Groundhog day for Germany with no end in sight to World Cup rot

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2026-06-30

Jürgen Klopp to the rescue? The problem for Germany is that they can no longer be seen as a top men's football nation after the latest early World Cup exit. Berlin (dpa) - Germany had scored 17 of their 18 attempts in men's World Cup penalty shoot-outs - before Monday. Three of the weakest penalties imaginable followed in the last-32 defeat to Paraguay, summing up a deep malaise which has engulfed the Germany men's team since they last lifted the......

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