Germany’s soul-searching begins after another World Cup flop

02.12.2022 - 08:03 arabnews.com

AL-KHOR, Qatar: Another World Cup, another flop. Former football power Germany is facing another round of soul-searching after going out of the sport’s most important tournament at the first stage for the second time in a row.

Germany’s players spoke afterward of good performances and missed chances — as they’ve done before. But no one had any real answers to the team’s problems. “There are 25 experts standing together here.

You can all advise each other and then agree on a few details,” Thomas Muller said after Germany’s 4-2 win over Costa Rica on Thursday.

Germany’s fate was effectively decided when they lost their first game 2-1 to Japan, then followed up with a 1-1 draw with Spain.

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