 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Munguva yemushandirapamwe wekukwikwidza kweNdebe yeNyika ya2014, Mertesacker akapa zvibodzwa zviviri uye zvakare akazvisimbisa seye-yekutanga-sarudzo yepakati kumashure zvichitevera kukuvara kwenguva refu kuBadstuber pakati pemwaka wa2011-12 mwaka, kazhinji achibatana naHummels kana Jerome Boateng. Akashevedzwa kuchikwata chekupedzisira cheWorld Cup uye akatamba mumitambo yese kunze kweimwe chete panguva yekubudirira kweGerman kuenda kumagumo, pamwe nekusvika 100th cap yake panguva yemutambo weboka neGhana. Musi wa15 Nyamavhuvhu 2014, Mertesacker akazivisa kuti ave pamudyandigere kubva kunhabvu yepasi rose. 