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How Germany and Argentina reached the World Cup final:
Germany:
Semi-finals
July 8
At Belo Horizonte
Brazil 1 (Oscar 90) Germany 7 (Mueller 11, Klose 23, Kroos 24, 26, Khedira 29, Schuerrle 69, 79)
Quarter-final
July 4
At Rio de Janeiro
Germany 1 (Hummels 13) France 0
Last 16
June 30
At Porto Alegre
Germany 2 (Schuerrle 92, Ozil 119) Algeria 1 (Djabou 120+1) after extra-time
Group stage
June 16
At Salvador
Germany 4 (Mueller 12-pen, 45+1, 78, Hummels 32) Portugal 0
June 21
At Fortaleza: Germany 2 (Goetze 51, Klose 71) Ghana 2 (A. Ayew 54, Gyan 63)
June 26
At Recife: Germany 1 (Mueller 55) USA 0
Squad
Goalkeepers: Manuel Neuer (Bayern Munich)(1), Roman Weidenfeller (Borussia Dortmund)(22), Ron-Robert Zieler (Hannover 96)(12)
Defenders: Jerome Boateng (Bayern Munich)(20), Erik Durm(15), Kevin Grosskreutz(2) (both Borussia Dortmund), Benedikt Hoewedes (Schalke 04)(4), Matthias Ginter (SC Freiburg)(3), Mats Hummels (Borussia Dortmund)(5), Philipp Lahm (Bayern Munich)(16), Per Mertesacker (Arsenal/ENG)(17), Shkodran Mustafi (Samdoria/ITA)(21)
Midfielders: Julian Draxler (Schalke 04)(14), Sami Khedira (Real Madrid/ESP)(6), Christoph Kramer (Borussia Monchengladbach)(23), Toni Kroos (Bayern Munich)(18), Mesut Oezil (Arsenal/ENG)(8), Bastian Schweinsteiger (Bayern Munich)(7)
Forwards: Miroslav Klose (Lazio/ITA)(11), Lukas Podolski (Arsenal/ENG)(10), Thomas Mueller (Bayern Munich)(13), Andre Schuerrle (Chelsea/ENG)(9), Mario Goetze (Bayern Munich)(19)
World Cup winners: 3 all as West Germany (1954 -- beat Hungary 3-2 1974 -- beat the Netherlands 2-1, 1990 -- beat Argentina 1-0)
Finalists: 4 (1966 -- lost 4-2 to England after extra-time, 1982 -- lost 3-1 to Italy, 1986 -- lost 3-2 to Argentina, 2002 -- lost 2-0 to Brazil)
Leading World Cup scorer: Miroslav Klose -- 16 (record)
Leading scorer in this World Cup: Thomas Mueller -- 5

Argentina:
Semi-finals
July 9
At Sao Paulo
Argentina 0 Netherlands 0 after extra-time
Argentina win 4-2 on penalties
Quarter-final
July 5
At Brasilia
Argentina 1 (Higuain 8) Belgium 0
Last 16
July 1
At Sao Paulo
Argentina 1 (Di Maria 118) Switzerland 0 after extra-time
Group stage
June 15
At Rio de Janeiro
Argentina 2 (Kolasinac 3-og, Messi 65) Bosnia 1 (Ibisevic 84)
June 21
At Belo Horizonte
Argentina 1 (Messi 90+1) Iran 0
June 25
At Porto Alegre
Argentina 3 (Messi 3, 45+1, Rojo 50) Nigeria 2 (Musa 4, 47)
Squad
Goalkeepers: Mariano Andujar (Catania/ITA on loan from Napoli/ITA)(21), Agustin Orion (Boca Juniors)(12), Sergio Romero (Monaco/FRA on loan from Sampdoria/ITA)(1)
Defenders: José Basanta (Monterrey/MEX)(23), Martin Demichelis (Manchester City/ENG)(15), Ezequiel Garay (Benfica/POR)(2), Marcos Rojo (Sporting Lisbon/POR)(16), Pablo Zabaleta (Manchester City/ENG)(4), Hugo Campagnaro (Inter/ITA)(3), Federico Fernandez (Napoli/ITA)(17)
Midfielders: Ricardo Alvarez (Inter/ITA)(19), Lucas Biglia (Lazio/ITA)(6), Angel Di Maria (Real Madrid/ESP)(7), Augusto Fernandez (Celta Vigo/ESP)(13), Fernando Gago (Boca Juniors)(5), Javier Mascherano (Barcelona/ESP)(14), Enzo Perez (Benfica/POR)(8), Maxi Rodriguez (Newll's Old Boys)(11)
Forwards: Sergio Aguero (Manchester City/ENG)(20), Gonzalo Higuain (Napoli/ITA)(9), Ezequiel Lavezzi (Paris Saint-Germain/FRA)(22), Lionel Messi (Barcelona/ESP)(10), Rodrigo Palacio (Inter/ITA)(18)
Coach: Alejandro Sabella (ARG)
World Cup best performance
Winners: 2 (1978 - beat the Netherlands 3-1 after extra-time, 1986 - beat West Germany 3-2)
Finalists: 2 (1930 - lost 4-2 to Uruguay, 1990 - lost 1-0 to West Germany)
Leading all-time World Cup goalscorer: Gabriel Batistuta - 10 (1994/98/2002)
Leading goalscorer at this finals: Lionel Messi -- 4
(According to AFP.)