Nothing is a big word, but the match was pretty similar to the half-final the Dutch played against Argentina.
However the German defense had more problems than the Dutch one to keep them from scoring, they were pretty lucky a couple of times that they didn't finish the chances.
Of course Germany had one or two chances too, but it sure wasn't anything like against Brazil, which (like our victory over them too) proves my point that the Brazilian defense had more holes than a Swiss cheese.
IMHO Neuer should have been sent off with a red card. First of all for the insane knee-kick in the face of his opponent , second for hands (he was clearly outside the box, which also revokes all his "keeper rights" when it comes to being in a "duel").
It was no penalty because it was outside the box.
Utter surprise when the referee actually succeeded in "whistling the other way" !!!!
That would definitely have changed the match towards the Argentines....but hey it didn't happen.
We had some luck with the referee in the last match too. Robben was attacked outside of the box, so no penalty but a clear case of a player who is heading alone to the goal and being brought down, which is a clear FIFA rule for a red card....
The second goal there was an off-side situation on the long pass from the right. But hey....we've had bad decisions against us enough during the tournament.
Conclusion is that FIFA sent away the best referee (Björn Kuipers) while he still could have done the final easily (or the 3rd/4th place match had The Netherlands qualified), and instead selects some "lesser gods" for political reasons.
All in all the conclusion is that there were two countries who did not loose a single match
I would have loved to see Germany-Netherlands as a final. I seriously think we would have won. We had a better, much better defense, and more individual class. On top of that (for a change?) it was a very very tight team. If ever....we had the chance this time
