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After an embarrassing defeat in Spain, Joachim Löw has to ask himself uncomfortable questions. According to the director of the DFB, Oliver Bierhoff, the team leader is firmly in the chair.
4 pm, November 18, 2020
Spain’s historic 0: 6 demolition left not only Spaniards hopeful Tuesday night, but also a seriously insecure German soccer team. Especially the team leader’s plan. Joachim LöwForging a younger but no less competitive troop for EM 2021 is now in question. The coach himself is firmly in the chair, emphasized the director of the DFB Oliver Bierhoff: “Confidence is there, this game doesn’t change that either.”
In any case, Löw remains the team boss even after the 6-0 debacle. This was agreed in a conversation between DFB president Fritz Keller, DFB director Oliver Bierhoff and Löw after returning from Seville on Wednesday at Munich airport, the German press agency learned from a source trustworthy. The newspaper “Bild” had already reported on it. Therefore, a resignation or dismissal of Löw is not a problem.
“Desolate DFB-Elf can be demonstrated” (Stuttgarter Zeitung), “Jogi, that was embarrassing” (tz), “Lesson for Löw” (Frankfurter Rundschau), “The barbers of Seville. Spain shaves Germany” (Ostthüringer Zeitung), ” The debacle crashes “(Mitteldeutsche Zeitung) or” Der Untergang “(Nürnberger Zeitung). Germany’s daily newspapers did not lose their drastic descriptions on Wednesday. And a completely helpless and disoriented DFB team hadn’t made it difficult for him either. Two and a half years after the qualifying round of the World Cup, the German fans are looking bad again.
Löw: “They are disappointed and absolutely angry”
Rather than celebrate the expected group victory, after the sporting demise in Andalusia, Löw suddenly finds himself facing the ruins of his already critically monitored development work. “It was a night where we did absolutely nothing. We are disappointed and absolutely angry,” Löw said. “We had no access, no hard duels, no dueling behavior,” complained the former Tyrol and Austria coach, whose team is now on hiatus for four months before a pack of three internationals at the start of qualifying for the World Cup is scheduled for March.
“We thought we were one step further after the last games and this year, which was difficult in general. Now we have suffered a real setback,” said the 2014 world champion coach. “If I am worried about my work.” you have to ask others, “he said after his 189th international match. In the DFB leadership circle, of course, questions could be raised as to whether the Löw-Bierhoff symbiosis has the necessary reform force and post-crisis capacity. 16 years together with the association.
Inevitable is the polyphonic call for former world champions Thomas Müller, Jerome Boateng and Mats Hummels to stabilize the team again. Without the highly decorated trio, the team apparently has no leader. Midfielder Toni Kroos and goalkeeper Manuel Neuer are not enough. Of the vast majority, none have the personality, character, or experience to be a leader. Not even the quintet of champions Bayern Munich, which started in Spain. “Confidence is not completely affected at the moment. This young team also has the ability to develop in such a way that we have a competitive high-performance team. I am absolutely convinced of that,” Löw said shortly.
The historical facts of the greatest defeat of his tenure will remain with Löw permanently. With a difference of six goals, the Germans lost for the last time on May 24, 1931 in Berlin against the miraculous team of Austria. In the postwar period, a 3: 8 against Hungary in the group stage of the 1954 World Cup was Germany’s biggest bankruptcy. The Spanish sports newspaper “Marca” even described the events in Seville as “annihilation”: “The team, which otherwise always crushes others, has become a toy in the hands of the Spanish, a broken toy.”
Enrique: “The result will encourage young players”
Unlike Löw, the coach of Spain seems Luis Enrique the best way to build a young, hungry and successful team. Only a few outstanding players remain like Sergio Ramos or Sergio Busquets from the golden age with the 2010 World Cup and the 2008 and 2012 European titles. Young stars like the 20-year-old triple packer Ferran Torres from Manchester City or the talented Dani Olmo Leipzig should now fix it. And the level can be raised even more, because Spain did not even play with the best line-up against Germany. Thiago was absent, as was Busquets or the young star of Barça Ansu Fati, 18, who had to take a four-month break after a torn meniscus.
“This result will encourage the young players. Now they know they have the level,” said Luis Enrique, and Ramos added: “This historic night will help us grow as a team.” “Germany had their best team and I think we played very well from the beginning. It was one of the best games for the national team,” said Luis Enrique.
