Germany’s Shocking Fall The Truth Behind Nagelsmann

A giant falls in the last sixteen

The moment Manuel Neuer’s final penalty was pushed away, an entire football nation seemed to exhale in disbelief, then fall strangely silent.

Germany, four time world champions and a byword for tournament certainty, are out in the last sixteen to Paraguay. Not just out, but eliminated on penalties for the first time in their World Cup history. For a country that treats major tournaments almost as a national right, this is more than a bad night. It feels like the end of an era, and perhaps the end of Julian Nagelsmann’s time in the dugout.