by Fago Franklin III
The World Cup had ended like each of the past games this year; it ended in a thrilling overtime victory in extra time. Mario Gotiz was the hero that had scored the game winning goal in the 113th minute of the world cup. Prior to this amazing game winning goal Gotiz had 10 goals for Germany
Not to take anything away from Germany’s win, but Argentina had missed opportunities that could have won the game. Gonzalo Higuain who plays for Argentina had missed an opportunity to put Argentina up in the 21st minute and Rodrigo Palacio had missed the goal completely in the 97th minute.
Germany was the Cinderella team that had shocked a lot of fans, but they knew in their hearts that if they played their game they could possibly upset Argentina. In the first half of the game Argentina had controlled the time of possession and kept Germany from making any attempt to break down their defensive wall.
In the second half it was a different story. Germany came out of the gate attacking at every chance that they had gotten. Argentina’s offense could not put the ball in the net and it cost them the game.
Germany became the first European team to clinch a World Cup on South American soil. This is the fourth World Cup that Germany has captured.
Germany wanted to win more and it showed later on in the in the game. The moral of this victory in sports history is never to give up. Germany had so many doubters and obstacles with getting in the World Cup and not allowing past history to demolish their dreams of another World Cup. Germany had so much to play for and you could see that each player played their hearts out and left everything on the field.
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