1986 FIFA World Cup Final expired, Argentina celebrated their second World Cup victory in three tournaments (after winning the 1978 World Cup). <section begin=Final /><section end=Final /> <section begin=Lineups /> </includeonly><section end=Lineups /> Match rules: Four years after Argentina's victory over West Germany, both teams met again on the final of the subsequent World Cup, with West Germany winning the match 1–0 via a penalty kick. This marked the first time two World Cup finalists met twice, a record shared with Brazil and Italy, the latter two having met in the 1970 and 1994 World Cup finals. With the 1986 defeat, German manager Franz Beckenbauer
2014 FIFA World Cup Group G 2014 FIFA World Cup Group G Group G of the 2014 FIFA World Cup consisted of Germany, Portugal, Ghana and United States. Play began on 16 June and ended on 26 June 2014. The eventual champions, Germany, came from this group. The two teams had met in 17 previous matches, including in the 2006 FIFA World Cup third place match, won by Germany 3–1. Their most recent meeting was in the UEFA Euro 2012 group stage, won by Germany 1–0. Germany took the lead with a Thomas Müller penalty kick, shooting low and hard into the bottom left-hand corner, awarded