Bastian Schweinsteiger, Germany's 2014 World Cup champion, criticized the national team's defensive line after being left out of the 2022 World Cup.
I am disappointed and shocked by what happened. We have only one player in the defense that matches the level of the national team, and that's Rüdiger. The rest are at best at the level of a Bundesliga average.
Bastian Schweinsteiger, quoted by ARD
December 1, the Germans beat Costa Rica (4-2) in the final match of the group stage but took only third place in Group E after Spain and Japan.
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