Luckily, the Germans have a word for “loss in an opening game”
Germany is dealing with the national shame of Auftaktniederlage. Or “loss in the first game of a competition,” that is. Germany’s first match of this World Cup was against Mexico, and the Germans were expected to win. They didn’t, but at least they know exactly how to talk about it. The compound word Auftaktniederlage is…