history of the german national team, i guess 

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*Casually smokes France a week later*

Germany saw this and immediately started cooking again

Bro rlly went from a scrawny child packing Toty messi on FIFA World to releasing his own merch what a journey❤

Brazil 1-7 Germany in 2014 was the textbook definition of HUMILIATION. Didn't even think the result was real it was so unbelieveable

That 2014 Germany v Algeria game was one of the best games of football I’ve ever seen. I’ll never forget it.

ITS FINALLY HERE!!!!! And germany launching an all timer kit only to be grouped lmao Update Ayoo Nagelsmann, I wasn't familiar with your game

Also fun fact, German women football has the same troubles. Both men and women team ended at the group part in the world cup (first time in history). So it's definetely more deep issues with German football that both reflects in their football.

Fun fact: In 1942, the Czech striker Josef "Pepi" Bican was offered to switch from playing for the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia to play for Germany. He was given this offer, because he was born in Vienna. He declined stating, that he felt Czech, as both of his parents were czech. He feared retaliation, but Rudi Grammlich, a retired Eintracht Frankfurt player, had saved him from any possible retaliation and made sure nobody demanded something like that.

Beckenbauer isn’t the only defender to win the ballon d’or, Cannavaro won it in 2006.

In 2000 Belgium lost badly at the Euros and revamped their youth development. A key feature was WINNING IN YOUTH FOOTBALL IS NOT THE PRIORITY. Unbelievable Germany is still stuck on that.

"What happened to this once great football team?" Maqwell: "In 500 B.C...."

The LUCAS PODOLSKI every time he touched the ball had me rolling😂

6:57 fun fact about soccer at the olympics when they tried it out in 1904 in St. Louis it wasn’t countries participating but clubs and a club from Cambridge, ON Canada won it all so Canada technically won the first Olympic medal in soccer

The whole hair sample thing was an insane failed bluff. Coach: Test it then! Lab: Okay Coach: Shit

1:23:23 Nagelsmann himself actually confirmed that he will only coach germany until the euros. Actually he wants to even announce where he signs next before the euros start.

the biggest hope for the short future is the squad nagelsmann nominated for this international football break, leaving out players like, gnabry, goretzka, schlotterbeck and süle and nominating more inform players from stuttgart and leverkusen. something germany hasnt seen in a decade

Nah bro we are cooking from now on. Nagelsmann wiped half of the squad and actually nominated the best squad we have for the first time since 2018

Germany took this video personal (Germany vs France, 2-0) (Germany vs Netherlands, 2-1) They are back

58:03 The Argentina Starting XI looked like something a toddler would line-up on FIFA 10 or PES 2010 at the time: Heinze as a left-back, Otamendi as right-back, Di María as a center midfielder... I think Sampaoli was inspired by this during the 2018 World Cup...

I will forever say it, it was More fun Watching my home club Stuttgart almost getting relegated then Watching my Country in the 2022 World Cup

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wir sind sowas von zurück jungs und mädels

I'm of Argentine descent and I remember rooting for the Germans for the last 6 years and during the 2022 FIFA WC 😭😭 I have a kinda small connection with one of the players (Leroy Sané specially) because his wife; I used too spoke to her on Snapchat lol is from my home state (California) and from the local county (San Bernadino county) where I was raised however I watched Germany for the whole squad.

As a Korean, although we didn't even go through to the knockouts, that 2018 WC win against Germany to knock them out gives me goosebumps to this day. Jo Hyeonwoo is still called "bit hyeonwoo" (빛 pronounced bit meaning light).

