The German national team continues the reigning champion of the curse of the World Cup

Jakarta, CNN Indonesia – German national team stunned 2018 World Cup and this has allowed Germany to continue the poor record of the defending World Cup champions since 2002.

Germany eliminated after losing 0-2 to South Korea in the last Group F match on Wednesday (27/6). The defeat makes Germany a goalkeeper position.

The failure of Germany qualified for the phase knockout repeat a number of bad records of the defending World Cup champions in nearly two decades.

This bad trend was launched by France at the 2002 World Cup. Winner of the title, more than 2000 European Cup winners, Zinedine Zidane and his friends have even imposed themselves as guardians of Group A.

Manuel Neuer sank in the preliminary round as goalkeeper. (Photo: REUTERS / Dylan Martinez)

However, at this time, Les Bleus are still star players reinforced as Fabien Barthez, Lilian Thuram, Sylvain Wiltord and David Trezeguet.

Four years ago at the 2006 World Cup, Brazil managed to break the trend. As defending champion, Brazil was able to qualify in the group stage despite losing to France in the quarter-finals.

The poor record of the defending champions became famous at the 2010 World Cup. Italy, which proved strong at the 2006 World Cup, seemed to have more strength four years later. Azzurri has just finished in the goalkeeper position.

Thomas Mueller has not helped Germany at the 2018 World Cup. (Photo: REUTERS / Michael Dalder)

The bad trend of the defending champions has been reinforced with the appearance of Spain in World Cup 2014. Spain is considered the best team of the last six years as it has won two trophies of European Cup and World Cup in 2010.
But the Spanish powers are not traceable in Brazil. The Furia Roja can not compete with the Netherlands and Chile in the Group B phase of the 2014 World Cup. Iker Casillas and his friends had to be content to stay in third position at the end of the game.

With the failure of Germany to qualify for the knockout phase of the 2018 World Cup, there are four defending champions who have failed to qualify in the last five editions of the World Cup. (Jun)