BERLIN (AP) — Chancellor Angela Merkel is optimist about Germany’s chances of winning the World Cup final against Argentina, but is cautioning football fans that anything can happen.

Merkel told German public Television ZDF on Saturday, “It certainly won’t be easy tomorrow; after the 7:1 everybody thinks ‘It’s almost done’ — that’s why we all need to cross our fingers again.”

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