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Published 10:43 28 Jun 2018 BST
Updated 11:23 28 Jun 2018 BST
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From numbers one to 23, Germany were lacklustre throughout the entire tournament, and gave off the vibe of a side who believed that merely turning up would see them progress.
Despite their mediocrity across the board, there was one particular player in the German squad who has been singled out for his poor displays. That players is Mesut Ozil.
In the aftermath of the Mexico defeat, former Bayern Munich striker Mario Basler was scathing in his criticism of Ozil, describing his body language as that of "a dead frog".
Ozil was subsequently dropped against Mexico, before being reinstated in what was an insipid and uninspired performance against South Korea, leading to yet more criticism of a player who has seen his public approval in Germany drop significantly since meeting controversial Turkish president Recep Erdogan alongside his compatriot Ilkay Gundogan in May.
His manager has not been one of those to criticise him however, and has even jumped to his defence, saying that criticism of him alone is harsh, considering how poorly the entire team played.
“A team only begins to gel later at the tournament, so it makes sense to bring some [players] in and let it [the gelling process] go easy on them," said Low.https://twitter.com/Squawka/status/1012010820958609408
“It wasn't only Ozil, a number of other players didn't perform as they normally would. I take responsibility for that and stand up for that, but I thought it was a good team. “I didn't think Thomas Muller had been that convincing in the first two matches and I wanted to make a point there [by dropping him]."
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