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The world is a party place

REUTERS, Rio de Janeiro
From Buenos Aires to the Brandenburg Gate, millions of people were getting ready to watch Sunday's World Cup final between Germany and Argentina in Brazil.
In Rio de Janeiro, which is hosting the final, the party was already in full swing, with soccer fans flocking to Copacabana Beach and flooding the city's bars and restaurants ahead of the 1900 GMT kickoff.
A massive security operation was in force outside the famous Maracana Stadium - where 10 heads of state were attending the match along with nearly 75,000 fans.
Although the host nation are not playing in the final, Brazil has transformed the event into one massive carnival, with celebrations taking place across the entire country, from the favelas to the Amazon.The 22-year-old took the ball on his chest and then volleyed past Sergio Romero to spark delirium amongst the largely pro-German crowd.
Messi was largely anonymous for most of the evening and his miserable evening was summed up when a late free-kick to equalise sailed over the bar.
The victory was celebrated raucously by Brazilians in the crowd, who had dreaded the prospect of sworn South American rivals Argentina lifting the title in their backyard.
An absorbing first half saw Germany forced into a reshuffle moments before kick-off with inexperienced Christoph Kramer replacing Sami Khedira after the Real Madrid star injured a calf in the warm up.
With Bastian Schweinsteiger running midfield the Germans laid siege to Argentinian territory, passing smoothly and denying Messi a route into the game.
Yet for all Germany's early dominance they created little in the way of clear chances.
And it was Argentina who were presented with a glorious chance to open the scoring.
Toni Kroos misdirected a header back to Manuel Neuer to send Gonzalo Higuain racing through on goal.
But with only Neuer to beat the Napoli striker dragged his shot wide to disbelief from fans and teammates.
Germany continued to probe for openings, and a Lahm pass almost put Thomas Mueller clear.
The pace of Argentina on the counter-attack continued to unsettle Germany however.
Schweinsteiger picked up a yellow card for bringing down Ezequiel Lavezzi just after the half hour mark.
Moments later, Higuain had the ball in the net for Argentina only to see the goal disallowed for offside.
Germany's personnel problems deepened when Kramer himself went off, prompting the introduction of Schuerrle.
The Germans remained unfazed by the setback however, and quickly set about reimposing their control of the game.
Schuerrle drew a fine near-post save from Romero on 37 minutes with a rasping shot after Mueller's cutback.
But the latent threat of Messi meant Germany could never entirely relax.
Messi burst away down the right and raced into the box, toe-poked past Neuer only for Jerome Boateng to clear.
On the stroke of half-time Benedikt Hoewedes came within inches of scoring, crashing a header from a Kroos corner against the post.
The second half followed a similar pattern, Germany controlling possession but Argentina often threatening on the break.
Messi squandered another golden Argentinian chance shortly after the restart, latching onto a pass from Lucas Biglia but scuffing his shot wide of Neuer.
The hard-fought nature of the con-
test led to a flurry of cards from referee Nicola Rizzoli, who cautioned Javier Mascherano and Sergio Aguero in quick succession for fouls on Miroslav Klose and Schweinsteiger.
The remainder of the half saw neither side able to get on top.
Germany controlled possession without really testing Romero, while Argentina were unable to pass a German defence superbly marshalled by Mats Hummels and Boateng.
Schuerrle came closest to breaking the deadlock in the first period of extra-time, forcing Romero into a desperate block.
Penalties looked to be the likeliest outcome, but Goetze had other ideas.
TEAMS
GERMANY: Manuel Neuer - Philipp Lahm (captain), Jerome Boateng, Mats Hummels, Benedikt Howedes -Christoph Kramer (Andre Schuerrle 32), Bastian Schweinsteiger, Toni Kroos - Thomas Mueller, Miroslav Klose (Mario Goetze 88), Mesut Ozil (Per Mertesacker 120)
Yellow card: Bastian Schweinsteiger (29), Benedikt Howedes (34) ARGENTINA: Sergio Romero - Pablo Zabaleta, Martin Demichelis, Ezequiel Garay, Marcos Rojo - Ezequiel Lavezzi (Sergio Aguero 46), Lucas Biglia, Javier Mascherano, Enzo P6rez (Fernando Gago 86) - Lionel Messi (captain), Gonzalo Higuain (Rodrigo Palacio 78) Yellow card: Javier Mascherano (64), Sergio Aguero (65)
Referee: Nicola Rizzoli (Italy)