If you want to understand why the German national soccer team failed again in the preliminary round of the World Cup, you should actually be in Frankfurt this Wednesday, where coach Hansi Flick is presenting the error analysis to his association.

As a World Cup reporter in Doha, you can also research this at an alternative location: the National Museum of Qatar.

Christopher Meltzer

Sports correspondent in Munich.

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The country's history is presented there, which began more than 700 million years ago - at the time when football officials still had to buy their own luxury watches.

But now to the urgent sporting and structural problems of the DFB - and thus on to the special exhibition "On the Move".

It impressively tells the story of the "nomadic pastoralists", the nomadic shepherds who roamed through Qatar with their animals before oil was discovered there.

A board explains which animals the nomads used and how.

The short version: Sheep and goats could be used for almost anything - from eating to building houses.

Camels for milk and mobility.

Horses for ranching and pleasure.

Donkeys for transporting luggage and goods.

dogs for protection.

And even if we don’t want to seriously compare animals with humans, of course – we’re assuming that much understanding, dear critical readers, at this point – one can still jokingly say in a column like this: The nomads managed 150 million without them -Euro-Akademie the specialization that many in Germany want in the training of footballers.

Among the critics: Thomas Müller, who said in Qatar that the team "were not specialists everywhere".

In the special exhibition in the museum one would probably say: too many horses, too few donkeys.

Müller will be back in Doha with his club in preparation for the second half of the season.

Maybe he can go to the museum for a moment.

Finally - for historical reasons - a travel tip to the FC Bayern delegation: better buy the luxury watches yourself.

And if - for whatever reason - they are a gift, well-intentioned advice: Walk through the red customs gate at Munich Airport.