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Wednesday in the World Cup, but perhaps nothing captures the implausibility more than one simple fact: Germany, the defending champion, took its earliest exit from the tournament since 1938, when Adolf Hitler was the country’s leader and only 15 teams participated. Germany, a four-time World Cup champion perceived as a dynamic soccer machine that rarely sputters, broke down in an inglorious way, giving up two goals in extra time and losing 2-0 to South Korea. The result allowed Mexico to advance despite a 3-0 loss to group winner Sweden 500 miles away in Yekaterinburg. “It’s a dark day for German football,” Germany goalkeeper Manuel Neuer said. The Germans entered injury time tied 0-0, knowing a 1-0 victory would have been enough to advance. Instead, Kim Young-gwon and Son Heung-min scored — the latter after Neuer had vacated his goal to press forward as an extra attacker. The disappointment of being eliminated is just huge,” said coach Joachim Loew, who said the team deserved to go ...

Kroos Scores Late Winner Germany rescued their World Cup hopes with a dramatic 2-1 comeback win against Sweden on Saturday night. Germany headed to Russia as world champions following their success in Brazil four years ago, but looked as though they were heading out on Saturday night as they trailed to Sweden following a 1-0 defeat to Mexico. Joachim Low's side start the tournament with a disappointing 1-0 defeat to Mexico, and results in Group F meant that Die Nationalmannschaft headed into their clash against Sweden knowing a defeat would send them home. Germany started brightly, but Sweden grew into the game and took the lead following a bad mistake from Toni Kroos. The Real Madrid midfielder carelessly gave away possession deep in his own half, and the Swedes capitalised as Ola Toivonen controlled the ball before lobbing Manuel Neuer for the lead after 32 minutes. Sweden had not beaten Germany in a competitive game since 1958, but were full of confidence against a nervo...