Mesut Ozil clashes with Germany fans after shock defeat

Mesut Ozil was involved in a spat with furious Germany supporters after their defeat to South Korea. The defending champions finished bottom of Group F after losing 2-0 to South Korea. Germany's players were left distraught when the full-time whistle blew, while supporters in the stadium were left fuming with their side's performance. After the final whistle when the players went out of the pitch, fans close to the tunnel area vented their anger at the players. Ozil hit back at a small section of the vocal abuse and was restricted by another member of the Germany backroom staff. The German coach backed Mesut Ozil saying that it wasn’t only his fault. He said: "It wasn't only Ozil, a number of other players didn't perform as they normally would. I take responsibility for that and stand up for that, but I thought it was a good team. "I didn't think Thomas Muller had been that convincing in the first two matches and I wanted to make a point there [by dropping him]. "Towards the finish when we realised we needed a goal we took a defender out late on and that meant we became less structured, but we couldn't wait, we had to risk. "We needed to throw things forward and it opened things up in defence."

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