Germany trapped between past and future with team lost in identity malaise | Jonathan Liew

The ghosts of 2014 and Jürgen Klopp dominate the debate, leaving Julian Nagelsmanns side caught between two erasNo, please, stop with this nonsense, snapped Julian Nagelsmann. Germany had just lost 2-1 to Ecuador in their final group game and the television interviewer was suggesting that with Germany already qualified, perhaps the Ecuadoreans had simply wanted it more. They didnt want it more, Nagelsmann bristled. I cannot tell any of my players that they didnt give it their all. Thats far too...