If someone with competence has created a very well-known saying, and officially changes it, then this is the true and painful assessment of German football. That's what Gary Lineker did:
“Football is a simple game. Twenty-two men chase a ball for 90 minutes and at the end, the Germans no longer always win. Previous version is confined to history.”
There are many reasons for failure. That would be maybe 100 thread drifts. The worst part is that "The team", as the DFB calls it, was not exactly that.
