It seems an age since Germany were eliminated from the World Cup by South Korea.

That's probably due to all the madness we've seen since in Russia, with Brazil, Spain, Portugal and Argentina all exiting the competition since.

In the eyes of many, the 2018 World Cup will go down as the greatest they've seen and Germany's exit was arguably the most jaw-dropping moment.

Die Mannschaft arrived as joint favourites to retain their crown, but turned in three woeful performances as they were eliminated at the group stage for the first time since 1938.

They were humbled my Mexico, scraped past Sweden and were then humiliated by South Korea.

In truth, the whole squad were sub-standard, but Arsenal's Mesut Ozil bore a lot of the criticism from the media.

Even team manager Oliver Bierhoff said he regretted taking Ozil, particularly after he was pictured with the Turkish president before the tournament.

But he was just one part of a collective failure, with Ozil actually creating seven chances in the final game vs South Korea.

So it's no surprise that his father, Mustafa, has responded to the German setup in brutal fashion, stating that he thinks his son should quit the team.

"If I were in his place, I would say 'thank you, but that was it'. The offense is too big. If I were Mesut, I would quit," he told Sport Bild.

"To say that they should have thought about leaving Mesut out is a bad joke.

"It is always said that if we win, we'll win together. But if we lose, we lose because of Özil? He is now being booed and branded as a scapegoat. I understand that he is offended."

It's kind of hard to disagree with his point.

The criticism being aimed at Ozil all seems to stem from the pictures with the Turkish president, which isn't exactly fair.

Thomas Muller, Sami Khedira and Jerome Boateng were all far worse on the pitch, but they seem to be pretty much immune to criticism.