And Frankfurter Rundschau said he was the German "saviour in our hour of need".

BBC: Joy and relief for Germans

The Frankfurter Rundschau said the German performance was "miserable" and considered it the "worst by the Germans in this World Cup".

BBC: Joy and relief for Germans

This is confirmed by research conducted by the Frankfurter Rundschau.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Germany Cracks Down on Critics of Mega-Mosque

The Berliner Zeitung and the Frankfurter Rundschau, for example, have fomented some hysteria by publishing dozens of agitprop articles, some by Mely Kiyak, a first-generation German whose parents were Turkish-Kurdish immigrants.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Germany Cracks Down on Critics of Mega-Mosque

The media campaign has been led by two financially troubled newspapers, the Berliner Zeitung and its sister publication, the Frankfurter Rundschau, as well as Der Spiegel, a left-leaning magazine based in Hamburg that has long served as the mouthpiece for German multiculturalism.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Germany Cracks Down on Critics of Mega-Mosque