 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Klinsmann yaive chikamu chakakosha chechikwata cheWest Germany panguva ye1990 FIFA World Cup. Pashure pokukwanirisa nokuda kwechikamu che 16, Germany yaifanira kutamba neNetherlands, iyo yakanga yarasikirwa nayo makore maviri apfuura muEuro 88. Mushure mokunge Rudi Völler abviswa muminiti yechi22, Klinsmann akamanikidzwa kutamba semurwi oga. Akapinza 10 yokutanga uye kuita kwake kwakagamuchira kurumbidzwa kukuru. Pepanhau reGermany Süddeutsche Zeitung rakanyora kuti Mumakore gumi apfuura, hapana mutambi ari mberi mumwe chete wechikwata cheDFB akapa kuita kwakanakisisa kwakadaro, kunenge kwakakwana. Mushure mekukundazve Czechoslovakia 10 neEngland 11 mushure mekuwedzera nguva, 43 pazvirango, akazova shasha yenyika mushure mekurova Argentina 10 mufainari.. Klinsmann anoyeukwa nokuda kwekukanganiswa neArgentina Pedro Monzón, uyo akazoendeswa kunze, achideredza Argentina kuvarume gumi. Vatsoropodzi vakawanda vakataura kuti chiitiko chacho chaiva muenzaniso mukuru wokudonha kwaKlinsmann, kutaura kwaakapokana nako. Mukubvunzurudzwa muna 2004, akataura kuti kukanganisa kwakasiya 15 cm gash pane shin yake. 