The curse of the protecting champions stuck up with Germany. After France (2002), Italy (2010) and Spain (2014), Joachim Loew’s pre-tournament favourites and four-time world champions suffered a identical go out in Kazan on Wednesday.
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The combat for the second place is not one thing Germany relish. Known for their chilly and calculative movement in the course of the phases, they ran into a difficult Russian puzzle. After shedding the opener and barely tumbling over the line in the second, the Germans went into the fit against South Korea clutching three hard-earned issues, the affluence of objectives starkly missing in motion.
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It’s moderately an unfamiliar state of affairs for Joachim Loew, who led the facet to the title four years in the past. The German trainer had never long gone out in the staff level and the worry of that probably affected the free-flowing, if now not impressive, sport Germany are identified for.
The race with Sweden to escape from the gang reached half-time with the scoresheet blank on the Kazan and Ekaterinburg arenas.
Uncannily, exactly on the 49th minute, Leon Goretzka’s header was once parried away fantastically by way of a diving South Korean goalkeeper Jo Hyeonwoo. 1000 kilometres away in Ekaterinburg, Ludwig Augustinsson scored for Sweden.
With the possibility of an early go out getting more potent, Loew determined to introduce fresh legs.
Throwing aesthetics out of the window, Loew withdrew Sami Khedira and sent in Mario Gomez to take advantage of the aerial route in opposition to function. In Russia, Germany’s famed midfield of Toni Kroos, Mesut Ozil, Marco Reus and Leon Goretzka did not paintings as a unit depriving Thomas Mueller and Timo Werner up front. Mueller, who scored 5 each in his remaining two World Cups, said good-bye to Russia with out scoring.
Not even 5 mins had handed since Gomez took the sphere, Sweden larger the tally when captain Andres Granqvist converted from the spot against Mexico. Hector Moreno lost his bearings and upended Marcus Berg inside the box. Moreno earned a yellow and can omit Mexico’s Round of 16 ambush. To complicate matters for Germany, Edson Alvarez added salt to Mexico’s wounds with a self-inflicted function. Sweden scored certainly one of their biggest victories in the World Cup since tv went colour.
With four mins to move, Ozil curled in one from the proper into the box. Matts Hummels, whose header knocked out France in 2014, nodded high and extensive. Similar place, identical state of affairs but four years later, a different outcome.
The referee confirmed six mins of damage time for Germany to behavior rescue operations. Instead, South Korea did the unthinkable. Kim Young Gwon turned in a fortunate drop as Kroos attempted to toe poke the ball away to protection from a corner. The referee’s assistant raised the flag and VAR was once brought in. It ruled for Korea as the remaining touch was once from the German midfielder.
In the rest mins Korea added more to their distress when Manuel Neuer attempted to do what his strikers had did not. Seeing the German goalkeeper across the Korean box looking for god-only-knows-what, Ju Se-Jong punted the ball 80 yards down the pitch and Son Heung-Min gleefully tapped the ball into the web, unguarded and empty – a unprecedented sight in front of a German function.
It as soon as again turned into obvious that once Germany capitulate in Russia, they fall hook, line and sinker.
In Ekaterinberg, Sweden performed out their four mins of damage time to check in a 3-Zero win and waited the following four mins on the pitch to be satisfied they had complicated.
Korea scored certainly one of their biggest victories on the World Cup level since 2002 quarterfinals victory over Spain and are still going home but they have got ‘world champions’ Germany to keep them company. Loew’s boys will retreat in opposition to Berlin with tails between their legs.
ALSO READ: Germany endure surprise World Cup go out with Zero-2 loss to South Korea
The combat for the second place is not one thing Germany relish. Known for their chilly and calculative movement in the course of the phases, they ran into a difficult Russian puzzle. After shedding the opener and barely tumbling over the line in the second, the Germans went into the fit against South Korea clutching three hard-earned issues, the affluence of objectives starkly missing in motion.
POINTS TABLE | SCHEDULE | VIDEOS
It’s moderately an unfamiliar state of affairs for Joachim Loew, who led the facet to the title four years in the past. The German trainer had never long gone out in the staff level and the worry of that probably affected the free-flowing, if now not impressive, sport Germany are identified for.
The race with Sweden to escape from the gang reached half-time with the scoresheet blank on the Kazan and Ekaterinburg arenas.
Uncannily, exactly on the 49th minute, Leon Goretzka’s header was once parried away fantastically by way of a diving South Korean goalkeeper Jo Hyeonwoo. 1000 kilometres away in Ekaterinburg, Ludwig Augustinsson scored for Sweden.
With the possibility of an early go out getting more potent, Loew determined to introduce fresh legs.
Throwing aesthetics out of the window, Loew withdrew Sami Khedira and sent in Mario Gomez to take advantage of the aerial route in opposition to function. In Russia, Germany’s famed midfield of Toni Kroos, Mesut Ozil, Marco Reus and Leon Goretzka did not paintings as a unit depriving Thomas Mueller and Timo Werner up front. Mueller, who scored 5 each in his remaining two World Cups, said good-bye to Russia with out scoring.
Not even 5 mins had handed since Gomez took the sphere, Sweden larger the tally when captain Andres Granqvist converted from the spot against Mexico. Hector Moreno lost his bearings and upended Marcus Berg inside the box. Moreno earned a yellow and can omit Mexico’s Round of 16 ambush. To complicate matters for Germany, Edson Alvarez added salt to Mexico’s wounds with a self-inflicted function. Sweden scored certainly one of their biggest victories in the World Cup since tv went colour.
With four mins to move, Ozil curled in one from the proper into the box. Matts Hummels, whose header knocked out France in 2014, nodded high and extensive. Similar place, identical state of affairs but four years later, a different outcome.
The referee confirmed six mins of damage time for Germany to behavior rescue operations. Instead, South Korea did the unthinkable. Kim Young Gwon turned in a fortunate drop as Kroos attempted to toe poke the ball away to protection from a corner. The referee’s assistant raised the flag and VAR was once brought in. It ruled for Korea as the remaining touch was once from the German midfielder.
In the rest mins Korea added more to their distress when Manuel Neuer attempted to do what his strikers had did not. Seeing the German goalkeeper across the Korean box looking for god-only-knows-what, Ju Se-Jong punted the ball 80 yards down the pitch and Son Heung-Min gleefully tapped the ball into the web, unguarded and empty – a unprecedented sight in front of a German function.
It as soon as again turned into obvious that once Germany capitulate in Russia, they fall hook, line and sinker.
In Ekaterinberg, Sweden performed out their four mins of damage time to check in a 3-Zero win and waited the following four mins on the pitch to be satisfied they had complicated.
Korea scored certainly one of their biggest victories on the World Cup level since 2002 quarterfinals victory over Spain and are still going home but they have got ‘world champions’ Germany to keep them company. Loew’s boys will retreat in opposition to Berlin with tails between their legs.
Dispirited defending champions Germany take tame exit route
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