BERLIN (AP) — Germany coach Julian Nagelsmann met with his bosses to answer questions about his team’s disappointing World Cup performance at a special crisis meeting at the headquarters of the German soccer federation on Thursday.

Nagelsmann is in the firing line and his future is uncertain after Germany’s loss to Paraguay on penalties in the first knockout round on Monday.

The coach has faced criticism at home over contentious decisions, contradictory messaging, abrupt changes to earlier stated positions, sticking with struggling players at the expense of others, and ultimately failing to get the team performing at a level expected from the sum of its parts.