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Claudio Catuogno, al-Khour
Anyone who looked into the faces of the German footballers after their victory against Costa Rica, which was actually a historic defeat, saw the great emptiness. Whether Leroy Sané or Jamal Musiala, Serge Gnabry or Manuel Neuer, they crept through the catacombs of the Al-Bayt Stadium in al-Khour with expressionless looks that are otherwise only known from funerals. Exemplary for the overall impression: the midfielder Joshua Kimmich, 27, who spoke of the “most difficult day of my career”. And of possible long-term consequences: He is now “afraid of falling into a hole”, said Kimmich.