Germany was eliminated from the Olympic soccer tournament.
The disappointment is great - the failure was predictable.
Tokyo - it's over, it's over: Germany's footballers are eliminated from the Olympics.
In the decisive game, the DFB selection did not get beyond a 1-1 draw against Ivory Coast.
In the group with Brazil, the Ivorians and Saudi Arabia, Germany has therefore drawn the short straw.
Ultimately, it is an indictment of national football.
Olympic trainer Stefan Kuntz * was only able to take 18 players with him to Tokyo.
Of 100 possible actors, no more would have reported.
The clubs are not obliged to leave the club.
Vacation, European men's championship, European under-21 championship, injuries, club change, corona risk - there were several reasons for the players not to travel to Japan.
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Therefore, substitute goalkeeper Svend Brodersen had to be ready as a possible field player recently.
After all, Kuntz only had 14 field players available against Saudi Arabia due to a suspension.
So it was again against Ivory Coast - and so you didn't have to be surprised when the DFB selection was tired and exhausted.
14 field players at the world's largest sporting event - a real disgrace for the DFB *.
Thousands of amateur footballers are currently preparing for the new season in Germany's regional leagues, and there are probably more field players on the bench in test matches than in the German Olympic team.
Olympia: Germany's squad size was at the regional league level in the end
The German stars were of course disappointed after the early retirement.
“We cannot blame ourselves today.
We gave everything.
If it was Stefan Kuntz's last game, it's bitter.
He formed us into one, "said Jordan Torunarigha and captain Maxi Arnold added:" The disappointment is huge.
We were never really in the tournament.
Of course we go home with a very weeping eye. "
Kuntz himself said after the game on
ZDF
: “Unfortunately, it wasn't enough.
We started both halves well and had good chances.
The 0: 1 was very unfortunate.
Then you have to protect the boys.
All the grains they had they gave today.
That was no longer possible. ”The coach also commented on the mini-squad:“ The options we had with the squad in terms of variability were a bit limited.
But I have to say: The boys committed to the Olympics and took it upon themselves to play in the current situation.
Many thanks to the guys. "
Stefan Kuntz speaks about Germany's Olympic adventure
In general, it was "strange circumstances".
Olympic spirit only emerged during the two visits to the Olympic village - the footballers were only allowed to move in after the group stage.
“The rest that we found,” continued Kuntz, was not Olympic.
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