The Future of German Football #germany

For the second time this century, Germany need to rip everything up and start again to avoid embarrassment as the host nation of a major tournament.

A tumultuous and dramatic international break for Germany ended on a positive note with a 2-1 home win against an undercooked France, but a loss of identity and sense of crisis is the overriding theme of the national team right now.

A truly humbling 4-1 loss to Japan in Wolfsburg on Saturday night was the end of Hansi Flick’s wretched two-year reign in charge, which saw him win just 12 of his 25 games and lead Germany to a second consecutive World Cup group-stage exit – a tournament in which they also lost to the Japanese not so coincidentally. It was a third straight loss for Germany and a fourth in fifth games, none of which came against truly elite sides.