Memorable
#518
2014 World Cup · Final2014-07-13 · 16:00:00
1-0
Germany
Argentina
HT 0–0 · aet
Estádio do Maracanã · Rio de Janeiro · 74,738 spectatorsRef: Nicola Rizzoli
7.0Rating
“This final in Rio became one of the defining heartbreaks of Messi’s career: 120 tense minutes where he created chances, carried Argentina’s attack, but watched Germany snatch the World Cup in extra time. His Golden Ball award felt hollow in the moment, yet that image of Messi on the Maracanã podium—devastated but dignified—became a symbol of unfinished business that made his eventual 2022 triumph feel like the completion of a long, painful arc.”
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Germany
KO
Argentina29
Schweinsteiger B.
Schweinsteiger B.
29
32
▲Andre Schürrle
▼Christoph Kramer
▲Andre Schürrle
▼Christoph Kramer
32
33
Benedikt Höwedes
Benedikt Höwedes
33
HT0–0
46
▲Sergio Agüero
▼E. Lavezzi
46
▲Sergio Agüero
▼E. Lavezzi
64
Javier Mascherano
64
Javier Mascherano
65
Sergio Agüero
65
Sergio Agüero
78
▲Rodrigo Palacio
▼Gonzalo Higuaín
78
▲Rodrigo Palacio
▼Gonzalo Higuaín
86
▲Fernando Gago
▼Enzo Pérez
86
▲Fernando Gago
▼Enzo Pérez
88
▲Götze M.
▼Klose M.
▲Götze M.
▼Klose M.
88
FT0–0
ET HT0–0
113
Götze M.1–0
Andre Schürrle
Götze M.
1–0
Andre Schürrle
113
120
▲Per Mertesacker
▼Özil M.
▲Per Mertesacker
▼Özil M.
120
ET1–0
Match Moments
KO
11
Assist
Messi cleverly lays the ball off to Lucas Biglia, whose right‑footed shot from outside the box is blocked by the German defense.
38
Card
Messi commits a foul in midfield, halting a German move and conceding a free kick.
HT0–0
47
Near Miss
Early in the second half, Messi cuts in from the left and fires a left‑footed shot from inside the box that goes just wide of the far post after a pass from Lucas Biglia.
75
Shot
Messi receives a pass from Enzo Pérez and unleashes a left‑footed effort from outside the box that bends wide of the left post.
FT0–0
ET HT
117
Near Miss
Deep into extra time, Messi meets a Marcos Rojo cross with a header from the center of the box, but his effort goes over the bar as Argentina chase an equaliser.
ET1–0
