The German media kept a sense of perspective after Saturday's shock 2-0 defeat to Poland in Warsaw, although several newspapers are now asking questions of the world champions.
Poland claimed their first ever win over Germany -- at the 19th attempt -- and now sit top of Euro 2016 qualification group D.
It was a first competitive defeat for Joachim Low's men since the Euro 2012 semifinals, and a first defeat in a qualification match since a loss to Czech Republic in the campaign to reach Euro 2008. More worryingly, though, it is now two defeats out of three since the World Cup final, with Germany also losing a friendly to Argentina 4-2 before their 2-1 win over Scotland last month.
"Is it that the post-World Cup blues have hit the DFB team?" Suddeutsche asked. The paper argued that Germany were the better side but, despite their 28 shots on goal, they were simply unable to finish.
The broadsheet FAZ, meanwhile, wrote: "To remember how a defeat in a competitive match feels, Die Nationalmannschaft needed to return to Warsaw. It was frustrating, because it was unnecessary that it happened again after two years.
"Germany were the better team despite the numerous injured players, but were miserable in front of goal."
Der Spiegel noted that the likes of Thomas Muller, Mario Gotze, Lukas Podolski and Andre Schurrle are all capable of scoring, while two other attacking threats -- Marco Reus and Mario Gomez -- missed the match through injury.
"Without the injured players, without the retired World Cup winners Miroslav Klose, Philipp Lahm and Per Mertesacker, the team is currently lacking its natural consistency, and maybe, because of that, the end result is that they failed in front of goal," the paper said.
Die Zeit said that the victory over the world champions represented "something special" for Poland and wrote: "Beaten again, this time in Poland. But Joachim Low does not care. His XI played well. And for the opponents, beating the world champions means a lot."
It added: "The full-back positions remain a problem. And they lack a real goal-getter in the box. But a lot needs to happen before Low's spirit is dampened. He again left the press room defeated, but he said: 'Life is much nicer than before the World Cup.'"
However, there was negativity among some of the tabloids, with Express writing: "After the World Cup fairytale, Germany went through their first humiliation."
Bild, meanwhile, asked in its headline: "What's wrong with our world champions, Jogi?"
The article continued: "Second defeat in the third match after the World Cup. And, even worse, our world champions goof against Poland. Nine Brazil heroes were in the starting lineup, and goalkeeper [Manuel] Neuer and centre-back [Jerome] Boateng have to take the blame for the first goal."
Bild did not accept the loss of key players through injury and retirement as an excuse for the loss.
"It's clear that the world champions have to beat the team ranked 70th in the FIFA ranking," the paper said. "On Tuesday, the qualifiers continue against Ireland in Gelsenkirchen. A win is a must!"