Quiz! Can you name the 2014 World Cup final line-ups for Germany 1-0 Argentina?

World Cup finals are, unfortunately, rarely classic games in themselves. The magnitude of the occasion and the fact that both teams have played several crunch games in quick succession, often in sapping conditions, tends to result in tight and tense affairs.

That was certainly the case four years ago when Germany and Argentina played out a goalless 90 minutes then headed to extra time. However at least (as in the 2010 final when Spain pipped Holland) the extra half-hour did deliver a goal.

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Alex Reid

Alex Reid is a freelance journalist and the former digital features editor at FourFourTwo. He has also written for the Guardian, talkSPORT, Boxing News and Sport magazine. Like most Londoners, he is a lifelong supporter of Aberdeen FC. He is deceptively bad in the air for a big man. He has never been a cage fighter.