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4-time World Cup champion Germany has forgotten how to win games a year before hosting Euro 2024
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Germany's Leroy Sane, left, argues with his teammate Kai Havertz after Colombia's Luis Diaz scores his side's opening goal during an international friendly soccer match between Germany and Colombia at Veltins-Arena, in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, Tuesday, June 20, 2023. - photo by AP Photo/Martin Meissner
BERLIN (AP) — Perhaps the only positive Germany can draw from its national soccer team’s deepening crisis is that the 2024 European Championship is still a year away. Even if few believe it anymore, Germany coach Hansi Flick insists that is enough time to turn things around before hosting the tournament. Flick struggled to justify his conviction late Tuesday after the latest disappointing performance — a 2-0 loss to Colombia that saw his team whistled off at halftime and again at the end.