A bit of a shame, that Maqwell forgot to talk about Germany's participations at the Confederations Cup 2005 (They were allowed to participate because of being next World Cup hosts) and 2017 (They were allowed to participate because of being World Champions). Might not have had any significance, but both tournaments showed the problems and potentials of the German NT for their next respective world cups. While Germany finished 3rd Place (Bronze) at home after a wild match for 3rd Place against Mexico (4:3 aet) and proved their mental strength against their opponents, Germany conceded very many goals when playing against its opponents, letting many wishes for the Defense open and not fully eliminating all doubts yet. The Confederations Cup 2017 in Russia, the last edition of this mini world cup up to date, was the third participation for Germany, where they took their B-Team with the likes of among others Goretzka, Ter Stegen and Stindl to the tournament. The reason was to leave most players from the A-Team out and allow them to rest during the summer break, while also giving more players a chance to get nominated for the next world cup. Despite Germany's defense was also not the best one and Ter Stegen letted more goals into the back of the net than Bayern Munich leaving Dortmund chances to win the Bundesliga last season, the B-Team managed to get it done and defeating Australia 3-2, drawing 1-1 to Chile and then winning Group B after a 3-1 Win over Cameroon. The semi against Mexico was, unlike 2005, a pretty one-sided match where they dumped the North Americans 4-1 (they lost 3rd place to Portugal afterwards 1-2 aet bruh). Germany on the other hand went to their first final in the Confederations Cup and defeated Chile after a fatal mistake by the Goalkeeper early in the first half 1-0. Stindl ended up being Top scorer of the tournament, who also scored the winning goal in the final. The Win of the Confederations Cup with the B-Team was very likely another major factor, why the horrible World Cup campaign a year later was the more shocking.

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Manuel Neuer was not even supposed to be first choice, or even second choice in 2010 but a tragic death alongside a rib injury to the ones ahead of him happened

Wow, as a german football Fan that has seen every tournament since 2010 or since i was a small child this video encapsulated EVERYTHING. I mean you covered pretty much every important fact, scandal and so on. You did insane research! Greetings from Germany, i still hope that maybe now that were hosting the euros at home that we can maybe bounce back but im in a (lets say) depressed state when it comes to the national team, its quite hard to talk about the DFB sometimes🥲.

As Italian I'm not a big fan of "Die Mannschaft " but there is not victory without failures. Failures are part of the process.

As a Barcelona fan watching this video and seing that Hans Flick segment… Is this the coach that scores us 8??? Is this the coach everyone says is unbeatable??? Is this our next coach???

Who's here after they dominated France (World Cup Finalist) 0:2? 💀🔥

As a German I can say, that I used to believe that no generation could ever be worse than the one between 1998 and 2004, but I was so wrong... Since the World Cup 2018 the German Football has been being in the darkest age in their history. The difference is, that in the begin of the 2000s, the Germans didn't have a lot of talents besides Ballack and Kahn. Even Klose was just an average player at that time, so it was really dificult to achieve something with this lack of talent. But now we have so many talents and top players like Neuer, Rüdiger, Kroos, Müller, Wirtz, Musiala, Gündogan and yes, even Kimmich is doing much better than our former Players 20 years ago, and they were still able to be knocked out in the World Cup Group stages twice in a row, which it didn't happen before.

March 2024: - Germany is hosting the championship - Germany's new kits look absolutely fire, all of them - the current squad is the best we ever had in years the only thing missing and at last, the only thing necessary to ensure a great tournament, are good performances. I really really hope that the fans can, eventually, gain euphoria and the team can start working properly. Otherwise, this would be one of the biggest waste of a chance german football ever had.

39:20 Young Max in the background giving us a glimpse of his present greatness.

man it's such a shame what happened to our nationalteam after 2014 because we have so many really good players like havertz, kimmich, rüdiger, musiala, wirtz, sane, their problem is that somehow they all play like they don't care playing for the colours,for the badge , but tbh. i still got hope that we some day come back with big talents like newly called up Aleksander Pavlovic , musiala, wirtz and others

The Germany hate is ridiculous, if you actually look at their squad they have a better and more inform squad than portugal, spain, netherlands and france. Germany will surprise for sure. They have the perfect amount of veterans (Muller, Kroos, Neuer) mixed with superstars (Wirtz, Musiala). Germany are way too overhated imo.

Hansi Flick's Germany squad makes Löw's squad look like gods at the sport.

As a german it gives me so much joy to see how bad the national team is. It lets me know that there is always someone who fails more than me, lmao

I don’t understand why some are baffled that one person can be a member of ‘the party’ and yet fight for his players safety… you’d do exactly the same if you were in his shoes.

1 and a half hour Maqwell video, you love to see it

The funny thing is back in 2018 when there were lots of videos explaining Germany's fall from grace, there was quite a lot of comment that they will 'bounce back' higher. I looked back at that comments and laughed.

