Germany who have managed to make it to at least the semi-finals of every World cup under Joachim Low, have failed to make it past the group stages.
Germany became the third world champions in succession to crash out in the group stages proving that even the best may not be able to fight off the Curse of the Champions.
“We didn’t deserve to win the World Cup, and we didn’t deserve to move into the last 16,” he said. “We were eliminated today not because we didn’t want to win, but because our team wanted to win as you saw, but we never had a chance really to take the lead at any point.
“Those past years since 2006, we’ve been in the final four, the final, or even won. But this time around we have to say we didn’t put in a performance like normal. We have to accept that. The disappointment of being eliminated is huge.”
The whole of Germany is probably disappointed with the team, but the Curse of the Champions is real, they have to deal with it and hope for better at the next World Cup.
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