"Why was that? This is something for us to reckon with," he said, adding that he still needed some hours to come to terms of the defeat, and after that the team would talk calmly about it.

Germany became the fourth consecutive defending champions that failed to reach knockout phase of World Cup following France, Italy and Spain.

Despite their victory, South Korea still failed to qualify for the knockout stage as Mexico lost to Sweden 3-0 in the other Group F match.

To progress to the round of 16, South Korea needed to beat Germany by at least two goals while having Mexico beat Sweden.

Both Mexico and Sweden progressed into the round of 16 with two wins and one loss in the group phase. Both Germany and South Korea suffered two losses.

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