For years, Germany were football's sleeping giant - four-time world champions who forgot how to navigate a World Cup knockout round. That ni
By The Gaffer•June 21, 2026
For years, Germany were football's sleeping giant - four-time world champions who forgot how to navigate a World Cup knockout round. That nightmare ended on Saturday in Houston, where Deniz Undav's 94th-minute winner sealed a dramatic 2-1 comeback against Côte d'Ivoire and sent Die Mannschaft into the last 32 for the first time since they won the whole thing in 2014. 🇩🇪Before 2018, Germany had never been eliminated in a World Cup group stage. Then came Russia. Then Qatar. Twelve years without a single knockout match is an eternity for a nation that has reached 13 semi-finals - more than...
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