Not Lyari, Malir or Ibrahim Hyderi. This time it was the German Consulate in Clifton, Karachi, that was the place to be for the screening of the FIFA World Cup-2014 final between Germany and Argentina.

Obviously, the crowd mostly clad in the new white jerseys or the older red and black ones, waving small red, black and gold flags with smaller versions of the same painted on their cheeks was all for Germany. There were a few ' ohhhs' and 'awws' and many chuckles when they showed close ups of worried or crying Argentina fans on the big screen in the courtyard. There were claps and cheering for Germany throughout.

There was some friendly betting going on, too, but not on either of the teams' victory or loss. The bets were placed on how many goals Germany would beat Argentina with! Even the security guards outside the consulate were sure that Germany would win.

“They [Argentina] have one player Messi. We have a united 'team',” commented Sebastian Fletz, one of the guests at the consulate, before kickoff.

And the match supported his views. TEAM is an acronym meaning 'Together Everyone Achieves More'. One Messi couldn't do for his team what the united team did for each proud German by lifting the 18-carat gold 36.8cm high World Cup.