The joy of victory is unparalleled and if it is a world cup victory you can’t imagine how it feels to be in a side who just triumphed the world’s biggest soccer honor in front of millions of fans watching the moment live. Germans latest feat would surely be in our memory for a long time especially for Brazilians who tasted the worst defeat in their centuries old history. If we leave apart the journey until the finals, Germans had been rather dominating in every match but it was the final that showed them why Argentinians were not the easy ones to overcome. Their so called firing forward line could not find a hole in solid Argentinian defensive line-up until the last moment of extra time when Gotze’s chest down shot win the FIFA title for his team. Coach Joachim Low is obviously the man to be held responsible for years long training to face the toughest playing conditions in South American country where reactor scale is so high at this time of the year. Perhaps, German players looked to … [Read more...]

Germans proved their dominance over world soccer by beating Argentina by 1-0 in a close finish. The final was full of exciting ups and downs, in fact, until the extra time, score was leveled and match was heading towards the penalty shootout but then sub Mario Gotze’s amazing chest down shot to Andre Schurrle's pass gave die Mannschaft their fourth FIFA title. Though, Argentina was impressive throughout the game but just one bad shot debarred them from their world cup glory. Even captain Messi could not help his team sustain initial lead; however, more credit goes to solid defensive line of Los Gauchos who did not let firing German strikers to even come close to their goal post. Remember, how devastatingly they crushed Brazilian defense in the semifinal! Actually, it was like missing a confirmed title for the La Albiceleste coz they got many good opportunities to score the goal – more than Germans- but they could not capitalize on any of them otherwise match could have ended in its … [Read more...]

As we are heading towards the end of Brazilian world cup, FIFA has announced the list of ten players who could win the player of the tournament aka Golden Ball award for the 2014 world cup. The list is obviously headed by four German players along with Argentina who has three players representing their country. Mats Hummels, one of the Germans in the list, has netted two goals: against Portugal and France while Kroos, another one, is now a household name in Brazil for his hammering performance in the semifinal with Brazil. Other notable Germans in the list are last world cup’s Golden Boot award winner Thomas Muller who had a hat trick in the match with Portugal this time and skipper Philipp Lahm who has been a finest think tank for the Germans in this FIFA event. For Argentina, Angel Di Maria and Messi both are in good form to win Player of the Tournament award. Other players who could make it into the final ten are Neymar, Arjen Robben, and James Rodriguez for their distinctive shows … [Read more...]

Big stars are big not because they are best in the field but because they are truly a sportsman too. Yes, we are talking about Neymar who is no longer a part of Brazil or Barcelona team for at least two months for a back fracture he sustained in the quarterfinal with Columbia. Now, when the final lineup is confirmed, both Argentina and Germany have their own list of fans within other teams. Ex Santos player has said he would like to see his Barcelona colleague Messi winning the world cup for his country, though he refused to accept he is a South Americans fan. Actually, everyone has a favorite and when you have been ousted by the Germans you simply can’t bet over them to lift the world title, hence Argentina is the safe bet for Brazilians at present. Notably, both Neymar and Messi share good relationship at the Camp Nou despite several media attempts to create some kind of cold war among two superstars of Barca forward line, but Neymar still takes Messi as his idol and has said over … [Read more...]

When the whole world is shocked to see miserable performance by hottest team of 2014 FIFA world cup, millions of fans who have since been crying are now digging the reason why once the sky mounting team went down to earth in just two days. Actually, all those who watched the game were actually surprised to see how defenders were roaming in the field when German forwards were attacking the Brazilian goal post. For example, the crucial seven minutes when Brazil sustained five goals was the turning point of the game, perhaps they lost the game in this period rather full ninety minutes. Moreover, absence of both captain Thiago and striker Neymar paid the price to the host when they could not shred off mounting initial lead. Recently, some African players were suspected to have fixed their performance in group stage matches, though, later, FIFA found nothing wrong in their conduct, but when world’s most infamous bookie Wilson Raj Perumal mistakenly told a reporter over his Facebook … [Read more...]