About a million jubilant Germans welcomed their triumphant national soccer team home to Berlin on Tuesday, many waving flags and banners saying "We are all World Champions!" as they basked in the nation's fourth World Cup victory. The Sunday's 1-0 victory over Argentina in Rio de Janeiro marked the first time a reunified Germany has been world champion, with West Germany having won the trophy in 1954, 1974 and 1990.
Germany snatched the win in extra time with a stunning goal from fresh-faced Mario Goetze, a 22-year-old boy wonder who got a hero's welcome when he danced onto the Berlin stage.
Young and old fans alike were decked out in Germany shirts, many with their faces painted black, red and gold and with wigs and bandanas in the national colours. Many had started drinking beer hours before the team's arrival from Brazil.
"Without you we wouldn't be here. We are all world champions," low-key coach Joachim Loew, affectionately known as Jogi, told the fans, many of them holding red posters with the words "Thanks Boys.This is an unbelievable feeling. It's a dream," he beamed.
CONGRATULATIONS GERMANS SEE YOU COME 2018
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