he will get it every

:47:57. > :48:01.lot of credit. Being so near but so far and he stuck with it. He changed

:48:02. > :48:05.his tactics, changed his system and he is believed in what he thought

:48:06. > :48:12.was going to work and it's worked for them. He made a big call taking

:48:13. > :48:16.Klose off and putting Gotze on and it worked for him. The German FA,

:48:17. > :48:21.this wasn't a project that started last year. This was a ten or 12 year

:48:22. > :48:26.project. They played together at youth level, U21 level, it was a

:48:27. > :48:31.plan and it's come to fruition. A long wait for these players,

:48:32. > :48:36.particularly for the losing side. It always takes quite long for them to

:48:37. > :48:40.get the trophy ceremony ready. You just want to get into the dressing

:48:41. > :48:45.room. There is no good news for these players. It's a World Cup

:48:46. > :48:49.final and you've been beaten. It was a magical goal that won it and it's

:48:50. > :48:56.worth seeing again. Awesome, it really is. He was the only one in

:48:57. > :49:01.the box. Just brilliant. A hell of a lot to do with the ball comes to

:49:02. > :49:07.him. He knows exactly where he is, great touch. When you chest it like

:49:08. > :49:19.that, sometimes it might go away from you but he got it under total

:49:20. > :49:24.control. The folly! - volley. He started on the left wing. He went

:49:25. > :49:28.into the middle, greater rotation. This team have that in abundance,

:49:29. > :49:34.the rotation off the right-hand side with Muller and people coming inside

:49:35. > :49:38.and allowing Lahm to get outside. They will be around for a while,

:49:39. > :49:44.these guys. They have some very, very talented young players. Draxler

:49:45. > :49:53.didn't even get a sniff. They are talking highly of him. Churning out

:49:54. > :49:56.players. They addressed things and the turn-of-the-century, they

:49:57. > :50:00.weren't happy with not winning competitions like they were

:50:01. > :50:07.accustomed to, they changed it, Klinsmann was involved and it's paid

:50:08. > :50:12.off. Definitely. All the English fans will be thinking, can we do

:50:13. > :50:16.that? Is it an opportunity for us to re-evaluate what we are doing at

:50:17. > :50:23.home? Coaching and facilities. Trying to breed players of this ilk.

:50:24. > :50:24.That's what they did. Schweinsteiger has a cut

:50:25. > :50:31.That's what they did. Schweinsteiger from this incident. Aguero was

:50:32. > :50:38.already on a booking. He came across. He gave him a good whack. He

:50:39. > :50:45.actually punches him. Not sure it was deliberate. He's not that kind

:50:46. > :50:48.of player, generally. Give him the benefit of the doubt. He won't care

:50:49. > :50:53.he's got a black eye, he will benefit of the doubt. He won't care

:50:54. > :51:00.lifting the trophy. I would take a black eye all day that trophy.

:51:01. > :51:06.There's Draxler, a future star. They've been brilliant, they really

:51:07. > :51:11.have. Superbly organised. Joachim Low has done so well organised. It

:51:12. > :51:19.works. They've got belief in the goalkeeper. They have top players

:51:20. > :51:22.going forward. Lahm, we saw right throughout the tournament,

:51:23. > :51:29.particularly when he moved back to right back, he gives them great

:51:30. > :51:35.wits. Muller is a top player. They play between the lines, they are

:51:36. > :51:40.very comfortable. At this level, possession is king. If you've got

:51:41. > :51:47.the ball and they are chasing, ultimately you will come out on top.

:51:48. > :51:52.Interesting break introduction with the presentations to have the party

:51:53. > :51:56.for the winning team on the pitch before the presentation! For those

:51:57. > :52:03.poor individuals... Purgatory for these guys. No worse feeling,

:52:04. > :52:07.waiting to see your opponents lift the trophy. You want to be inside

:52:08. > :52:14.the changing room licking your wounds. These guys will happily wait

:52:15. > :52:23.for hours and hours. I wouldn't mind being at the party later. It is life

:52:24. > :52:27.changing. A word on Mascherano. He had a terrific tournament and a

:52:28. > :52:31.terrific night. I know he got booked there were a couple of bad

:52:32. > :52:33.challenges late on, but the way he's played in this tournament, the way

:52:34. > :52:37.he's covered for the back four played in this tournament, the way

:52:38. > :52:44.getting himself into position was that severely sensational. It looks

:52:45. > :52:46.like things are about to get underway in terms of the

:52:47. > :52:57.presentation and the ceremony. Lionel Messi inching his way towards

:52:58. > :53:04.where ever that presentation may be. Guy Mowbray will talk us through it.

