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'World champions' scream German media as team brings home World Cup
There was a lot for the German media to ‘scream’ about after their team lifted the World Cup after 24 years.
The headlines in Germany’s highest-selling newspaper Bild read ‘Weltmeister’ – World Champions in English -- with a picture of Mario Goetze celebrating his winner splashed on the front pages.
A day earlier, the optimistic German media had indicated through their graphics that Argetine football would be dead meat – an analogy made to predict that the South Americans would lose the match -- and their predictions were spot on!
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'It Is True'
“We bow to coach Jogi Löw… Concentrated, he led the team through the tournament. He remains quiet after big wins. He remains calm after tough matches,” Bild said.
“It Is True”, headlined conservative daily Die Welt, with the three words printed in the national colours of black, red and gold. “What a match, what a fight, what drama,” it exclaimed.
Meanwhile news website Spiegel Online wrote, “1954. 1974. 1990. 2014!”, specifying the four times Germany has clinched the trophy.