The three best-performing semi-finalists all shared one trait: they changed either formation or line-up in every match, making them very difficult to work out. It was a factor in why Argentina-Netherlands was so tense, and one explanation why Brazil fell (GETTY IMAGES)
It turns out that money talks in Africa and that things in Brazil were at times messy as well as just about Messi.
With the tournament coming to a close, Miguel Delaney picks out 20 things we learned over the course of the tournament in Brazil.
Among them we've discovered the new penalty kings, that football has a new star and that Fifa has a timely earner.
Check out his 20 things we learned below...
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