The German national team experienced a shock at the start of the World Cup when they lost 0:1 to the Mexican team.
The world champions immediately put themselves in an uncomfortable position in the fight for the top spot in the group. One of the team's key players, Joshua Kimmich, admitted that they must play better.
"Psychology before such a level of match is very important. Simply, quality is not enough. We lacked all of that, made a lot of mistakes.
Except for Saudi Arabia, we haven't fought for victory in the last few matches. We cannot compare friendly matches, where opponents do not press you so much, with qualifiers or the World Cup.
The coach is right when he says that we lost a lot of balls. Mexico played great in quick attacks. They caught us unprepared several times," said J. Kimmich.
After the match, J. Kimmich indirectly received criticism from Mats Hummels. He claimed that only he and Jerome Boateng played in defense.
