ARGENTINA: Higuain to live with shame for four years

Napoli and Argentina striker Gonzalo Higuain must be an inconsolable man after a horribly miscued shot that saw Germany's Toni Kroos draw a huge sigh of relief. Kroos' attempt to head back the ball to goalkeeper Manuel Neuer in the 20th minute kindly fell to a loitering Higuain. The Argentine, who had taken the flak for his dip in form until his stylish strike against Belgium, hared into German territory only to drag wide his shot with only Neuer to beat. And as sure as the sun rises and sets the miss returned to haunt Argentina when Mario Goetze showed him how in the 113th minute.