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It turns out that money talks in Africa and that things in Brazil were at times messy as well as just about Messi.
With the tournament coming to a close, Miguel Delaney picks out 20 things we learned over the course of the tournament in Brazil.
Among them we've discovered the new penalty kings, that football has a new star and that Fifa has a timely earner.
Check out his 20 things we learned below...
World Cup 2014: 20 things we learned
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