Mertesacker out to put an end to Germany's 'nearly men' tag
 

https://s1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/J...0ee2c24942fb84As Germany head out to face Algeria at midnight (UAE time) on Monday, the nation will fully expect Joachim L"ow?s men to advance to the quarter-final stage for the eighth consecutive World Cup. In those 32 intervening years, Germany have won one World Cup (in 1990), finished runner-up three times and taken third place twice. For a side yet to win a World Cup as unified Germany (their three previous victories were as West Germany), it leaves them bitterly playing under the moniker of the ?nearly men?.




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