What happened to the German "never say die" attitude?

There was one of the biggest choke jobs in football history last year by Bayern.

And the National team didn't fare much better either after getting throughougly outplayed by an Italian team that suffered the largest Euro Final defeat in decades.

Is the ruthless, efficient German generation gone for good?

there has been a huge change in playing style since WC 06' idk if that fits in with a never say die attitude but it certainly paints a bigger picture

Meh, I think it was like 90% Löws tactics, past German teams have lost finals, and semi-finals as well. Though admittedly, Germany used to be better at defending leads, and turning a match around.

Now they kind of get f*cked once the dominance is broken.

Jogi Loew decided to start Podolski, and Kroos as right winger in the front three, and Gomez as striker, completely destroying Germany's playing style. What do you expect? Plus, Bastian was running around like a cripple never getting back into form after all his injuries. Should've actually just dropped him and played Kroos in his position for the tournament.

I'm still pissed about the stupid damn set up for the game. I knew when I saw it that Germany was going to lose.

Bastien Swinstiger is the worst,he is mean to be the leader of Bayern and Geramny but he is a mental weakling really.

Remember in the CL Final when Robben was taking the penalty,were was Swine? He was at the other end of the pitch with Neaur looking the other way because he couldn't bear to watch(Bless him) instead of standing at the edge of the box running in in case there was a rebound.If he thought Robben was going to miss as caption he should have took the ball of him and took it himself.

That says it all for me.Good player,looks like your stereotypical German but doesn't act like one.

The only German players who start for Germany who have that classic German winning mentality and supreme confidence are Neaur and Muller.They need more of these guys and less Lahms and Swinestigers.If Muller took a penalty I would have fancied him to bury it.Bayern should have got rid of Tymoshak or what ever he's called after he bottled it and didn't take a penalty despite him been one of the best penaltys takers(He was 1st choice pen taker at previous clubs) in the squad with a lot of experience.Muller was pleading with him to take it but he refused and Olic took one instead.Even Neuar took one and he's a GK ffs.