http://fivethirtyeight.com/datalab/germ ... id=espnsocI’ll be curious to see how this year’s German team is regarded in barroom arguments around the world, both now and with the benefit of hindsight. It doesn’t have a transcendent superstar, although it has a number of players who might rank in the top 20 or 25 in the world. It’s often said that the Germans didn’t have a distinctive style — although their relentless attacking play represents the new paradigm in world football, and it led to the highest-scoring and perhaps most exciting World Cup in many years.
Other teams — notably Spain from 2008 to 2012, and Brazil under Pele — had longer sustained stretches at the apex of world football. But Germany is young and deep. Mario Götze, who scored the winning goal in the final Sunday, is 22. Thomas Müller and Toni Kroos are 24, and Mesut Özil is 25. The Germans have a good chance to go in as the favorites in the 2018 World Cup in Russia.
Still, the competition is going to be tough. At the start of the next tournament, Brazil’s Neymar and Colombia’s James Rodríguez will be just 26, and Lionel Messi — despite playing in his fourth World Cup — only 30. France is perhaps a player away from competing with the world’s best teams, and after having won FIFA’s Under-20 World Cup last year, it could make that transition soon. This is a great era for the international game, and that makes what Germany accomplished all the more impressive.
Is this German team the best team ever to win the World Cup?
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Re: Is this German team the best team ever to win the World
i would say brazil's 2002 team was the best
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Spain 2010 beats this team. They have German beat in all parts of the pitch. German doesn't have enough fire power up forward to challenge the Spanish defense. Spain would monopolize possession and keep Germany at bay
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Re: Is this German team the best team ever to win the World
Nah, Brazil's winning squad in '02 were a better team overall. Marcos, Cafu, Lucio, Roberto Carlos, Gilberto Silva, Rivaldo, Ronaldinho and Ronaldo. 

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He was a good player back then 

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