Since the EM final in 2008, the DFB-Elf has been accompanied by a full-fledged Spain trauma. A look back before the duel tonight – with Fernando Torres, Carles Puyol, Joachim Löw and a night in Seville.
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Christopher Kneer, Doha
When Hansi Flick spoke about the opponent in the second preliminary round game on Saturday, it finally became clear that a new era had begun in German football. Although Flick said that the Spaniards were “still a role model”, he said “Spaniards” and not “Spannnier”. The Spannnier, that was the code for everything true and beautiful in world football, uttered in reverent Alemannic. Flick’s predecessor, Joachim Löw, spent his entire life as a national coach based on the insteps, although it can no longer be determined when exactly Löw crossed an invisible boundary.