BUENOS AIRES, July 10  -- Former Argentine footballer and national team coach Diego Maradona said Thursday Germany was not "impossible" to beat in the upcoming final match of the 2014 Brazil World Cup.

Germany is set to play Argentina Sunday for the championship title at Rio de Janeiro's Maracana Stadium.

"Germany is not impossible (to beat)," media sources cited Maradona as saying.

Maradona, who is in Brazil as a football commentator, was the national team coach at the 2010 South Africa World Cup, when Argentina lost 0-4 to Germany in the quarterfinals.

In their last match, the Germans devastated Brazil 7-1 in Tuesday's semifinal in Belo Horizonte's Mineirao Stadium.

In Argentina's last match, at Sao Paulo's Corinthians Arena Wednesday, the South American team played Holland to a 0-0 draw in extra time, then defeated the Europeans in a penalty shootout that ended 4-2.