The German National Team's Results Dispelled From The 2022 World Cup After Winning 4-2 Over Costa Rica

Germany international Thomas Muller (right). (Photo: Twitter/@FIFAWorldCup)

JAKARTA - The German national team had to swallow the bitter pill. Allegedly becoming a winning candidate, Der Panzer was eliminated early.

This is Germany's second consecutive failure to qualify from the World Cup group stage. Previously, they also failed to get to the last 16 of the 2018 World Cup in Russia.

However, the failure in Qatar was even more painful. Thomas Muller assessed that his team had done what was appropriate to be able to move on to the next round.

He also called this failure "a real disaster" for his team.

"This is very bitter for us because this result should be enough. This is an feeling of HELPlessness," Mueller said, quoted by Antara via AFP, Friday, December 2.

As for Joshua Kimmich, Germany's elimination was the worst day of his career. He was afraid that this failure would also disturb him personally.

"This is definitely the hardest day of my career. The second time we were eliminated at the World Cup, among them we had the Euros, where we were eliminated early," said Kimmich.

"It's bitter and there's been a lot of chances missed in the last four years," he continued.

Germany actually closed the group stage by beating Costa Rica. Unmitigated, Der Panzer won with a landslide score of 4-2.

However, the results were not enough to take them to the next round. The reason is that at the same time, Spain lost 1-2 to Japan.

This result places Japan and Spain as representatives of Group E. Meanwhile, Germany has to settle for only being in third place even though it has the same points as Spain because it loses on goal difference.