I always thought that football/soccer is a team game. Germany’s win shows that only those who played as a team would win. Individualism gets you nowhere!

This article depicts this elegantly.

Germany’s Beautifully Communal World Cup Win Over Argentina

http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2014/07/germanys-victory-was-an-argument-against-the-uss-me-first-sports-culture/374353/