SO EURO 2024 didn’t end with triumph for Germany. The host nation’s match ended after a valiant 2-1 defeat to Spain on July fifth. However performances nonetheless exceeded the expectations of followers who had seen Die Mannschaft stumble to defeat towards Austria and Turkey in pleasant matches late final 12 months. Internet hosting this 12 months’s European soccer championship with little probability of success appeared to suit the bitter temper of a rustic that an unpopular authorities is attempting to steer by way of numerous crises. However as a substitute, the efforts by Julian Nagelsmann, the coach, and his gamers ended up indicating a option to elevate the nation out of its malaise.
Germany has usually related footballing moments with bigger political occasions. Take Das Wunder von Bern (the miracle of Bern) in 1954, when West Germany beat the extremely favoured Hungarians to say a primary World Cup. That offered glory sufficient, nevertheless it additionally helped carry a rustic devastated each by warfare and by the dimensions of its political and ethical failure again to its toes. It might go on to affix NATO a 12 months later, and a nascent EU two years after that.
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