Rumpelfußball

From rumpeln (“to rumble, trundle”) +‎ Fußball (“football”). Coined by Franz Beckenbauer in 2000.

• IPA^(key): /ˈʁʊmpəlˌfuːsbal/

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Rumpelfußball m (strong, genitive Rumpelfußballs or Rumpelfußballes, no plural)

1. (soccer) football with low pace, on a low technical level, with frequent errors in passing etc., thus unattractive and often (though not always) unsuccessful

• Especially associated with performances of the German national team between roughly 1997 and 2005.