:53:05. > :53:09.There should be a few things to sort out before Philipp Lahm can get his

:53:10. > :53:17.hands on that World Cup trophy. Golden Boot, Golden gloves, Golden

:53:18. > :53:22.Balls. 171 goals scored at this World Cup with that Mario Gotze

:53:23. > :53:31.winning. That equals the record of France 1998. The goals

:53:32. > :53:35.winning. That equals the record of in the group stage, not so much once

:53:36. > :53:39.we got to the knockout stages and those tense one mistake means

:53:40. > :53:43.anything moments, but it has been a truly magnificent tournament. The

:53:44. > :53:48.people at home can't see at the moment, but the Germans are making a

:53:49. > :53:52.guard of honour. That is a nice touch. It doesn't feel great when

:53:53. > :53:57.you are the losing side, but it's a nice touch from the victors.

:53:58. > :54:06.Everything they do seems to have a touch of class about it. Yeah. I'm

:54:07. > :54:11.sure that comes from the the top. Stepped out of the shadows of Jurgen

:54:12. > :54:16.Klinsmann in 2006. Not a bad coach either, the man leading the way in

:54:17. > :54:19.the USA. Plans put in place. He doesn't seek the limelight, he

:54:20. > :54:25.doesn't dance up and down on the touchline. He does have his moments.

:54:26. > :54:28.He generally keeps his counsel. He's had a strict regime as well

:54:29. > :54:36.throughout this tournament. 6:30 every morning, he's got up and gone

:54:37. > :54:40.for a run or walk down the walk on his own for half an hour. The rest

:54:41. > :54:50.of the days have belonged to the team. The booing R4 Sepp Blatter.

:54:51. > :54:58.The president of the fire. And the President of Brazil. - FIFA.

:54:59. > :55:10.Lionel Messi is wandering through, making his way, along with manual

:55:11. > :55:16.lawyer. - Manuel Neuer. I think we have a clue for the Golden Ball and

:55:17. > :55:25.Golden gloves, undoubtedly the best goalkeeper. Has to be! He struts his

:55:26. > :55:31.way to the top of the stairs as though it was something he was

:55:32. > :55:33.always destined to do. That one was never in doubt. Best goalkeeper in

:55:34. > :55:38.the tournament. Best never in doubt. Best goalkeeper in

:55:39. > :55:44.the world. One of the best defenders in the World Cup! I was just hanging

:55:45. > :55:51.fire. He might be one of the greatest there's ever been. Might

:55:52. > :56:01.fire. He might be one of the be. I'm sorry, but that statue...

:56:02. > :56:08.Looks like the hand from the Addams family. The award that will mean

:56:09. > :56:12.most of all to Manuel Neuer, but it won't be a patch on the

:56:13. > :56:14.most of all to Manuel Neuer, but it winners medal. This

:56:15. > :56:17.most of all to Manuel Neuer, but it different. Lionel Messi has to

:56:18. > :56:18.somehow put on a dignified half smile as he

:56:19. > :56:23.somehow put on a dignified half Michel Platini,

:56:24. > :56:26.somehow put on a dignified half company. Golden Ball, player of the

:56:27. > :56:36.tournament, but we know he's better than he's shown. An Argentinian team

:56:37. > :56:41.full of will and self-determination, but not

:56:42. > :56:46.massively full of ability. To get them here, you can't disagree. He

:56:47. > :56:52.will be pushing 31 at the next World Cup. There's at least one in him. I

:56:53. > :56:56.hope so, he's such a fantastic player. Not his or his country's

:56:57. > :57:05.night tonight. Golden player. Not his or his country's

:57:06. > :57:08.supposed to be presented as well, but I can only presume James

:57:09. > :57:20.Rodriguez as Columbia - of Colombia is not here. No. What a forlorn walk

:57:21. > :57:28.down the steps it is for Lionel Messi. He knows he has to go back up

:57:29. > :57:31.in a moment as losers. Four times play - world player of the year, six

:57:32. > :57:34.titles at play - world player of the year, six

:57:35. > :57:38.titles Barcelona, three Champions League, two club World Cups, he's

