German defense: structurally disorganized

The German defense presented a worrying picture against Portugal, and Jonathan Tah also disappointed at his future home in Munich. The best news: The improvised defense line is unlikely to play together again.

As a young man in Mönchengladbach, Marc-André ter Stegen was a goalkeeper driven by fierce ambition and not always pleasant to those around him. Now, after eleven years in the soothing maritime surroundings of FC Barcelona, ​​the 33-year-old is a man who has found his calm center. This is probably why he showed no temptation on Wednesday evening to shake and rattle his teammates like his former colleague Oliver Kahn – something some spectators who sympathized with the German team might have wished for.