"Germany is not eligible for the knockout stages of the 2018 World Cup"

KOMPAS.com Germany coach Joachim Loew admitted his team deserved to qualify for the knockout stage after a 0-2 loss to South Korea in the last Group F match in 2018 at Kazan Arena in Kazan on Wednesday.

Appearing dominantly since the beginning of the match with a 76% possession of the ball, Germany lost by two South Korean goals in the second period and Manuel Neuer took the ball twice.

The winning goals of South Korea were scored by Kim Young-gwon (90 "+ 2) and Son Heung-min (90" + 6).

With this result, the defending champion is certainly dead in the group stage because in the other matches, Sweden beat Mexico 3-0.

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This is the first time that Germany has not escaped the group stage throughout its history of participation in the World Cup. In addition, the failure of Germany also continued the "curse" if the defending World Cup champions did not qualify for the third straight phase.

The coach of Germany Joachim Loew acknowledged that his team deserved to fall into the group stage and did not advance until the last 16.

"For the moment, I have trouble expressing the word (why we fall)." Our disappointment is very great knowing that our team does not qualify, we do not deserve to win the World Cup. " "We do not deserve to go to the big 16".

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In addition, Loew explains the cause of the defeat of Germany is the game of his team does not work normally.

"The team has lost control of the game and the style of play we usually show, as well as the dynamism that threatens to score, is also not there, so we deserve to be eliminated" , did he declare. (Bagas Reza)