Germany are simply a superior football team and this game might be close from the score but Argentina has little of a chance unless Lionel Messi can work some magic and beat 5 players and score one of his patented super goals.
The game is possibly won on coaching alone. Germany have had solid coaching for a long time while Argentina have had great players but poor results. If you don't have a good coach, you can't just rely on star players to bail you out every game. Messi scores a goal a game for Barcelona and 1 out of 2 for Argentina, is surrounded by star players on both teams but just can't seem to do much with Argentina.
Germany consistently get scoring chances every game which can't be said for Argentina which were lucky to make it by Netherlands in their semifinals. Just compare the games and records for both teams in the tournament and Argentina were lucky to win some of their games with a few having low scoring chances and getting a goal out of nowhere from Messi.
Thomas Muller > Lionel Messi
You might pick Messi as your first player but Thomas Muller simply gets the job done. He has 10 goals in 12 world cup games. Messi has 1 goal in 2006 and 4 in 2014 while none in 2010 which at age 27 (versus 24 for Muller), has played more games and only has 5 goals to show for it.
Balanced scoring for Germany
Argentina are like Brazil and Portugal, they have world class players in Ronaldo and Neymar Jr but when they don't score the whole team suffers. Germany don't have this problem, if Muller can't score it isn't a problem. Their defence, midfield and other attacking players have contributed goals.
Messi could be tired. Many reports suggest he isn't fully fit and he doesn't cover as much distance on the pitch as his players and the stats are starting to reveal that he may be tired.
The game is possibly won on coaching alone. Germany have had solid coaching for a long time while Argentina have had great players but poor results. If you don't have a good coach, you can't just rely on star players to bail you out every game. Messi scores a goal a game for Barcelona and 1 out of 2 for Argentina, is surrounded by star players on both teams but just can't seem to do much with Argentina.
Germany consistently get scoring chances every game which can't be said for Argentina which were lucky to make it by Netherlands in their semifinals. Just compare the games and records for both teams in the tournament and Argentina were lucky to win some of their games with a few having low scoring chances and getting a goal out of nowhere from Messi.
Thomas Muller > Lionel Messi
You might pick Messi as your first player but Thomas Muller simply gets the job done. He has 10 goals in 12 world cup games. Messi has 1 goal in 2006 and 4 in 2014 while none in 2010 which at age 27 (versus 24 for Muller), has played more games and only has 5 goals to show for it.
Balanced scoring for Germany
Argentina are like Brazil and Portugal, they have world class players in Ronaldo and Neymar Jr but when they don't score the whole team suffers. Germany don't have this problem, if Muller can't score it isn't a problem. Their defence, midfield and other attacking players have contributed goals.
Messi could be tired. Many reports suggest he isn't fully fit and he doesn't cover as much distance on the pitch as his players and the stats are starting to reveal that he may be tired.
