Pride and infamy as former Ireland boss masterminds historic World Cup collapse. Colin Bell’s Korea Republic secure famous draw as Germany fail to emerge from group stages for first time.
For the first time in their illustrious history, the two-time world champions have failed to emerge from the group stages.
A tournament that began for Germany with a 6-0 win over the north Africans ended with them utterly delirious, the kind of powerful release of emotion that only comes on occasions like this.This was simply heartache of a different kind – and their superstar Alexandra Popp. Beaten by England in the final of the European Championships, when the forward suffered an injury in the warm-up, they have laboured to a historic collapse.
It was a let off for Germany, who were punished only moments later when Korea Republic took a sixth-minute lead. Just over 20 seconds later the ball was in the net, Cho So-hyun beating Frohms by firing across her body after she was picked out with a precise through ball from Lee Young-ju. It was a stunning piece of creative play, Young-ju receiving the ball under pressure from two opponents before delivering the killer pass in an instant while the German defence was still in disarray.
She almost redeemed herself with a header at the back post after quarter of an hour but it looped just over.Read Next Related Reads Marta's last dance comes to an end as Brazil icon bows out England's new superstar shows Ireland what might have been Ipsos survey: Girls in green have created new football fans with World Cup dream
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