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  "name": "FIFA World Cup 2014 (champions - Germany)",
  "summary": "The 2014 World Cup in Brazil ended with Germany beating Argentina 1-0 after extra time in the Maracana final on 13 July 2014, Mario Gotze volleying the winner from Andre Schurrle's cross - at 22 years and 40 days the youngest scorer in a World Cup final since Wolfgang Weber in 1966.",
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    "Who won the 2014 World Cup?",
    "Who scored the winner in the 2014 final?"
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      "text": "Germany beat Argentina 1-0 after extra time in the World Cup final at the Maracana (Estadio Jornalista Mario Filho) in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday 13 July 2014.",
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      "text": "Substitute Mario Gotze scored the extra-time winner, chesting down Andre Schurrle's cross from the left and volleying into the far corner; at 22 years and 40 days he was the youngest scorer in a World Cup final since Wolfgang Weber in 1966.",
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    {
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      "text": "Coach Joachim Low sent Gotze on in the 88th minute with the words \"Show the world you are better than Messi\", per FIFA's account of the final.",
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      "confidence": 0.93
    }
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  "winning_edge": "The final's decisive moment with the age record and the sourced Low anecdote, bound to FIFA's own retrospective rather than fan retellings.",
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