After three unsuccessful tries (2002, 2006, 2010) when Germany lost in the final hurdle (Brasil, Italy, Spain) finally they achieved the most important, glorious reward in Football, THEY ARE WORLD CHAMPIONS for the fourth time in the history! It was a well deserved victory culminating the hard work started by DFB in the beginning of 2000 when Germany hit the lowest point. It has proved once more than with hard work, persistence and a high team spirit you can achieve the maximum.
There's already a lot of information on the web about the final, the statistics, etc, so I'm just putting some links below:
After the World Cup, there are two important news related with "die Mannschaft": First that Toni Kroos moved to Real Madrid, which I believe it will be a huge loss to Bayern. Kroos has really matured in a World Class level.
Second and most important, the captain Philipp Lahm announced his retirement from "die Mannschaft". It will be a huge loss to the team, but it's the perfect choice to retire after winning the biggest price. So I would like to say thank you to Lahm for 10 great years in the National Team and wish him all the best!