World Cup 2018: 5 players responsible for Germany's elimination

#2 Thomas Muller

Thomas Muller

With 10 combined goals at the two World Cups and playing as the leading World Cup goalscorer, Low was relying on Muller to make an impact in the tournament. However, the Bayern Munich player was painfully poor. His 11th goal World Cup goal never came - it didn't look like coming either. He made no impact whatsoever.

Normally an enigma in the German team, Thomas offered very little lurking in and around the six-yard box. Against Mexico, he squandered Germany's best opportunity which came in the 33rd minute. Muller ran through midfield and lost the ball on the counter, completely unaware of the opposition.

He followed up this performance with an equally poor one against Sweden. Questions were asked about whether he deserved to start against South Korea, especially with Julian Brandt’s playing some delightful cameos off the bench and Mesut Özil dropped in his favour. Joachim responded by dropping Raumdeuter for their must-win game.