:57:39. > :57:44.done the lot. Best player at the World Cup won't merely great deal to

:57:45. > :57:49.him at this stage. How do you think Nicola Rizzoli handled it? Generally

:57:50. > :57:54.he did well, but some of the tackles he let go... Aguero should go

:57:55. > :57:57.straight. A little bit like Howard Webb last time, trying to keep as

:57:58. > :58:02.many people on the pitch as possible, but generally he had a

:58:03. > :58:10.good game. Messi will have to turn around in a few moments. Ignominy,

:58:11. > :58:13.isn't it? They could handle these presentation ceremonies a little bit

:58:14. > :58:18.better. It all has to be done on the pitch in the full glare of the

:58:19. > :58:24.world. It's taken an eternity, I feel sorry for Argentina. They will

:58:25. > :58:29.now get the supporting reception - sporting reception they deserve from

:58:30. > :58:33.the German players. All players were going at it hammer and told us, no

:58:34. > :58:38.love lost during the match as it should be, but a lot of respect. We

:58:39. > :58:45.talked about Germany and their young squad. This Argentina squad was the

:58:46. > :58:53.oldest at the tournament. Average age of pushing 29. Unlikely to see

:58:54. > :58:58.Mascherano again at 30. Maybe. Aguero wasn't fully fit, or didn't

:58:59. > :59:05.appear to be. He got another injury. Higuain struggled. Lavezzi, in and

:59:06. > :59:11.out. They are now officially in transition with this being

:59:12. > :59:17.Sabella's last game as coach. Might be the last game for two or three of

:59:18. > :59:21.the players as well. That is an awful trudge. As the Dutch would

:59:22. > :59:29.testify from Johannesburg four years ago. Especially to go so close, to

:59:30. > :59:32.be on the brink of taking a go at penalties, which brought them

:59:33. > :59:37.success in the semifinal, and then like the Dutch four years ago, to

:59:38. > :59:40.have it taken away by a masterful finish, and yesterday that time,

:59:41. > :59:52.Gotze this time. - Iniesta. The words will be falling on deaf

:59:53. > :59:57.ears right now. Yeah, you just want to get out of the place, back into

:59:58. > :00:01.the dressing room, get your kit off, get in the shower and clear off on

:00:02. > :00:05.the bus. Lionel Messi described by Alejandro Sabella as "our water in

:00:06. > :00:10.the desert when things aren't going well." Water usually can find a way

:00:11. > :00:19.through any crack. That Germany defence doesn't have many. Even

:00:20. > :00:35.harder to have to walk past the trophy you came here to win.

:00:36. > :00:46.Germany players are just awaiting their turn, as they do that,

:00:47. > :00:50.reflections. BOO. Hang on, they're not for you. I'd

:00:51. > :00:55.get more! Reflections as a whole. I think it's been fantastic. It's been

:00:56. > :01:01.extremely well run. We talk about a lack of a number nine, but so many

:01:02. > :01:04.outstanding number tens. We have a goal tonight which was brilliant.

:01:05. > :01:11.Could well be one of the goals of the tournament. Everybody really,

:01:12. > :01:15.there's been no outstanding team, apart from these in the last two

:01:16. > :01:19.games. Before that they weren't outstanding, But it's Germany. A

:01:20. > :01:26.team game that's been won by the best team. Yes. Here come the world

:01:27. > :01:28.champions. Only fitting that Bastian

:01:29. > :01:34.Schweinsteiger should lead them up the stairs on the occasion of his

:01:35. > :01:37.108th appearance for his country, putting him level with Jurgen

:01:38. > :01:44.Klinsmann, in fifth place with all-time Germany appearance makers.

:01:45. > :01:49.He's up there with the greats now. Nearly everything has to go through

:01:50. > :01:53.him, he's a wonderful player. Tonight, defensively, as good as

:01:54. > :02:00.anybody. You see Per Mertesacker in the queue, his brief appearance put

:02:01. > :02:04.him onto 104 games, one more than Franz Beckenbauer. I know Alan

:02:05. > :02:08.Hansen will love that one. Not. Schweinsteiger, Schurrle, goal

:02:09. > :02:18.maker, impact maker, every time hes come from the bench. At 23, he's the

:02:19. > :02:23.future for Germany. Howedes 26, Hummels 25, Boateng 25, Muller 24,

:02:24. > :02:30.Kroos 24, Goetze 22. They're not going anywhere.

