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Bild<\/em> led its digital coverage for several hours with the headline, \u201cJ\u00fcrgen Klopp fails in his home debut \u2013 Football dwarf puts the brakes on J\u00fcrgen Klopp.\u201d<\/p>\n The newspaper noted that Klopp had warned against underestimating the \u201cdwarfs\u201d of football, referring to Greece\u2019s 41st position in the international rankings. Klopp had described the Greek squad as the \u201cgolden generation of Greek football\u201d.<\/p>\n Bild<\/em> also recalled that Greece had failed to qualify for the last three World Cups and European Championships, but had recently attracted international attention with a late victory over Serbia. The newspaper noted that the match marked Greece\u2019s first-ever football victory over Germany.<\/p>\n Private news network n-tv ran the headline, \u201cGreece spoils J\u00fcrgen Klopp\u2019s home debut\u201d, describing the defeat as \u201cthe worst start for a national team coach in the history of German football\u201d and Klopp\u2019s \u201cfirst disappointment\u201d as the team\u2019s new coach.<\/p>\n The report described Greece as an opponent with \u201cdeep and highly disciplined weapons\u201d that capitalised on a mistake by Klopp\u2019s team.<\/p>\n \u201cThat was bad luck. Germany, playing in front of 28,945 spectators, also had chances to avoid their first defeat against Greece. But overall, their attacking play was extremely sluggish,\u201d n-tv wrote.<\/p>\n Germany\u2019s public broadcaster ARD, through its Sportschau<\/em> programme, said the \u201cmiracle cure\u201d had been postponed after Greece punished a German mistake.<\/p>\n Former Germany midfielder and current ARD commentator Bastian Schweinsteiger offered a blunt assessment of the national team\u2019s current standing.<\/p>\n \u201cWe are no longer a top team; we have settled into mediocrity,\u201d Schweinsteiger said.<\/p>\n Der Spiegel<\/em> ran the headline, \u201cA brake on Klopp euphoria\u201d, while also highlighting the atmosphere inside Augsburg\u2019s stadium.<\/p>\n Although fewer Greek supporters attended the match, the magazine noted that they \u201ccould be heard more often and more loudly\u201d, particularly when booing Germany and celebrating Greek spells of possession.<\/p>\n The stadium operators also rewarded the Greek supporters by playing the well-known German song Griechischer Wein<\/em>(Greek Wine).<\/p>\n \u201cGreece stops Klopp,\u201d S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung<\/em> declared, arguing that Klopp\u2019s \u201corganised chaos\u201d turned into \u201cpure chaos\u201d during the match.<\/p>\n The newspaper also singled out Joshua Kimmich, writing that he \u201clooks like a captain without a team\u201d.<\/p>\n Sports magazine Kicker<\/em> described Klopp\u2019s home debut as a failure.<\/p>\n \u201cThe German team had no ideas in attack, while for Greece, apart from the goalscorer of the winning goal, a Borussia Dortmund player \u2014 referring to Konstantinos Karetsas \u2014 particularly impressed,\u201d Kicker<\/em> wrote.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n