All the football fans must be shocked !!
I know so many people who r all in support of Argentina and amongst all of them only a few were in support of Germany.
Among these few people, was me!!
The team who had been striving and working hard all these years, finally reached its goal!!
But no loss Argentina fans, next time, maybe !! :P
BERLIN: Even normally quiet streets were electrified early Monday by Germany's dramatic 1-0 win of the World Cup in extra time, a victory that symbolized, at least to fans, not just the country's dominance of Europe, but its global prominence. Car horns and vuvuzelas honked, and fireworks and firecrackers exploded.
Mr. Gotze had not even been born the last time Germany won the World Cup, in 1990, beating Argentina then, too.
That victory came to symbolize the unification of Germany; this one, ardent fans said early Monday, will usher in an era of further prosperity for Europe's economic powerhouse.
"I'm not going to be able to get rid of this grin," said Christoph Nitsche, 29, an industrial mechanic, as he stood outside a tapas bar in Frankfurt that, like almost all restaurants and bars across the country, had set up a large-screen television outside. "Now we're free."
Asked if the victory had any larger consequences for Germany, Mr. Nitsche took a drag on a cigarette, thought for a moment, and said: "There's going to be an economic upswing. People are in a good mood."
That mood was reflected in the evident joy with which the country's president, Joachim Gauck, and the normally restrained chancellor, Angela Merkel, embraced each player in Rio de Janeiro as they received their victors' medals.
That victory came to symbolize the unification of Germany; this one, ardent fans said early Monday, will usher in an era of further prosperity for Europe's economic powerhouse.
"I'm not going to be able to get rid of this grin," said Christoph Nitsche, 29, an industrial mechanic, as he stood outside a tapas bar in Frankfurt that, like almost all restaurants and bars across the country, had set up a large-screen television outside. "Now we're free."
Asked if the victory had any larger consequences for Germany, Mr. Nitsche took a drag on a cigarette, thought for a moment, and said: "There's going to be an economic upswing. People are in a good mood."
That mood was reflected in the evident joy with which the country's president, Joachim Gauck, and the normally restrained chancellor, Angela Merkel, embraced each player in Rio de Janeiro as they received their victors' medals.
The German victory could easily be seen as emblematic of the country's economic and political pre-eminence in Europe and its economic comeback of the last decade. In 1990, the nation was embarking on a long, costly odyssey of reunification.
In 2002, when the German team finished second, the country was still seen as the sick man of Europe, too set in its ways in a world that demanded innovation.
But Germany proved it could change.
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