Messi, Mascherano to Higuain: Argentina's 2014 World Cup finalists - Where are they now?

The 2014 World Cup final at the Maracana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro was a night that Lionel Messi would never want to recall.

Argentina had a golden opportunity to win their third World Cup at their rivals Brazil's courtyard but it turned into a bad dream as they lost the final 1-0 to Germany. It was a close and nervy final with both Argentina and Germany fighting neck-to-neck. And both sides had the chance to win the match in normal time. Argentina had three major goalscoring opportunities in the match which fell to Gonzalo Higuain, Rodrigo Palacio and Messi himself but all three chances were wasted and Mario Gotze scored the fateful goal that gave Germany their fourth World Cup title.

Interestingly, it was at the Maracana, the venue of the 2014 final, that Messi woul finally win an international trophy for Argentina - the 2021 Copa America. 

Let us take a look at the players who donned the Argentina shirt in the 2014 World Cup final against Germany.