Germany missed out on the World Cup knockout round for the third consecutive time. Hummels demanded the dismissal of national team coach Nagelsmann, acknowledging that he had personal feelings about it.

After Germany's World Cup exit, Hummels explicitly supported a change of national team coach. He said, "If you look at the overall facts, then I would say that the coach's position must be changed."

Hummels emphasized that due to his past personal grievances with Nagelsmann, he "was driven in an emotional direction." The defender, who was playing for Dortmund at the time, was not called up by Nagelsmann for the 2024 home European Championship. He said, "That matter was not handled fairly and honestly with me. I think we need to clarify this in a private conversation sooner or later." But so far, this has not happened.

Hummels also criticized the German players' unwillingness to volunteer to take penalties in the penalty shootout. Defender Tah, as the sixth penalty taker, had to take the first penalty of his career, and Hummels said, "Because no one else wanted to take it, which is very telling. To be honest, I find it a bit regrettable."

This may also be part of what needs to be reflected upon after this disaster, because in this four-time World Cup winning country, experts, fans, and senior officials of the German Football Association must acknowledge that Germany lacks enough top-level international players, and there are too many "fake superstars."

Hummels said, "We have shortcomings at multiple levels. There is a lack of top individual ability in the vast majority of positions; we only have this ability in very few positions."

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