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Kai Havertz came off the bench to score twice but Germany’s 4-2 defeat of Costa Rica was not enough to send them through to the last 16 of the World Cup

The Germans needed an assist from its fellow European power, but it didn’t come, leaving them on the outside of the knockout stage for the second straight World Cup.

In today’s Football Daily: Denmark, Belgium and an untimely ad break

Join Martin Belam for a look back on Tuesday’s action and all the buildup to the final games in Groups E and F

Politicians at home are criticising the national team while Hansi Flick struggles to find a natural goalscorer in the World Cup

The ‘Golden Generation’ will have to beat the 2018 finalists to salvage their tournament

In today’s Football Daily: Germany’s hunky dude, more effing fallout from Croatia v Canada and ‘integrity’

Niclas Füllkrug was scoring goals in Germany’s second division one year ago. Now he’s scoring at the World Cup. “That’s exactly what he’s there for,” teammate Thomas Müller said after Füllkrug's late goal rescued a 1-1 draw for Germany against Spain in Group E on Sunday. Exactly one year earlier,…

As a social media post prompts calls for the United States to be thrown out of the World Cup, Spain and Germany's forwards go back to the future, a coach pays tribute to his late daughter and Canada makes history - but it's not enough. Check out the five talking…

Either way, Germany was going to need to win its group finale to have a chance of going through, but resilience against a top opponent could prove useful at this World Cup.

The Germany manager Hansi Flick said: ‘Maybe this will give us self-confidence to score,’ while Luis Enrique paid tribute to his late daughter on her birthday