Germany OUT of Women’s World Cup as history repeats itself in huge boost to England

GERMANY have been dumped OUT of the Women’s World Cup in the biggest shock of the tournament so far.

The two-time winners were held by South Korea to a 1-1 draw – resulting in them failing to advance out of the group stages for the first time ever.

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Germany have been dumped out of the Women’s World Cup at the group stages[/caption]

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It is the first time ever that the two-time champions have failed to reach the knockouts[/caption]

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The Germans were held to a 1-1 draw by South Korea, who were already eliminated[/caption]

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Germany’s Nicole Anyomi looks distraught after the final whistle[/caption]

With Morocco beating Colombia in the other final group match, those results left the two-time champions in third place on three points.

And that was enough to ensure that they will be on the next flight home as group winners Colombia and Morocco marched through into the knockouts stages.

Germany are the latest big-name casualty at the tournament after Brazil, Canada and Italy all went out in big surprises.

And the news is also a big boost to our very own Lionesses, who could have faced them in either the quarters or semis.

It is the second time that South Korea has inflicted misery on Germany on the world stage.

Back in the men’s World Cup in 2018, they beat Germany 2-0 despite having nothing to play for in their final group match, eliminating their opponents.

Colombia now face Jamaica on Tuesday in the last-16 with Morocco set to take on France the same day.

Germany were one of the pre-tournament favourites but they knew going into this one that they needed to better Morocco’s result against Colombia to go through.

South Korea’s Cho So-hyun shocked the Euro 2022 finalists in Brisbane with an early opener before captain Alexandra Popp netted her fourth goal in three matches to equalise shortly before the break.

Germany were heading through as group runners-up at the start of the break – only for Morocco to stun Colombia and score deep into first half additional time.

That meant that Martina Voss-Tecklenburg’s side had to win and Popp thought she had secured it with her second.

She bundled the ball over the line only for her celebrations to be cut-short after VAR confirmed it was offside.

The Wolfsburg striker then sent a header wide as Germany desperately pushed for a winner and substitute Sydney Lohmann also wasted another opportunity.

And both the pair and their team-mates slumped to the ground in despair at the full-time whistle as the tears began to flow while staff members attempted to console them.

South Korea are also heading home as they finished bottom of the group after losing their opening two games.

England have now been installed as favourites to win the World Cup ahead of their last-16 showdown with Nigeria on Monday.

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