Fun trivia: This is the second time Brazil hosted the World Cup, and once again, they failed to win it on home. After the failure of 1950, 8 years later, some 17-year-old kid name Pelé appeared. UEFA has had an European team in every final of the World Cup since 1954. Miroslav Klose broke the World Cup record of most career World Cup goals against Brazil in Brazil. In the process, he dethroned Brazilian legend Ronaldo. The last time a South American team won the World Cup was in 2002. Brazil lifted it on that occasion. Argentina and Germany have met in two previous World Cup finals. Argentina won in 1986. Germany won in 1990. The last time a host nation won the World Cup was Argentina in 1978. Ever since FIFA made World Cup winners have to go through qualifying (revoking direct qualification due to Frances performance at 2002), no defending champion has had a good tournament. Germanys Thomas Müller is 24 years old, but he already has 10 World Cup career goals. He has the best chance of setting a new record in the future. If Germany win this World Cup, they will be completely undefeated. They didnt lose a single game during their qualification process. The last time Argentina was carried by a single player to a World Cup final was in 1986. Some guy named Diego Maradona was their man on that occasion. No European team has won a World Cup on South American soil.
Posted on: Sun, 13 Jul 2014 15:55:45 +0000
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