The football powerhouse Germany drew 1-1 against South Korea in the final match of the first group. As a result, Germany missed the playoffs for the first time in the history of the World Cup.
A sensation was seen at the World Cup football tournament on Thursday, when the football giant Germany was left in the first group for the first time in the history of the games.
Two-time world champion and eight-time European champion Germany played a 1-1 draw against South Korea and remained in third place in Group H with four points. Colombia, which had already secured the next place with six points, and Morocco, which took a surprise 1–0 victory over Colombia, advanced to the next round.
In the past, Germany has dominated the group stage of the World Cup by winning its own initial group no less than seven times out of eight.
Communication lost since the start of the match
Germany’s game was completely messed up, especially at the beginning of the match. After just a few minutes, the top of South Korea Casey Phair shot the ball into the post.
Moments later, Germany’s defensive line made a bad marking mistake in the sixth minute of the match, when South Korea’s So-Hyun Cho got through alone and moved the red shirts to a 1–0 lead.
– Germany’s defensive line is completely messed up, all the basic principles of the game are missing at the moment. Note that the players are at foreign venues and all communication is lost, Urheilu’s expert Mari Savolainen updating in the studio.
Germany twisted the equalizer at the beginning of the second half of the team captain Alexandra Poppin with the fourth goal of the tournament.
In the 56th minute of the match, Germany thought they had already taken the lead when Popp headed the ball in again by Sara Däbritz from a skillful heel extension. However, the situation was dismissed as offside based on video review.
After that, Germany’s final letter remained very silent. South Korea managed to freeze Germany’s world stars with close defense. At the end of the match, more than 15 minutes of extra time were played, but Germany ended up licking their fingers.
The German team is pretty much the same as a year ago in the European Championships, when Germany was close to the championship. At that time, the long-term winner of the prestigious competition lost to England in the final.
– This is really confusing. How can practically the same team melt like that? I don’t know what has happened to the excellent performances at the European Championships, Savolainen wonders.
The story is updated.