It’s been almost a month since the start of the World Cup in Brazil. Thirty two teams, 738 players and 90 referees gave their best. In the end, however, two teams managed to meet in the final. Germany and Argentina will battle it out today at 10 pm (EET) aiming for the World Cup. Only one captain, however, will be the one to take the trophy out of Giselle Bundchen’s hands.

Her presence alone may be the passion anyone needs to play well in the final, however, both Germans and Argentineans will be meeting in the Maracana stadium tonight with a lot of history behind them. Germans want to repeat their victory in 1990 in Italy, while Argentina wants to take revenge for what happened in Rome.

Both teams arrived in the final undefeated, with Argentina having one draw against the Netherlands (the match was decided on penalties) and giving away one point to Ghana in the second group match. Both the Germans and the Argentineans qualified first in their group.

The Germans come to the final rested up after their 7-1 victory over Brazil, while the Argentines took 120’ to clear up their game against the Netherlands.

The battle on the pitch may yet be undecided but the crowd will be filled by 13000 Argentineans in the Maracana and another 100,000 in Rio.

Putin-Merkel and Gauck will be in the stands tonight to watch the game.

The big celebration will begin two hours before kickoff with Shakira and Carlos Santana warming up the fans before the start of the main “course”.

Antonella Roccuzzο- Lionel Messi

ULRIKE STANGE – Per Mertesacker

ELIANA Guercio – Sergio Romero

MANDY CAPRISTO – Mesut Özil

GISELA DULKO – Fernando Gago

ANN-KATHRIN BROMMEL – Mario Götze

KARINA TEJEDA – SERGIO AGUERO

 
SARAH BRANDNER – BASTIAN SCHWEINSTEIGER

LENA GERCKE – SAMI KHEDIRA

LISA TREDE- Thomas Müller