The mighty have fallen! Despite victory over Costa Rica in their final Qatar 2022 World Cup group game, Germany were again sent home early from the global showpiece.
German soccer plummeted deeper into crisis on Thursday after the national team tumbled out of the World Cup in Qatar despite a 4-2 victory over Costa Rica in their final Group E match.
The Germans had been one of the most dominant forces of the sport for almost 70 years, having won four World Cup titles since 1954 and trailing only Brazil’s haul of five. But those successes are now a distant memory, clouded by the desert sand in Qatar, with Germany a shadow of their former powerful self. Gone are their never-give-up qualities, their determination and conviction that any game — no matter what the score — could be turned.
Flick’s team was a patchwork of ageing and inexperienced players — with their choice of centre forwards being that of either 29-year-old Niclas Fuellkrug, who earned his first cap days before the World Cup, and 18-year-old Youssoufa Moukoko — the youngest player in the tournament. Team captain Manuel Neuer cannot do it from his goal while midfielders İlkay Gündoğan and Joshua Kimmich consistently shied away from this role.
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