President Merz praised the German team, causing a storm of controversy

President Friedrich Merz almost praised the German team after the team was eliminated from the World Cup. "Even though the elimination was heartbreaking: What a match!", he wrote in a post on his official account on the social network X. "With your efforts and teamwork in this tournament, you excited our whole country. We are proud of you." However, this reaction to the defeat against Paraguay caused controversy in Germany: many people questioned the match that the German president watched. Political opponents have also responded sarcastically. "I don't know which is worse: the match or this analysis," wrote Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann, a lawmaker for the FDP party. Other politicians have linked their reactions to criticism of the Merz government's policies. On the AfD party's X channel, it was written: "Merz is so used to minimizing the CDU's poor performance that he simply cannot do otherwise." Ms. Sevim Dagdelen, a member of the federal executive committee of the BSW, spoke of "a loss of connection with reality at the presidential level. Just like in his politics". "Why is Merz's post so bad", Bil's headline read: in the article, journalist Marion Horn wrote: "Friedrich Merz, like Julian Nagelsmann - who doesn't even have the decency to resign right now -, is clearly living in a parallel world."