Germany is in the Finals of the World Cup 2014!!!!

So, my long-time favorite team Germany has made it to the World Cup Final, which will be held tomorrow, July 13, at 3pm EST.  Yippiehh!!!

They will be playing Argentina, another top-notch team.  It will be an absolute pleasure to watch these two rivals play against each other.

Germany made it to the finals by beating Brazil 7-1.  Yes, 7-1 on the home turf of Brazil....unimaginable, but it happened.  The first 5 goals were scored in the first 45min.  I watched the match with my jaw dropped open, and started taking pics of the screen, because this was truly history in the making (see below).

First 7min of match - 0-0....all looks calm, both teams defending well (yeah, then the tides turn.....see below).

No typo....in the 85th min, Brazil trails Germany 0-7....woahhh!!!!

Wrap-up mode at 91min....Brazil trails Germany 1-7, and that is how the score stood when the final whistle blew

Argentina on the other hand, did not have such an exciting semi-final vs. Netherlands.  Nevertheless, they held on to a 0-0 score after 120 minutes of playing.  Argentina then won in penalty kicks 4-2.

It will be a great feast for any soccer fan to watch both Germany and Argentina play.  I will be rooting for Thomas Mueller to score at least one more goal.  He has 5 on his resume in this World Cup thus far.  Also, interesting to note is Miroslav Klose, who in the semis scored his 16th World Cup Goal.  He is now the top-ranked scorer. 

Lionel Messi (Argentina) scored 4 goals in this World Cup.  I hope Germany will be able to defend well, and be cold and clinical, and get the job done, so that they can walk home with the WC 2014 Trophy. 

As they say in German, "Ich druecke mir die Daumen dass Deutschland gewinnen wird."

Just a side note, my other favorite is USA, and I am very proud of the way they played this year....kudos to both the team and to the coach, Juergen Klinsmann...a delight to see the underdog get out of the Group stages.  Most worthy is that they only gave up 1 goal vs. Germany, so that says something.  Also, while USA lost against Belgium (1-2), one needs to commend the 16 saves by Tim Howard (goalie).  In 4 years, USA will be even more prepared, and get out of Round of 16.