What do you think of defending champion Germany being eliminated from the group?

This result is really unbelievable! As the defending champion, and on the stage of the World Cup, the performance of the German team has always been so excellent. They have never been eliminated in the group stage after participating in many World Cups before, and have reached the semi-finals for four consecutive times since the 2002 World Cup in Korea and Japan, including the 20 14 World Cup in Brazil, the runner-up in the 2002 World Cup in Korea and Japan, and the 2006 and 206544 World Cups in Germany. It is such a powerful German team that it has suffered from Waterloo this year!

After the draw for the 20 18 World Cup in Russia, the defending champion Germany was in the same group as Mexico, a strong team in Central and North America, Sweden, which eliminated Italy, and Tai Chi Tiger Korea from Asia. Before the game, it was generally believed that it was quite easy for the defending champion to qualify.

But what we didn't expect was that Germany hit Mexico hard in the first group match, and their poor defense failed to stop Mexico's quick counterattack. In the end, they lost 0-/kloc-0-0 to Mexico, which was the first time that Mexico beat Germany on the stage of the World Cup.

Because of the defeat in the first game, the second game was a life-and-death battle for the German team. In the first half, the Swedes seized the opportunity to go to the next city first and were forced to the wall. Fortunately, at the beginning of the second half, the score was equalized by Royce's goal. In the end, Germany beat Sweden 2-/kloc-0-0 by Croce's magical free kick.

In the last game, the weakest South Korean team thought that Germany would play a little easier, but it backfired. No matter how dominant the situation is, they just can't score. Over time, their mentality was unbalanced, which led to South Korea winning two cities in stoppage time. It is worth mentioning that this is also the first time that South Korea has defeated Germany in the World Cup.

In the end, Germany lost three group matches 1 2, because the goal difference was eliminated by the bottom of the group. After watching three games, the German team gave us the feeling of giving away more, and Mexico and South Korea found confidence in them one after another. This is really not the defending champion we remember.