Jerman Juara Dunia! Gotze Cetak Gol di Menit 113
Germany are Champions of the World! Gotze Strikes in 113th Minute
Editor : Ismail Gani
Translator : Novita Cahyadi
Rio de Janeiro (B2B) - Jerman merebut juara Piala Dunia 2014 setelah menang 1-0 atas Argentina dalam laga final yang harus dilalui dengan waktu tambahan di Stadion Maracana, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil, Minggu petang waktu setempat (Senin pagi WIB).
Gol semata wayang Jerman diciptakan oleh penyerang Bayern Muenchen, Mario Gotze, pada menit 113, sekaligus menjadi gol perdananya di putaran final Piala Dunia 2014, seperti dilansir Yahoo Sports.
Gotze menjadi supersub mengingat ia baru masuk ke lapangan pada menit 88 menggantikan penyerang gaek, Miroslav Klose.
Laga harus dilanjutkan ke babak waktu tambahan setelah kedua tim gagal mencetak gol pada waktu normal.
Keberhasilan Jerman menjuarai Piala Dunia di Brasil telah mengakhiri catatan buruk nan panjang mengenai gagalnya tim-tim Eropa memenangi gelar juara dunia di Benua Amerika.
Selain itu, tim besutan Joachim Loew juga membuat Jerman memiliki catatan positif dalam melakoni laga pamungkas Piala Dunia melawan Argentina, menjadi unggul 2-1, setelah kalah pada edisi 1986 dan memenanginya pada 1990.
Rio de Janeiro - Germany won the World Cup final in Rio after Mario Gotze´s extra-time volley sealed a 1-0 win over Argentina.
Germany´s plans were hindered in the pre-match warm-up as Sami Khedira was injured and replaced by Christoph Kramer, who lined up for his first competitive start.
The game got off to a lively start and it was Argentina who had the first clear-cut chance on 21 minutes, when Toni Kroos´ badly-judged back-header fell straight to Gonzalo Higuain, who moved to within 18 yards from goal but dragged a right-footed strike wide of Manuel Neuer´s upright.
Kramer´s appearance was short-lived following a hefty collision with Ezequiel Garay, and he was helped off the pitch and replaced by Chelsea forward Andre Schurrle on the half-hour mark, before Higuain thought he had made amends for his miss when he sidefooted home a superb cross from Ezequiel Lavezzi, only to see the offside flag go up.
The next chance fell to sub Schurrle, who was teed up by Thomas Muller but saw his sidefooted effort palmed away to safety by goalkeeper Sergio Romero.
Lionel Messi was looking dangerous and went on a fine run that ended with Jerome Boateng hacking clear near the goalline on 39 - and Kroos should have done better on 43 when Germany broke swiftly after Javier Mascherano lost possession, only for the Bayern Munich man to fire his shot straight at Romero.
