Germany exited the World Cup with a whimper on Wednesday, playing slow motion football against a South Korea side they would have beaten in a slumber four years ago.
The surprise their early exit would have been viewed as pre-tournament had dissipated after three games considering how poor they had been against Mexico and that they had only been in with a chance of progressing to the knockout stages thanks to a moment of sheer brilliance from Toni Kroos against Sweden.
Four years ago in Brazil is what Bild was thinking of with their headline following the elimination. 'Speechless' is the same caption they had following the 7-1 win against Brazil in Belo Horizonte. There is a very different context to this edition's lack of words.
Links: unsere Seite 1 nach dem 7:1 2014.
Rechts: unsere Seite 1 nach dem WM-Aus 2018. pic.twitter.com/r0EB0xpSki— BILD (@BILD) June 27, 2018
Rheinische Post has gone for the simple: "Out".
Der Tagesspiegel has the same headline
Similarly, for Die Welt, it is "Over And Out".
Unsere Seite 1 nach dem deutschen WM-Aus. #KORGER #WM2018 pic.twitter.com/nusolGyfKV
— WELT (@welt) June 27, 2018
Der Spiegel has labelled Germany's exit, "A historic disgrace".
Online, they described the team as being, "Lethargic, without ideas, careless".
Der Spiegel: "It's a historic disgrace"
German press is going to be rough https://t.co/5SD9YuTr7a pic.twitter.com/NxPasa65IZ— Vera Bergengruen (@VeraMBergen) June 27, 2018
