Germany celebrates after winning World Cup 2014

Monday 14 July 2014 12:17 BST

German soccer fans react after the deciding goal for Germany in the final of the Brazil World Cup 2014 between Germany and Argentina played in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, at a public viewing area called 'Fan Mile' in Berlin

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Mario Gotze writes his name in history to spark German celebrations along with Chancellor Angela Merkel.

It took 113 minutes, a wave of substitutions and the advantage of fresh legs v tired legs, but Mario Gotze delivered the extra-time winner to see Germany finally deliver on their promise and clinch a fourth World Cup in their history.

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