Debacle in Spain: Still wanting, Mr. Löw? “Naturally”

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JShortly before the game, oachim Löw wanted a “good ending” for a year, “that was not always easy”. However, what followed was not a pleasant ending, but a historical disaster, for the national team and also for the national coach. At the end of the preliminary round of the Nations League, Germany sank in Spain and in the end remained well served with 0: 6 (0: 3), the biggest loss since 1931.

The fact that the group victory in this already questionable competition was wagered that night was secondary in view of the performance of the German team. Because what he offered half a year before the start of the European Championship was the real news, that is, almost nothing. Headless strikers on defense, unimaginative, at no point at eye level with an opponent who partially played against Löw’s involuntary team around the shouting goalkeeper Manuel Neuer, as he generally only succeeds in international football with nations small like San Marino or Liechtenstein. Or once in a lifetime with Brazil.

Löw’s greatest victory was undoubtedly 7-1 in the 2014 World Cup semifinals, the afternoon in Seville, the end of which he endured sitting on the bench, sealed his biggest and biggest defeat. Because what was on the field was not a B selection like last time against the Czech Republic, but Löw’s first base. The team that should be European champion.

Löw looks puzzled, but not angry

How to explain what cannot be explained Loew looked puzzled, but not angry. “It’s hard to explain,” the coach began: “It was a pitch black day. It didn’t work – body language, body tension, combat behavior – I didn’t see any of that. ” After 0: 1, his team abandoned the discussed concept: “We ran out, we opened rooms, we ran somewhere. We had no organization, we had no communication. “

The question now is how to proceed. At the latest from the preliminary round of the 2018 World Cup, Löw’s star fell. But the coach was willing to make amends for the shame and the DFB supported him. But the new beginning with much applause did not materialize. The performances were often mediocre, television ratings plunged, the rankings of world champions Hummels, Boateng and Müller could not yet be compensated for by the sport. But Löw didn’t want to know anything about a comeback campaign even after 0: 6. He trusts his current players.

National team coach Oliver Bierhoff had made notable phrases earlier in the week in which he first indicated that the end of Löw was also possible before the end of his contract in December 2022. Bierhoff meant summer and a possible bad performance in MS and not this Wednesday. However, after tonight, the topic is more current than ever. Although I did not want to hear it in Seville. The confidence is still there, Bierhoff said: “Even this game doesn’t change anything.”

“Today everything was wrong”

Bastian Schweinsteiger was also asked at ARD if Löw could turn it around. The former captain of the national coach played for time. It was “thank goodness” a little longer until the European Championship, the 2014 world champion said and seemed to be considering his answer to the real question. Yes, Löw has the experience and the class, Schweinsteiger finally said. He didn’t seem completely convinced.

And Loew himself? “Do you still fancy a new attack”, they asked the national coach at ARD. His answer: “Of course. This is our job, our duty. But we also have to question and analyze everything. When I say everything was wrong today, I mean everything. “