Klopp tries to awaken a corpse

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Everyone had been waiting for Klopp the "saviour" against the Netherlands, the coach known for his magical touch with Borussia Dortmund and Liverpool. The performance came out weak and unpromising, as has so often been the case in many of the German national team's matches over the past decade.

It is too early to pass judgment on the Klopp era after just one match. Yet the level shown by the Mannschaft confirmed what was already certain: German football faces a major crisis in producing top-calibre talent, one unprecedented in its history.