:02:31. > :02:37.And Angela Merkel is laughing. She can't stop! Big supporter of the

:02:38. > :02:40.German national team. Not just the World Cup final she attends. She's a

:02:41. > :02:47.regular at nearly every international match that they play.

:02:48. > :02:57.Hand shakes all around from Sepp Blatter and the president of Brazil.

:02:58. > :03:01.Hugs from the German contingent. I dare say, these medals won't be the

:03:02. > :03:03.only awards that these players win. There'll be something waiting for

:03:04. > :03:21.them on their return to Germany. Marvellous scenes. This is the

:03:22. > :03:24.reason any footballer plays the game. This isn't a World Cup that's

:03:25. > :03:30.been won in two hours tonight or over a month in Brazil. This has

:03:31. > :03:31.been planned, crafted, taught and from a German point of view, meant

:03:32. > :03:45.to be. Hanse Flick. Former Bayern Munich

:03:46. > :04:05.player, deputy of Joachim Low. Now eyes on the middle of that pack

:04:06. > :04:10.for THE big moment. They have the model that really is the envy of the

:04:11. > :04:16.world. From the schools, to the parks, to

:04:17. > :04:21.the Bundesliga and beyond. Now on the biggest stage of all, in the

:04:22. > :04:27.Maracana, a European team, for the first time, winning the World Cup on

:04:28. > :04:30.South American soil. They are history makers, this German team.

:04:31. > :04:38.They might go on to a few more records yet. In football, Germany

:04:39. > :04:50.rules the world again. CHEERING

:04:51. > :04:55.It has been a magnificent World Cup won by a worthy goal in the

:04:56. > :05:13.marvellous city of Rio. Thank you Brazil. Danke.

:05:14. > :05:21.STUDIO: The trophy is aloft. Germany are the world champions. For the

:05:22. > :05:25.first time, European sides have now won three successive World Cups and,

:05:26. > :05:31.of course, to repeat ourselves, the first time a European team has

:05:32. > :05:38.triumphed in South America. Fireworks go off on the Maracana.

:05:39. > :05:42.Germans enjoying their moment. This young team, this talented team, this

:05:43. > :05:46.supreme team. Long will the party go on, I would

:05:47. > :05:49.imagine, through the night. Well deserved. They've been terrific.

:05:50. > :05:54.Absolutely terrific all the way through the tournament. The manager

:05:55. > :05:59.has done particularly well. He left Mertesacker out. He took Lahm out of

:06:00. > :06:04.a holding role and put him to fullback to give them much-needed

:06:05. > :06:11.pace. His substitutions and general team selection have been

:06:12. > :06:15.magnificent. None more so than the substitution that led to the They

:06:16. > :06:18.slowly goal. Got better as the tournament has gone on. When they

:06:19. > :06:22.had to dig deep today, they did it. They did it

:06:23. > :06:26.had to dig deep today, they did it. tremendous team spirit, very, very

:06:27. > :06:30.well organised from the manager. They were the best team. There's no

:06:31. > :06:36.doubt about. It I don't think anyone can argue with that. It must be

:06:37. > :06:40.slightly mixed emotions for Khedira of course, he was in the starting

:06:41. > :06:41.line up, until minutes before the kickoff when he

:06:42. > :06:47.line up, until minutes before the warm up. He would be devastated. But

:06:48. > :06:51.this is a real team He has effort. His medal. He made a huge

:06:52. > :06:52.contribution in the semifinal as well. These guys look like a bunch

:06:53. > :07:02.of players that will be here for well. These guys look like a bunch

:07:03. > :07:03.right. The frightening thing was Guy's commentary, reading out the

:07:04. > :07:13.ages of the player, in two years, four years, this team is going to be

:07:14. > :07:19.better. How delightful (! ) What a moment. He made big decisions, when

:07:20. > :07:25.Khedira got injured. Kramer got injured. He had to make a great

:07:26. > :07:27.substitution. We were saying how long before Klose can last. He took

:07:28. > :07:31.him off. That's the first long before Klose can last. He took

:07:32. > :07:35.to score a winning goal in a World Cup final. There you go. That's a

:07:36. > :07:41.great stat. That's a wonderful stat to finish on. Wonderful. Still, you

:07:42. > :07:45.go back to the Argentinian chances. They had so many great chances and

:07:46. > :07:48.could not take them. Time to announce the winner of the goal of

:07:49. > :07:51.the tournament. Here's how you voted: You agree with us.

