 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Akakuvara uye akakundikana kutora chikamu muEFAFA Euro 1992muSweden; kunyange zvazvo Germany yakabatanidzwazve yakasvika kumagumo asi yakarasikirwa 20 kushamisika Denmark. PaFIFA World Cup ya1994 yakaitirwa muUnited States, akanga ari kaputeni wechikwata asi zvino akanga ava kushanda somutsvairi. Akahwina penareti mumutambo weGermany wequarter-fainari neBulgaria kuGiants Stadium muNew York City, iyo yaivewo rekodhi yake yekubatanidza 21st World Cup match, asi maBulgaria akahwina kaviri mumaminetsi matatu kukanganisa vanodzivirira. USA 94 yaitarisirwa kuva mutambo wake wokupedzisira, kunyange zvazvo asina kurega basa pamutambo wenyika yose. Matthäus haana kuzoshevedzwa kuchikwata chenyika, nekuda kwekupokana nemutungamiriri anotevera Jürgen Klinsmann nemurairidzi Berti Vogts. Mukusavapo kwake Germany yakakunda UEFA Euro 1996 iyo yakaitirwa muEngland. 