GERMANS LEFT AS FLICK AS A PARROT

DUMPED ON THEIR BACKSIDES Germany players can barely believe it as they exit Qatar

CRICA....2 GERMANY....4 ANDY DUNN REPORTS

WITH about five minutes and 30 seconds of added time left, the final score from the Khalifa International Stadium filtered through and the equation was as simple as it was utterly preposterous.

Germany needed to score five more. Considering they had scored four in the previous 94 minutes, it was a tall order.

Even more so considering how uncharacteristically sloppy this team have been for so much of this campaign.

They are going home and Costa Rica will see them at Doha airport.

They can compare notes on how errorprone they have both been.

German boss Hansi Flick said: "The disappointment is huge. I can't blame Spain. I never look at other teams.