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Soccer players in Germany found it hard to breathe.

Havertz opened his mouth and tried to find an air that seemed not to exist.

In an oppressive atmosphere, because there is nothing more cruel than falling without your own effort being able to lift you up, his journey in Qatar ended.

Germany, four-time World Champion and who arrived in Qatar with the promise that the new guard led by Musiala would turn the page on the torments experienced after the 2014 title, crashed again in the tournament.

They beat a titanic Costa Rica in the agony of Al Khor, but they paid for the surprising Spanish defeat against Japan, the decisive German executioner in the opening game, with the elimination.

The coach Hansi Flick, despite piling up attackers, chances and goals, thus followed the same path as his predecessor and former foreman, Joachim Löw, who also failed to advance to the Russia 2018 phase.

Costa Rica had no choice but to appeal to the heroic and to tie rosaries instead of laces in their boots.

After being devastated on the first matchday against Spain, defending with everything and praying for a chance helped her beat Japan with her only shot on goal.

And the same thing the coach Luis Fernando Suárez tried to do against Germany.

Although it was difficult for him to already receive five shots on goal in the first 15 minutes and concede the first goal, for which Gnabry was responsible.

Jürgen Klinsmann, chepudo champion in Italy '90 and now a commentator, fidgeted restlessly in his commentator's seat while taking notes and not taking his eyes off a monitor on which the Spanish fall was televised.

Meanwhile, the Mannschaft players began to run wild, knowing that no matter how many goals they scored, nothing would be worth it.

Because Japan began their second act by overcoming their lead to Spain, and the Germans, who missed countless goals in the first half after Musiala opened the scoring, found Costa Rica throwing epic in search of qualifying.

Tejeda scored in a transition, and Stéphanie Frappart, who made history as the first woman to referee in a men's World Cup, validated the second goal for the Central Americans, the work of Vargas, after Germany claimed an earlier offside.

For three minutes Costa Rica was classified and Germany eliminated in a sinister scenario for the soccer elite and the industry.

Flick rescued Fülkrug and Havertz.

The first scored one goal, the second two more.

But his story was written the same afternoon he collapsed in front of Japan.

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