World Cup winner Phillipp Lahm thinks Germany need to stand united following opening game loss to Mexico.

Germany’s Manuel Neuer insists the squad get on well as a team despite not having a wealth of World Cup experience.

Raphael Honigstein joins the FC panel to discuss the ramifications of Germany’s defeat to Mexico, Mats Hummels’ postmatch comments and more.

Craig Burley believes if Germany are to rebound from their “Mexico wake-up call”, they’ll need to rethink both their tactics and starting XI.
MOSCOW — Predictably, the German ambassador had to get involved in this, the most political of World Cups and, on Monday, he did.
The ambassador for Germany’s Euro 2024 bid, to give him his official title, happens to be the World Cup-winning captain of four year ago, but Philipp Lahm commented on the Nationalmannschaft’s awful defeat to Mexico with such diplomatic finesse that one could be forgiven for thinking the 34-year-old had recently graduated from the foreign ministry’s school for international…

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Philipp Lahm captained Germany to their 2014 World Cup triumph.
Philipp Lahm has been named as an honorary Germany captain at this year’s German FA (DFB) conference.
Lahm, the national team’s former captain, was also made an ambassador for Germany’s bid to host the 2024 European Championship.
The 2014 World Cup winner becomes the sixth player to join the list of honorary captains after Fritz Walter, Uwe Seeler, Franz Beckenbauer, Lothar Matthaus and Jurgen Klinsmann.
Lahm retired from international football after leading Germany to the 2014 World Cup and, after…

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Retiring Philip Lahm and Xabi Alonso said goodbye to the Bayern Munich fans at their Bundesliga title party.
Philipp Lahm has been inducted into Bayern Munich’s Hall of Fame in a ceremony on Monday.
Former Bayern captain Lahm, 33, retired last week after clinching his eighth Bundesliga title with the club.
The ex-Germany international led the Bavarians out for the final time against Freiburg on his 517th appearance as the Bundesliga champions celebrated a fifth consecutive title.
“Last Saturday was incredibly emotional for me and my last day will remain etched in my memory forever,” Lahm said.
Lahm, who…

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Bayern Munich’s Philipp Lahm hopes that football supporters will remember him as a good player when he retires at the end of the season.
Carlo Ancelotti has said he will substitute Philipp Lahm and Xabi Alonso shortly before the end of Bayern Munich’s final game of the season to allow fans an opportunity to pay their respects to both ahead of their retirement.
Bayern captain Lahm, 33, and former Liverpool and Real Madrid midfielder Alonso, 35, will play the final game of their respective careers on Saturday against Freiburg, along with third-choice goalkeeper Tom Starke.

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As Philipp Lahm’s career draws to a close, here are some of the highs and lows of his successful career in football.

Bayern Munich’s Philipp Lahm expects either Manuel Neuer or Thomas Muller to take over as captain when he retires.

With only three games remaining in Philipp Lahm’s career, manager Carlo Ancelotti sung the praises of Bayern’s captain.

Robert Lewandowski believes Bayern Munich need two or three more signings this summer.

Bayern Munich came back from 4-2 down to win 5-4 and extend their lead to 13 points clear at the top of the league.
Bayern Munich captain Philipp Lahm has said he hopes Thomas Muller will miss him a little when he retires from football after his final game on Saturday. 
Lahm, 33, will lead Bayern out for the final time — on his 517th appearance for the club as the Bundesliga champions celebrate a fifth consecutive title. Xabi Alonso, 35, will also call time on his illustrious career, as well as 36-year-old third-choice goalkeeper Tom Starke against Freiburg.

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Bayern Munich’s Philipp Lahm expects either Manuel Neuer or Thomas Muller to take over as captain when he retires.
Bayern Munich captain Philipp Lahm has all but ruled out becoming a manager after he retires from football.
Lahm, 33, will bring his 15-year top-flight playing career to a close on Saturday when Bundesliga champions Bayern face Freiburg.
During that time, Lahm has won eight Bundesliga titles, six DFB Pokals and the Champions League in 2013. Lahm also captained Germany to the 2014 World Cup before announcing his retirement from international football five days later.
The full-back, who enjoyed a…

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ESPN FC’s Steve Nicol says Philipp Lahm is one of the best ever, but fears he’s calling it quits too soon.
MUNICH — Philipp Lahm is the best defender of his generation, and his retirement at the age of 33 will leave a massive void, not just at Bayern Munich — a club he led with intelligence and always by example — but also within the game.
Lahm’s unswerving brilliance helped him to eight Bundesliga titles (sharing the record with Mehmet Scholl, Oliver Kahn and Bastian Schweinsteiger), six DFB Pokals, the 2013 Champions League and then the World Cup a year later. World-class in at least four positions…

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Bayern Munich cruised past Wolfsburg to seal their record fifth consecutive Bundesliga title in style.
Bayern Munich coach Carlo Ancelotti said he would like “20 Philipp Lahms” in his squad as his captain moves into the final three games of his playing career.
Lahm, 33, will retire at the end of the season, and Ancelotti described him as one of the finest players he had worked with.
Speaking at a news conference ahead of the champions’ match with bottom-of-the-table Darmstadt, he said: “He never complains and has never had a problem.
“He’s a great example for the others. He is the most professional…

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Carlo Ancelotti is left disappointed after Bayern Munich ended a difficult week with a draw against Mainz.

Bayern failed to bounce back from their Champions League exit as they are held at home by Mainz.
Bayern Munich captain Philipp Lahm has said now is not the time to be “sentimental” but wants to crown his playing career with a seventh DFB Pokal success.
Lahm, 33, will retire at the end of the season, and with the end of his playing career just weeks away he wants to go out on a by leading Bayern to a league and cup double.
“Another final would be wonderful,” Lahm told a news conference ahead of Wednesday’s DFB Pokal semifinal with Borussia Dortmund.
“I’ve played in many finals, thankfully mostly…

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