I watched the World Cup final’s overtime period while folding my laundry – dreading the arrival of a penalty shoot-out to decide who the champion would be. But just then Mario Götze scored a goal, and that was all that the Germans needed to go 1-0 over the Argentinians. The Germans are the world champions (weltmeisters) for 2014. Götze was sent on only in overtime, and the first substitute to score in a World Cup final.
