Thomas Muller calls Germany World Cup ‘absolute disaster’

DOHA, Qatar — Hansi Flick mentioned German soccer will “head into a special course, and really quickly” after the four-time world champions suffered a second successive World Cup group stage elimination, described as an ‘absolute disaster’ by ahead Thomas Muller.

Regardless of a 4-2 win in opposition to Costa Rica at Al Bayt Stadium, Japan’s 2-1 victory in opposition to Spain in Doha ended Germany’s hopes of qualifying from Group E.

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A 2-1 defeat in opposition to Japan of their opening recreation at Qatar 2022 finally proved pricey for Germany, who’re attributable to host Euro 2024 in simply over 18 months.

And with that event looming massive, Flick, who didn’t handle his personal future as coach, mentioned that massive modifications might be made to make sure Germany are aggressive at Euro 2024.

“In mild of the Euros, it’s tough to speak about that proper now, however we have to assess our World Cup, head into a special course,” Flick mentioned. “That is the subsequent step we are going to take and we are going to do it very quickly.

“We are able to rise up shortly and get better. We’ll see what the longer term seems like and the way we will implement our concepts. I’m a really crucial particular person and we are going to assess every thing.”

One a part of Germany’s “totally different course” is prone to see World Cup winners comparable to Muller, Manuel Neuer and Mario Gotze phased out of the worldwide group.

Muller, whose World Cup debut got here in South Africa in 2010, admitted the early exit from this event was powerful to take.

“It is an absolute disaster,” Muller mentioned. “It’s unbelievably bitter for us as a result of our end result would have been sufficient [if Spain hadn’t lost to Japan]. It is a feeling of powerlessness.

“If that was my final recreation for Germany, it has been an incredible pleasure, thanks very a lot.”

Spain’s failure to keep away from defeat in opposition to Japan was decisive for Germany, however Flick mentioned his group had no one however themselves accountable for his or her elimination.

“I do not care about totally different groups, it is all as much as us,” Flick mentioned. “In the event you take a look at the video games and variety of objectives that have been our fault, I’m satisfied that we gave away our possibilities in opposition to Spain and Japan

“You must take your possibilities and rating objectives. If we had, it might have been a special story. There have been numerous particular person errors within the video games and it made me very indignant. I instructed the group I used to be upset.

“However I’m not on the lookout for excuses. We fulfilled our obligation right this moment, we received the win, however the scoreline might have been higher.”