:07:52. > :08:00.the tournament. Here's how you voted: You agree with us. Rodriguez

:08:01. > :08:04.should win it. 48. 3% of you, nearly half and what a goal it is. I could

:08:05. > :08:08.watch it over and over again. Special, he sees the flight of the

:08:09. > :08:12.ball. Takes a touch ah, just his feet and bang, have that. He makes

:08:13. > :08:17.it look better when it hits the cross bar and the celebration,

:08:18. > :08:25.beautiful. He won the Golden Boot as well.

:08:26. > :08:31.All the big names up there. This is an emerging star. You could make a

:08:32. > :08:35.case that he should have won the Golden Ball as well. We aren't sure

:08:36. > :08:38.whether Messi deserve that's trophy in this World Cup. I don't think

:08:39. > :08:43.Messi did enough in the tournament to win it. Even four or five of the

:08:44. > :08:45.German players that beat the Argentineans tonight probably played

:08:46. > :08:50.better throughout the tournament. Concur? I don't agree with that, I

:08:51. > :08:54.think he's been good at times. I would go with Muller or Rodriguez.

:08:55. > :08:57.Who do you think? I would have gone with Rodriguez. He played that

:08:58. > :09:00.exciting football, attacking football. Every time he got it, he

:09:01. > :09:06.wanted to hurt the opposition. Messi done some fantastic things, but they

:09:07. > :09:11.were magic moments but he doesn't consistently perform. It was all set

:09:12. > :09:14.up for him today. If he had scored the winner, he would have got it.

:09:15. > :09:18.But he didn't today. There were questions as to whether Brazil could

:09:19. > :09:23.or should stage this World Cup, with his take on how it will be

:09:24. > :09:29.remembered by the Brazilian people, our South American football expert

:09:30. > :09:33.Tim Vickery. We will come onto that in a moment.

:09:34. > :09:37.What do you think of this Germany side, because we've travelled around

:09:38. > :09:41.Brazil, I've watched them three times, there's something very

:09:42. > :09:48.professional about the way Joachim Low goes about his business? This is

:09:49. > :09:51.one of the all-time great World Cup wins. Their general manager was here

:09:52. > :09:58.last year and they said it would be very hard for a European side to win

:09:59. > :10:03.here. Germany got three games in difficult conditions. They had a flu

:10:04. > :10:07.epidemic. Now they've beaten the two South American powerhouses in South

:10:08. > :10:11.America. This ranks with any previous World Cup win. And the

:10:12. > :10:16.other thing about Joachim Low and his coaching staff is that whilst

:10:17. > :10:21.Luiz Felipe Scolari's joking around with the journalists, in the news

:10:22. > :10:24.conferences, no answers -- Low answers every single question to the

:10:25. > :10:27.international media. It's a ruthless approach to football management.

:10:28. > :10:30.It's also a wonderful way that they've had a look at where they

:10:31. > :10:35.were a decade ago. Klinsmann did it first. What is our identity? What do

:10:36. > :10:38.we need to do? We are Germany. We are high tempo, in your face

:10:39. > :10:43.aggressive. They started from that and they looked at Barcelona and

:10:44. > :10:47.other models and added little bits. It's all been crowned with a victory

:10:48. > :10:50.today, which, all right, they weren't entirely convincing.

:10:51. > :10:54.Argentina had good chances, for the tournament this was the right

:10:55. > :10:58.Overall, for result. The tournament they said that Brazil wouldn't pull

:10:59. > :11:01.it off and it has. It's a World Cup turned upside down. Going into the

:11:02. > :11:05.tournament, Brazilians were very confident they were going to win on

:11:06. > :11:14.the field and very worried they were going to be shown up off it by

:11:15. > :11:18.organisational chaos. The exact opposite has happened. There have

:11:19. > :11:21.been one or two problems, but the shame for Brazilians has been what

:11:22. > :11:26.happened on the What happen field. S next for Scolari and Brazil? His P

:11:27. > :11:30.45, another job. What happens to Brazil, you would hope would be a

:11:31. > :11:34.sit down and a thinking process. Scolari tried to say after Germany,

:11:35. > :11:39.it was a bad day at the office. Then they had another one against

:11:40. > :11:42.Holland. One bad day can be put down to misfortune, two is carelessness.

:11:43. > :11:46.Even while Brazil were winning games, they were losing friends.

