The mood in the national team has been much better than the situation in the past few days.
That the team had only one point in two games and was last in their group?
Hardly worth mentioning.
And the fact that the Germans didn't have the matter in their own hands in the last group game?
It will be okay.
In all public appearances by coaches and players, the relief of having prevented the possible end at the World Cup after only two appearances (albeit thanks to outside help) with the hope of the late equalizer in the 1-1 draw against Spain found momentum to have.
90 World Cup minutes later it can be said: German football in its complacency at this World Cup only experienced the next brutal self-deception - and slid despite a 4:
The preliminary round at the 2018 World Cup and the failure in the round of 16 in the summer of 2021 are the end of the four-time world champion after just three games.
The country with the four stars is regularly snubbed in the football world, now also in a group with average teams like Japan and Costa Rica.
A year and a half before the European Championship in their own country, German football is looking into a deep abyss after the disaster in Qatar.
A déjà vu that the Germans would not have dreamed of again after their failure in Russia.
It feels even worse than the 2018 World Cup, which at the time still seemed like a one-off slip by yesterday's world champions.