Germans grouch after soccer squad bounced from World Cup

Call it the night of the long faces.

Chancellor Angela Merkel’s spokesman is sharing the shock of a nation over Germany’s stunning World Cup exit Wednesday, tweeting “How sad!” after the defending champions’ 2-0 defeat against South Korea.

“Not our World Cup – How sad! There will be other tournaments where we can cheer again,” Steffen Seibert writes.

As much as it hurts to bow out this early, congratulations to #SWE and #MEX. We wish you good luck in the knockouts ???? pic.twitter.com/6gbNpePRTm

— German Football (@DFB_Team_EN) June 27, 2018

Football-mad Germany was plunged into mourning after the title holders were knocked out of the group stages for the first time since 1938.

“A historic disgrace,” Der Spiegel news weekly calls it.

“Speechless,” reads a tweet on the German team’s official Twitter account.

At Berlin’s fan mile, supporters had begun leaving even before the final whistle blew.

“These aren’t world champions, they didn’t fight at all,” fumed 27-year-old Oliver Fischer, wearing a Germany jersey.

Meanwhile Brazil, which lost 7-1 in the World Cup final, is having itself a nice long laugh.

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— SportsCenter Brasil (@SportsCenterBR) June 27, 2018

— with AFP