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German sporting landscape has made a recent shift from football to basketball, as the national football team faces a crisis with a five-game winless streak. Bild, Die Welt, Der Tagesspiegel, and other publications all feature Germany's basketball victory over football stories.

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Germany is known as a football powerhouse, but recent events have signaled a downturn in the sport's fortunes.

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The German national football team has not won any of their past five games and was eliminated in the group stage at last year's World Cup.

Adding to the woes, head coach Hansi Flick was dismissed by the country's football federation (DFB) on Sunday, just a day after a demoralizing 4-1 defeat to Japan, which deepened the gloom around the squad ahead of hosting next year's European Championship.

On the flip side, Germany's basketball scene is flourishing. Dennis Schroder and his teammates achieved a historic milestone by clinching their first-ever gold medal in the FIBA Basketball World Cup.

They accomplished this feat with an 83-77 triumph over Serbia on the very same day when football-related headlines dominated the local news.

The shift in the nation's sporting landscape is quite intriguing, and this transformation was vividly illustrated on the front pages of Germany's most popular newspapers on Monday morning.

Prominent publications like Bild, Die Welt, Der Tagesspiegel, Rheinische Post, Suddeutsche Zeitung, and Hamburger Morgenpost all feature Germany's basketball victory as the lead story of the day, drawing attention to the contrasting fortunes of football and basketball.

For instance, Der Tagesspiegel has used the sentiment with its headline: "Triumph and tragedy. The German national basketball team sensationally wins the World Cup title. The football team's coach Hansi Flick must leave after the debacle against Japan."

German national basketball team's remarkable achievement toppled their previous third-place finish back in 2002. They went 8-0 in the FIBA World Cup 2023 edition.

Meanwhile, team captain Dennis Schroder was given the MVP award after averaging 19.1 points, 2.0 rebounds, 6.1 assists, and 17.6 EFF per game.

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