So sad that those german kits are only gonna be seeing the group stages

51:58 funfact regarding Pawel Janas is that he didn't even called Champions League winner Jerzy Dudek for the World Cup 2006, same goes with Tomasz Frankowski (who was like Polish Jordan Pefok at the time) and Bartosz Bosacki who ironically scored the only 2 goals for Poland in this World Cup as he was a sub for unfortunatly injured Damian Gorawski. I know, Maqwell moaning about Gregg Berhalter calls for USMNT for the World Cup 2022 was hilarious, but Paweł Janas calls for World Cup 2006 are on a different level, believe it or not. Edit: Poland National Team - legacy of failure video really begs to be made.

This aged like milk

33:08 Everyone has their name, and names aren't supposed to be labelled to countries. Example, Lionel Messi's first name is of French origin, yet we know he's an Argentine.

WE PRAYED FOR THIS DAY JAAAAAAAA ENDLICH DANKE MAXWELL

1:11:30 Was not expecting to see Eric Bischoff in a Maqwell video!

Please do the downfall of 2008-2012 Spain, arguably one of the best teams ever assembled

A great watch and very informative. This has explained a lot for what is happening to Germany. Nice video. Keep up the good work.

31:47 Mathias Sammer, a German defender of Borussia Dortmund also won the Ballon d'Or in 1996

3-0😂 love you bro❤

Löw’s decision to experiment with his players is what cost him. If it’s not broken, it shouldn’t have to be fixed.

This video is outstanding!! This is a dream for a German national team fan. The amount of research is insane! I was in Germany (Stuttgart) in 2014 when they won the World Cup and it was nuts!!

Germany 🇩🇪 is simply the best team in Europe, greetings from Punta Cana Dominican Republic 🇩🇴 👍🏼

Just what I needed 😭 thank you Maxyy waxxyy

lol crazy seeing this after they just beat France

There are some little inaccuracies here and there, but overall... WOW!!! Very well done video about the history of Germany and the history of German football. Congratulations! Not only recognizing the effort that you'd put into this, but also for the quality of the video.

absolutely love Maxwell video essays

Well done my man, I must say this is the best most informative and entertaining 'documentary' on the German international team and at the same time the COMPLETE breakdown from how football began in Germany, the German FA (and controversy),the Bundaslega covering the highlights and lowlights.....and obviously the two great world wars and the German part in what can only be described as an epic tradegy which all sports were nothing as human beings fought for the real prize - A PEACEFUL LIFE..and how sports can also bring people together vis-a-vis East and West Germans and through a thorough change in attitudes we arrive in the 21st century with International teams only fighting for trophies...and long may it remain so. Like I said before I.got carried away this is the best video on not only German but European and and World football! This should be required viewing for ALL academy youngsters.. Well Done 👌

Great Video, the way how detailed you presented the whole history of german is really impressive. Also its hilarious that you included the Lu-Lu-Lukas Podolski and Mario Gomez Songs, I did not see that coming.

The merch looking clean 🔥🔥🔥

Wrong time to upload this video buddy. Germany is cooking

Incredible episode man. We need more stuff like this

Thank you for this, I still don’t know how we’ll get back on track but looking at the past seeing the lows were followed by all time highs gives me hope for the national teams future.

Did the DFB saw this video and decided to start cooking again!?

Polish National Team - Legacy of Failure plz do this Maqwell, it's really worth it :D

This has been one of my favorite videos to date. I’ll be visiting Germany for the Euros and as interested as I am in German culture & history in general, this was incredibly insightful for the Football culture and history that I undoubtedly will witness first hand. Kudos for doing such a fantastic job putting this all together and giving us all exceptional context to an already challenging period in the countries sport. You’re the best Maqwell!

Great video Maxwell, absolutely loved it.

1 hour and 30 minutes? I don't think I can hold it in for THAT long maqwell.

Im putting this in another comment: What a fantastic video. Probably the best comprehensive video about german football ive ever seen. Respects from Germany brother

Another masterpiece from Maxwell!!! Worth the wait

I'm so happy he finally made another episode!!

You know it's gonna be a good day when maqwell makes a video essay

I saw this before the title and thumbnail change

So glad you took a moment to drag Alexi. It always warms my heart.

