"Germany put up a masterclass in how to 'control' a game while having no control at all in Thursday's 2-0 World Cup Qualifying loss to Slovakia. Despite boasting 70% of possession, the Germans struggled to create sustained pressure on the Slovakia defense - and found their own stretched, diced, and torn apart with regularity. Sometimes, a dominant team loses against an opportunistic one and it is just a fluke. That was not the case at all in this one."
"We lost the ball way too easily, we didn't have control on the game, It was a deserved loss and a very bad performance from us today. This is not our ambition and not what we expect of ourselves. We have to be honest. It's tough to explain the reasons now directly after the game. We have to do much better immediately in the next game."
Germany held 70% of possession but lost 2-0 to Slovakia in a World Cup Qualifier as possession failed to translate into pressure or control. The German side repeatedly lost the ball, leaving defensive gaps that Slovakia exploited to create and convert chances. Jonathan Tah admitted the team lost control, labeled the performance very bad, and called the result deserved. Tah stressed the outcome fell short of the team's ambitions and urged immediate improvement. Germany has only a few days to address the issues before facing Northern Ireland.
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