"What a shame!", the German press criticizes the national team and the coach for the failure: It is no longer a team

2022-12-02 17:24:07Sport SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
"What a shame!", the German press criticizes the national team and the
Coach Hansi Flick

With the headline "German football must stop lying to itself", 'Die Welt' gives a strong slap to the national team after its second consecutive elimination from the group stage of a World Cup. "Germany is no longer a team. Fundamental changes are needed to get out of this nightmare", this newspaper adds.

Other German media also take a harsher tone. Two papers support the idea that Qatar has seen the end of a cycle. According to 'FAZ' "things only got worse after winning the World Cup in 2014. Returning to the top of the world is just an illusion for this team".

"What a shame! We're out!” - writes 'Bild', talking about "the end of a great national football team". Also, this media highlights the extremely controversial millimetric decision in the match between Japan and Spain, referring to the second goal of the Asians.

"There is a possibility that Spain did not give their best in the second half to equalize, because they preferred to finish second in the group", - is the doubt raised by this newspaper. Other media focus more on the technical aspects, starting from the not-so-brilliant game on the field.

'Sueddeutsche Zeitung' describes Germany's game as "the result of great confusion". For 'Der Spiegel', the failure in Doha was due to the "lack of efficiency", as well as the "wrong decisions of the coach".

Coach Hansi Flick, after the elimination of Germany, said that it was not the moment to resign.

Another controversy: They knew they would be eliminated, the flight booked before the match with Costa Rica

Meanwhile, new controversies have erupted with a detail, seemingly small, but very significant. And here the Football Federation is also included, just to show the chaos that the Germans are experiencing. According to Sport1, in fact, the DFB had booked the team's return flight for today. And he did it before playing against Costa Rica. This is an indirect confirmation, a sign of the resignation of the environment even before the odds were played in the last match of group E.

Controversies aside, on the other hand, it is normal for the organizational machinery of a nation like Germany to move forward in such events. Thus, booking flights and accommodation is done well in advance. In case of going to 1/8, the new plan adapted to stay in Qatar would probably be ready as well.


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