German media sound alarm after shocking World Cup defeat

BERLIN: Germanys media reacted with concern and worry to the World Cup holders shock 10 defeat against Mexico on Sunday

Updated At : 03:27 PM Jun 18, 2018 IST

Germanys forward Thomas Mueller reacts after losing the Russia 2018 World Cup Group F football match between Germany and Mexico at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow on June 17, 2018. AFP

Berlin, June 18

Germany’s media reacted with concern and worry to the World Cup holder’s shock 1-0 defeat against Mexico on Sunday.

Hirving Lozano hit the winning goal after 35 minutes in Moscow when the German defence was caught napping.

This was the first time Germany have lost an opening game at a World Cup finals since going down 2-1 to Algeria when Spain hosted the 1982 tournament.

Top-selling German daily Bild declared on their website: “Embarrassing performance against Mexico: this crash causes us World Cup worry”.

Munich-based newspaper Sueddeutsche Zeitung agreed with “There are reasons to worry” over a picture of the dejected German team, who need to beat Sweden and South Korea to be sure of going through.

The Frankfurter Allgemeine newspaper went for “Fiesta Mexicana: False start for Germany”.

Magazine Sports Bild commented, “There were no world champions to be seen on the pitch” in a damning verdict on the below-par performance. AFP