You summed up well the essence of what our tv commentators said, too. We have Oliver Kahn, the iconic goalkeeper, as a tv co-host and every time i see him, it remeinds me of how he and other leaders in our soccer teams always went the extra mile, and accepted responibility. When I lok at Özil and other players, they don't have the heart like those players.
In every one of our three group phase games, and the few games before, there was a lot of moving the ball left, right, back left, but no fast combinations and very little ballsy moves.
I am glad I don't watch soccer as I did when I was younger, this would really hit me harder. Today, I can watch a game, and if the other team is doing better, it is okay they win, that is the key to sport