Worth the wait! Great stuff, both of you. 😎👍🏻

1:17:30 angry fiago 🤣🤣🤣

Well as a german i feel qualified to say that the current state of the DFB and Die Mannschaft is horrific. Germany has world class players and world class coaches (yes i counted Hansi Flick as world class coach cus he won a freaking sextuple with a great but still not the best team in club football at the time) yet still we fumble our way trough international games. Thinking back at the 0:2 against Austria last year which was the worst internation game i watched in my live made me feel ashamed of what has become of my Mannschaft. With Nagelsmann leaving after the Euros i can't even see it getting better in the near future. I'm sure that Germany won't get out of the group Stages in the Euros and even if they do then they are going to fail in the round of 16 like last time. Just thinking of another disapointing turnament performance makes me sad. Hopefully it will get better. With all the young german talents and a proper Coach who combines the strenght of his players instead of forcing them into his sytem Germany can be great again one day...

Very very good job i learned a lot! You’re gonna go far kid!

A great video 🎊 Thank you for all the hard work

As a German, I was laughing my ass off in the 2018-2023 section. Thank you Maqwell

Maxwell’s magnum opus has arrived, thank you for this my guy 🙏

Thank you, well researched and informative

11:37 (far right) bruhhh how long has Thomas Muller been around for ??? 😂😂

If support saved a team from being shit, I think Brazil wouldn't have lost by 7-1 that one time. We were home, yanno.

I’m a relative of Walter bensemann (Toby) and I’m glad you mentioned his contributions to German football.

THATS WHAT WE’VE BEEN WAITING FOR!

great video as usual

Now make a video about Vietnam the most finished national team 😂

I've hated them since 1974, even though I wasn't even born.

Finally someone calling the baby by its name. It was incredible to see how the entire online bubble tipped us as favorites or one-of-the-favorites in both 2020 and 2022 despite the national team being in perpetual crisis since 2018 (and if you ask me even before that) and not making a good look at any point since then. Hotshotting managers, an incredibly outdated youth approach, agonizing arrogance in the leading personell of the DFB and so much more.

This was an amazing video

I was jumping in so much excitement that i didnt even realise that YOU HAVE MERCH NOW? Love how long you came Maqwell ^^

Finally, another Maqwell's breathtaking essay videos regarding the failures of big teams. Would be hillarious to make England's national team (since 1966) as well. Some important infos (there were too many comments, but I will add missing ones: 1.52:49 Jens Lehmann had a good performance during the 2005/06 season, which is the reason Klinsmann favoured him in the World Cup. His performance with Arsenal during the Champions League was insane that the North London team had a clean sheet in 10 games up until the Final against Barcelona in Paris, at which he was disgracefully sent off for the reckless tackle with Samuel Eto'o. Lehmann had even denied Roman Riquelme's penalty in dying minutes that would have sent the 2nd leg tie of semifinal against Villarreal into the extra time. In fact, Arsenal should have won the Champions League if Lehmann didn't sent off! 1.1:20:19 While it's a clearly off-topic, I would also mention out that the women's football of Germany were in the shambolic form. Even though they had recently qualified for the next Olympics through the Nations League results, the women's team had some dreadful form, particularly the last Women's World Cup in Australia and New Zealand. Despite beating Morocco 6-0 in the opening game, they surprisingly lost to Colombia and were eliminated after failing to beat South Korea and Morocco beat Colombia to leapfrog Germans. They also had a bad luck in the last 2 Womens Euros, even losing to England in the most recent Womens Euro Final at Wembley. Not to mention, they had some shock results in friendlies, such as losing 2-3 to newcomer Zambia.

amazing video! i cant believe stuff this great is free. i renew my channel a lot and youre always one of the first adds.

I think one of the parts of your "FAILURES" series I most look forward to is when the inevitable Clown/Circus music starts playing, brings a smile to my face every time. Also amazing video ❤

"Mario Goatze" - LilyPichu, 2014

This mans videos have literally resurrected my attention span xD

Pretty good anaysis. I have another point why german recrutememt isnt working. The only way into top football is through the 150ish NLZ's. Players outside of these ranks have nearly no chance of getting into the top tier when there isnt a godd coach or scout involved which gets him up the tiers. Examples where it worked out are Niklas Füllkrug Jan-Niklas Beste (he could be a wild card for the Euros because he is such a talented Free-Kick taker) Deniz Undav (i personaly remember him playing against my team in the german 3rd tier)