The best team won. The first Europeans on South American soil, which takes some doing, and the first team here to stifle Messi while still discovering a route to goal themselves.
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My Pope Can Beat Up Your Pope
Germans everywhere seem to be particularly nervous today for some reason. Somebody told me it might have something to do with soccer. And Argentina.
I’d be nervous then, too. Each team has a pope in the corner.
My the best pope win.
For the first time ever, the two teams facing each other in the World Cup final will each have a living pope in their corner: Pope Francis’ Argentina against Pope Emeritus Benedict’s Germany.


