Hundreds of thousands of Germans showed their admiration and adoration for their World Cup winners in a victory parade to the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin.
The players, in matching black T-shirts bearing "1", played up to the estimated 400,000 people packing the "fan mile" in front of the city landmark.
Fans began lining the street overnight to welcome home coach Joachim Loew's team and the trophy.
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