'Germany World Cup exit reveals structural failures’
Bayer Leverkusen CEO Fernando Carro attributes Germany's recent World Cup failures to deep-seated structural, cultural, and bureaucratic issues. He argues that the country needs better youth development integration and faster infrastructure approval processes to remain competitive.
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facebook --> twitter --> whatsup --> linkded --> email MORE (3) Messenger Whatsapp --> Germany coach Julian Nagelsmann with defender David Raumafter their defeat to Paraguay at the 2026 World Cup. BERLIN: Germany's continued World Cup failures are a result of structural, political and cultural problems in German society, Bayer Leverkusen CEO Fernando Carro said in on Tuesday.
Four-time winners Germany were eliminated by minnows Paraguay in the last-32 of the World Cup in June, having crashed out at the group stage of the 2018 and 2022 editions.
Having taken over Leverkusen in 2018, Carro helped guide the club to a first Bundesliga title in 2024 alongside lifting the German Cup in the same season.
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