15 July,2014 08:34 AM IST | | Agencies
Germany have more points (2196) than any team in history in the World Football Elo Ratings, which places it ahead of 1954 Hungary team, 1962 Brazil team, and Spain's 2012 Euro and 2010 team, in that order
Front pages of German newspapers celebrating their win. Pic/AFP
Germany have more points (2196) than any team in history in the highly touted World Football Elo Ratings, which places it ahead of Ferenc Puskás' 1954 Hungary team, Pele's 1962 Brazil team, and Spain's 2012 Euro and World Champion team, in that order, according to slate.com.
Front pages of German newspapers celebrating their win. Pic/AFP
Most important, it is a team that has won Germany's first major trophy in 18 years and its first World Cup crown since beating Diego Maradona's Argentina in 1990.
"I think this is one of the best generations we ever had in Germany, at least the best generation I saw in Germany," Mats Hummels, was quoted as saying by slate.com.
He elaborated: "You see in the Champions League, half of our team won the Champions League."