:11:47. > :11:49.Billions of people around the world who followed them were disappointed.

:11:50. > :11:52.All they can do is counter-attacks, set pieces and fouls. They have to

:11:53. > :11:56.be capable of more. Thank you very much indeed.

:11:57. > :12:01.While he's been here in Brazil, Rio has been making a documentary about

:12:02. > :12:07.his experiences in Rio. It goes out tomorrow night and here's a sneak

:12:08. > :12:12.preview. One of the most colourful cities,

:12:13. > :12:22.culture, colour all merge into one. I've met great people here, taken

:12:23. > :12:29.pictures, the lot. I have the kick man. He's here. He's arrived. Who's

:12:30. > :12:36.your favourite players? Messi. What about me? One million people live

:12:37. > :12:41.here. When I was growing up, you hear a lot of people say "I'm from

:12:42. > :12:45.the ghetto." You want to come and live here for while. See what its

:12:46. > :12:50.like. This is my journey. Welcome to Rio

:12:51. > :12:55.in Rio. You can see Rio in Rio on BBC One

:12:56. > :12:59.tomorrow night at 10. 35pm in England. It's on at 11. 05 in Wales

:13:00. > :13:07.and 11. 35pm in Scotland and Northern Ireland. Worth watching

:13:08. > :13:12.wherever you are. Well, Alan, this is almost it. It's a great way to

:13:13. > :13:16.go. The World Cup here has been sublime. The matches have been

:13:17. > :13:21.great. It's all about the product on the pitch any way. It's been

:13:22. > :13:26.exciting and tonight was terrific to watch. The goal that won the World

:13:27. > :13:31.Cup was extra special. Great. What are you going to do now without

:13:32. > :13:33.football? I'm sure you will still watch I will football? Still watch

:13:34. > :13:36.football and dip into the television, I'd like to thank

:13:37. > :13:39.everybody that's worked on the programmes and watched the

:13:40. > :13:44.programmes. I've had a great time here, worked with great people. And

:13:45. > :13:48.a great organisation. It's been great working with you, I really

:13:49. > :13:55.mean that. Rio and as well. Thanks very much. Well, after the most

:13:56. > :13:59.enthralling of World Cups, 64 games, 171 goals, 20-odd men kicked a ball

:14:00. > :14:02.around for 120 minutes and at the end, do I really need to tell you -

:14:03. > :14:32.the Germans won. From all of us here, good night.

:14:33. > :15:15.# Run boy run # Running is a victory

:15:16. > :15:18.# Run, boy, run # COMMENTATOR:

:15:19. > :15:24.The greatest game, the biggest names, another World Cup is under

:15:25. > :15:32.way. Neymar, the boy wonder. Van Persie! What a fantastic goal.

:15:33. > :15:43.Cahill - oh, what a strike. That's what they came for. (

:15:44. > :15:52.Benzema. Goal Algeria. What an upset we have here. Wayne Rooney's first

:15:53. > :16:11.ever World Cup Finals goal. Oh, he's done it!

:16:12. > :16:20.Spain are out. England lost concentration. They lost Luis

:16:21. > :16:26.Suarez. He is suspended for nine matches. Italy join England. Kofta

:16:27. > :16:37.reekament they've -- Costa Rica. They've only gone and won it.

:16:38. > :16:49.Off the post. Brazil win. It's the most dramatic of circumstances. Oh,

:16:50. > :16:55.a bit of magic! Sheer brilliance. Genius, I think it is. France are

:16:56. > :17:04.through to the quarter finals. Costa Rica quarter final. Belgium are

:17:05. > :17:08.through. Yet another incredible game at this quite amazing World Cup.

:17:09. > :17:19.That's a picture no Brazilian wants to see. It's in! Brazil are into the

:17:20. > :17:33.semifinals. Higuain! Argentina are heading to Sao Paulo. It's Germany

:17:34. > :17:53.who roll on again. The Costa Rican fairy-tale ends here.

:17:54. > :18:04.Joo-Ho -- Klose scores. Brazil are being humbled and taken apart.

:18:05. > :18:28.Absolute humiliation. Here go Argentina. They're going to Rio.

:18:29. > :18:43.Joo-Ho this is it, the stars are ready to shine. Higuain.

:18:44. > :18:47.Chance for Goetze. Mario Goetze scores for Germany! Germany are

:18:48. > :18:51.champions of the world.