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For most of the twentieth century, one thing in football was virtually guaranteed. However the World Cup unfolded, Germany would be there at the end.<\/span><\/p>\n

They did not always win. But they were always present, always competitive, and almost always dangerous when it mattered most. Four World Cup titles. Three European Championships. Decades of tournament football that set the standard for how international teams could be built and sustained.<\/span><\/p>\n

Then, in the space of four years, something broke.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The Machine That Ran Football<\/b><\/h2>\n

West Germany won the World Cup in 1954, 1974, and 1990. Unified Germany added a fourth title in 2014, with a 7\u20131 demolition of Brazil in the semi-final \u2014 one of the most staggering results in World Cup history \u2014 before beating Argentina 1\u20130 in the final. Between those World Cup titles came European Championship wins in 1972, 1980, and 1996.<\/span><\/p>\n

And even when they fell short, it was always in the knockout stage. Four times runners-up \u2014 losing to England in 1966, Italy in 1982, Argentina in 1986, and Brazil in 2002. Eight World Cup finals in total. No other nation comes close to that record of sustained presence at the very summit of the game.<\/span><\/p>\n

The defining characteristic of German football was never flair. It was relentlessness and efficiency. The psychological certainty that they would find a way, regardless of how a match was going. Comeback victories, penalty shootout wins, last-gasp goals \u2014 German football produced them so consistently it began to feel like a structural feature of the game itself.<\/span><\/p>\n

2018: The Ground Gives Way<\/b><\/h2>\n

Then came the World Cup in Russia.<\/span><\/p>\n

Defending champions Germany arrived in 2018 with an ageing squad and a manager \u2014 Joachim L\u00f6w \u2014 who had been in charge since 2006. They lost their opening match to Mexico 0\u20131. They scraped past Sweden 2\u20131 with a Toni Kroos free-kick deep into injury time. Then they lost to South Korea 0\u20132 and finished bottom of their group \u2014 their first group stage exit since 1938.<\/span><\/p>\n

For fans watching, it was one of the most disorienting results of the modern era. Germany, eliminated in the group stage. It felt like a law of physics had been repealed. L\u00f6w stayed on.<\/span><\/p>\n

2022: The Repeat<\/b><\/h2>\n

Qatar 2022 offered Germany a chance at redemption. But it was another disappointing\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

group stage exit. They lost to Japan 1\u20132, drew with Spain 1\u20131 and beat Costa Rica 4\u20132. But it was not enough. They did not advance. Two consecutive group stage exits for a nation with four World Cup titles. The dysfunction was no longer a blip. It was a pattern. Their level had dropped, and there was a fundamental issue they would have to fix.<\/span><\/p>\n

Breaking It Down<\/b><\/h2>\n

What happened? The generation that won in 2014 \u2014 M\u00fcller, Boateng, Hummels, \u00d6zil \u2014 aged together without a clear succession plan. The Bundesliga, once a reliable conveyor belt of international-ready talent, produced fewer players capable of stepping straight into that level. The system that had worked for decades needed reinvention, and it came too slowly. Joachim L\u00f6w was replaced after Euro 2020 by Hansi Flick, who was sacked in September 2023. Julian Nagelsmann, their current manager, stepped in with a clear brief: rebuild around the next generation.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Signs of Life<\/b><\/h2>\n

Euro 2024 offered cautious optimism. Germany hosted the tournament and played with an energy absent for years, reaching the quarter-finals before losing to Spain 1\u20132 in extra time \u2014 a well fought exit rather than a humiliation.<\/span><\/p>\n

At the center of that improvement were two names: Florian Wirtz and Jamal Musiala. Both capable of the kind of individual brilliance that decides knockout matches. If German football has a future, it runs through those two.<\/span><\/p>\n

Whether that future arrives at World Cup Football 2026 \u2014 or whether the dysfunction runs deeper than one generation can fix in a single tournament \u2014 is the question the game is waiting to answer.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Disclaimer:<\/i><\/b> Subscription pack prices are subject to change from time to time. Please visit the subscription page for the most up-to-date pricing information.\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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