Fair play to the Germans. They've been the standout team in this tournament. Maybe the Colombians were better to watch but they bottled it against Brazil. Even in the earlier games where Germany might not have been that great, their organisation and hard work saw them through some sticky patches.
And fuck Messi walking off during that team talk. You could forgive that sort of thing if he was playing at his usual standards but his team have been carrying him for the past few games.
He was a great player years ago. World Cup would just have been icing on the cake but he doesn't become any less of a player because of not winning it.
He might be on the wane judging by recent performances but he was totally amazing at his peak, hopefully he gets back to that level soon.