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Ranking All Twenty World Cup Winners

By Josh Sippie

BERLIN, GERMANY - JULY 15: Bastian Schweinsteiger, Per Mertersacker, Manuel Neuer and Kevin Grosskreutz celebrate during the German team victory ceremony on July 15, 2014 in Berlin, Germany. Germany won the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil match against Argentina in Rio de Janeiro on July 13. (Photo by Markus Gilliar - Pool /Getty Images)
BERLIN, GERMANY - JULY 15: Bastian Schweinsteiger, Per Mertersacker, Manuel Neuer and Kevin Grosskreutz celebrate during the German team victory ceremony on July 15, 2014 in Berlin, Germany. Germany won the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil match against Argentina in Rio de Janeiro on July 13. (Photo by Markus Gilliar - Pool /Getty Images) /
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Top World Cup Winners All-Time: Number Three – Germany, 2014

Germany’s most powerful side of all time will always be remembered for their 7-1 destruction of Brazil in the semi-finals, on Brazil’s turf. This German team truly defined the meaning of the word ‘team.’ They didn’t win the top player or the golden boot. They didn’t have a superstar. They moved and operated as a unit.

It was the pinnacle of what every previous German side had tried to become, and they mastered it.

While Thomas Muller was a big part of Germany’s goal production, he scored just five of the giant’s 18 goals in the competition. Five other German’s scored more than two goals, and five different German’s totaled an assist.

As an opposing team, how do you close down a team that doesn’t have a blade or a focal point? It’s like defending against an amorphous blog when you never know which part of the blob is going to reach out and slap you.

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