As 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?.
07-10-2014, 02:32 AM
Mertesacker out to put an end to Germany's 'nearly men' tag
As 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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