It was decided to drop the German national football team’s title, “Manschaft”, as of now, after protests by the fans and a number of officials. The German Football Association announced on Thursday (July 28, 2022) that its supervisory board and the shareholders’ assembly had unanimously decided to stop using the title “Mannchevt” as a trademark.
And the German national team held the title of “Manchester” for a long time, especially abroad, and became the official brand of the team as of 2015, one year after winning the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.
But the team’s mediocre results in recent years have led to a reconsideration of the matter, and the fans have expressed their rejection of the title on the grounds that it bears a lot of exaggeration. The former Bayern Munich star Lothar Matthaus and head of the German Football Association, Hans-Joachim Watzke, called for the title to be dropped.
“The appearance of the team is more important than the name anyway,” said Bernd Neuendorf, president of the German Football Association.
“In this regard, I have complete confidence in (manager) Hansi Flick and (DFB director) Oliver Bierhoff and the players, who made a great new start last year.”
In the same context, German national team coach Hansi Flick said a few weeks ago, “I do not think that the name (the team) or anything else contributes in the end to achieving success or not.” He added in statements carried by the German “Tagsschau”: “Everyone is part of Germany.” Everyone loves to play for this nation.”
As for the German legend Lothar Matthaus, he said that it was better to invent a new name for Germany to “give freshness”, according to the widespread German newspaper “Bild”.
RM/ (DPA)
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“Manshaft” – a tape of matches with a taste of defeat
Defeats started from France!
One of the most famous defeats the German national team scored was the one that it suffered in France in 1938. The Germans were eliminated from the qualifying league at the time, given that the World Cup was based on the qualifying system among the participating teams, so that the winners qualified for the round of sixteen. In this match, the victory was in favor of the Swiss team, who managed to win thanks to penalty kicks, and decided the result in his favour, while Germany lost a match that is still remembered in football.
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“Manshaft” – a tape of matches with a taste of defeat
Draw cause loss
In 1967, fans of the German team will be disappointed again. Germany tied negatively with Albania, in qualifying for the European Nations Cup, the maximum machine from participating in the 1968 European Nations Cup. It should be noted that the tournament was won by the Italian team, and the cup was organized in Italy at that time.
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“Manshaft” – a tape of matches with a taste of defeat
“Cordoba shame”
Germany participated in the 1978 World Cup in Argentina, but the German team was unable to match the Austrian team, which was defeated by the “Evil defeat” on June 21 of the same year. Three goals ensured the Austrian team’s success, and the two goals of the Germans did not play a role in turning the scales of profit in his favour. A German newspaper described the team’s loss as a “disgrace of Cordoba”, and after the match, the machines were unable to pass the second round of this World Cup finals.
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“Manshaft” – a tape of matches with a taste of defeat
by Algeria
The scenario of defeat was repeated for the German team in 1982. The World Cup, which was held in Spain, witnessed many surprises, the most prominent of which was the Algerian team’s victory over its German counterpart by two goals to one. With the signing of Rabah Madjer and Lakhdar Belloumi, the Algerian team was able to pull the rug out from under the machines and keep it away from the dream of winning the cup.
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“Manshaft” – a tape of matches with a taste of defeat
Exit was not taken into account!
The loss this time came at the hands of the Croatian national team. No one expected this team, which is participating for the first time in the World Cup, to beat the machines. But Croatia surprised everyone in the 1998 World Cup, scoring 3 clean goals, deciding the result and eliminating Germany from the quarter-finals.
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“Manshaft” – a tape of matches with a taste of defeat
One of the worst matches
A clean quartet that samba dancers entered into the window of the Manshaft. In 1999, the German team played one of its worst matches, as it was unable to compete with Brazil in the match that brought them together in the Confederations Cup. In this tournament, which was held in Mexico, it was the first participation of the German national team in the Confederations Cup.
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“Manshaft” – a tape of matches with a taste of defeat
“disaster”
German football fans cannot forget this historic night. At the European Championships in 2000, Germany lost to the Portuguese team. 3 clean goals scored by the players of the Portuguese national team against the machine in the group stage.
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“Manshaft” – a tape of matches with a taste of defeat
Munich witness to the enormity!
In 2001, England defeated Germany by five goals against a single goal scored by the Germans. German newspapers at the time talked about the panic and despair caused by the English team in the World Cup qualifiers in Korea and Japan, and it was also said at the time that this defeat was the worst in the history of the German team, especially since it was recorded on German soil.
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“Manshaft” – a tape of matches with a taste of defeat
negative draw
In 2004, Portugal witnessed the defeat of Germany again. Latvia tied with Germany in the opening match of the second round of Group D in the 2004 European Football Championship. The exit of Germany was at the hands of the Czech team, which put the German national team out of the Euro.
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“Manshaft” – a tape of matches with a taste of defeat
Italian slap
Many times Italy defeated the German team. And the year 2006, among the years that he lost in the machines, was a match that brought him together with the Italian team on their land, exactly in Florence. The friendly match was held before Germany hosted the World Cup, in which the host team scored 4 goals against one for Mannschaft. Some described the result as a “slap”.
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“Manshaft” – a tape of matches with a taste of defeat
sad result
Not a single decade passed before the scenario of the German loss and the Italian victory was repeated. In 2012, on this day, June 28, Germany lost to Italy by two goals to one. Mannschaft could not play after the Euro 2012 semi-final match. Mario Balotelli led his team to victory when he scored two goals in the 20th and 36th minutes, and caused the machines to lose despite scoring a single goal.
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“Manshaft” – a tape of matches with a taste of defeat
Sudden fall!
The last defeat that the German national team suffered was the defeat on Wednesday (June 27, 2018) that knocked it out of the first round of the World Cup in Russia 2018. The fans of the “Manchester” did not expect to lose in the opening match against Mexico and were hoping to win the match yesterday, but their hopes evaporated after end of the match. South Korea crushed the machine with two goals without receiving any response, and knocked Germany out of the World Cup early. Prepared by: Maryam Margish
Author: Maryam Margish
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