The scene at the end was similar to what it had happened 24 years ago. Lionel Messi was left with a lost look, after the 2014 World Cup final, and the Cup looked bright very close to him, to then be handed over to the Germans in the mythical Maracana.
The protagonist in 1990 had been Diego Armando Maradona, against the same rival, but in the Olympic stadium in Rome. The cry of the Napoli player in those days was the only difference with the current captain of the Argentine national team. The national team, on both occasions, had failed against the Europeans in the decisive match of a World Cup.
The two teams had reached the runner-up differently in football terms, although both made surrender and sacrifice their own flag. The most surprising situation In those finals it took place seven years ago in Brazil, with an action that went unnoticed and could have modified the development of the game.
The play also took place in the area of Argentina, like the one where the Mexican referee Edgardo Codesal, born in Montevideo, charged a penalty for Germany for an alleged lack of Robert Sensini on Rudi Völler, in Italy. In this case, the Italian Nicola rizzoli let follow a clash that occurred between Ezequiel Garay and german Christoph Kramer, at 16 minutes.
The impact was so strong that Kramer is unregistered even that he was world champion hours later. The steering wheel is currently working in the Borussia Mönchengladbach of his country, that for the Bundesliga they lost this Sunday 2-1 before Union Berlin.
The 30-year-old made his debut for Germany’s senior national team on May 13, 2014, in a match against Poland, in Hamburg, that finished tied without goals. The footballer was included a day later in the list of players for the World Cup event, and made his debut on Brazilian soil in the round of 16 before Algeria, entering at 109 minutes.
The technician Joachim Löw surprised by including it as starter against Argentina, due to injury to Sami Khedira. The problem arose during the first half, when Kramer suffered a concussion after that encounter with Garay. The player requested the doctor’s assistance and then continued on the field, while the referee did not sanction anything in favor of the Germans. The play had been inside the area.
Kramer, after a few moments, approached the referee Rizzoli and asked if that match was the final. Rizzoli thought it was about a joke and asked him to repeat the question. Kramer, after answering him, He said thanks to him and told him it was important to know.
The judge, concerned, commented on the situation to Bastian Schweinsteiger to see if it was appropriate to replace his partner, and the change finally occurred 14 minutes later. The one who entered his place was Andreas Schürrle, which came from marking the last of the seven goals with which Germany beat Brazil, in Belo Horizonte, and in the end he ended up sending the center that Mario Götze he connected to score the goal that gave the Germans a new title.
Europeans, during those moments, felt missed because of behaviour from Kramer: a Philipp Lahm tried to remove the captain’s armband, the archer Manuel Neuer he mentioned that he asked play at your post, and Thomas Müller commented that he confused it with Gerhard Müller -he passed away on August 15 last-, and came to congratulate him on the triumph of 1974 World Cup.
The episode was listed as Transient madness. Kramer, unfortunately, does not remember that he played in the final of the World Cup in Brazil, much less that won the Cup. When they tell you, burst out laughing.
What happened after that moment was that its progression stalled. The Mönchengladbach completed the bet for his talent paying 15 million euros in 2016, despite the fact that the midfielder was not everything expected of him.
The situation changed at this point, and Kramer has reached a degree of maturity that has catapulted him as one of the Germany’s best central midfielders. The footballer has not been a member of the selected team since 2016, but the generational change that this Selection is also undergoing can reopen the doors of the team, which currently leads Hans-Dieter Flick.
Kramer’s career had just a great moment and it was in Brazil. That is the only title he ever won, one that not many legends possess. And while it is very difficult to remember for him, at least his name was branded with fire.
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