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Lahm, Mueller sound cocky

Last Updated 11 July 2014, 19:17 IST

Germany captain Philipp Lahm and forward Thomas Mueller sounded supremely confident on Friday that their team will be able to neutralize Argentina's Lionel Messi and win the World Cup on Sunday.

Sounding at times as if they had already won the match, the two players told reporters at their team base that Germany have more talent, more experience, an extra day's rest and more than enough confidence to beat Argentina the way they did in the 1990 final and the quarterfinals in 2006 and 2010.

“We're here to win the World Cup,” said Lahm. “We all enjoyed watching the (Argentina-Netherlands) semifinal on TV and it didn't matter to us at all who we'd play in the final.”

Lahm said Germany players not only have more experience in the latter rounds of the World Cup that will help on Sunday but also every player on the team has played in the finals of the Champions League, German Cup or cup final in England.

“The experience we've got all the way through our team is definitely an edge for us,” he said.

“A lot of our players have experience in important final matches with their clubs and it doesn't always matter if they won or lost. I think that deep experience everyone on our team has is definitely important for a tournament like this.”

Mueller and Lahm even answered questions at times about how they planned to celebrate the victory on Sunday.

Mueller said that there was an abundance of confidence on the team with its “golden generation” that has made it to at least the semifinals of the last four World Cups and the last three European championship tournaments.

“I've been telling friends back in Germany on the phone that we're going all out here so that you can keep having those big barbecue parties in Germany to celebrate during the best time of the year in Germany,” said Mueller, who also had no doubt about the outcome on Sunday.

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(Published 11 July 2014, 19:17 IST)

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