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Joachim Löw has been an employee of the German Football Association for 16 years, four months and seven days, that is 5,973 days if leap years are included. As head coach, he has played 189 international matches so far and was responsible for seven tournaments. In other words: you can’t necessarily expect him to be completely different in his 17th year at the DFB.
Not even after a 6-0 draw against Spain, and although the public and experts who have been shooting from the ground have been calling for it ever since. Joachim Löw is Joachim Löw and is still Joachim Löw. There should be no more doubts after the national coach’s appearance in the press on Monday afternoon.
The only question is: is that good or rather bad? At least the public fatigue that has been noticed since the bankruptcy of Seville three weeks ago does not seem to reach Joachim Löw. He says he never had the idea to quit. “I have motivation, and I’ve never lost it,” he responded to the impression that he seemed burned out, exhausted.
2019 was a very good year for Löw
The fact that he is speaking now for the first time is no reason for him to accept criticism: “I speak when I think it is right.” He was “surprised that Löw was said to have sunk.”
Like the director of the DFB, Oliver Bierhoff, who appeared before the press on Friday, thinks that “we had a very, very good year in 2019.” In 2020 “development stopped a bit”. He also reiterated his commitment to the players he selected, “who deserve all the confidence because they have incredible potential.” “There is no reason to throw everything away.”
This commitment also implies at the same time that a return campaign of the world champions Hummels, Boateng and Müller can, at best, be an option in the distance. He didn’t even mention the trio by name. He keeps the door open for him and for them, at least one back door, which sounded more rigorous: “he will do everything possible for success” when he sees: “What does the team need? Stay on track: “We will make a decision immediately before the EM nomination.”
The fundamental crisis is hidden
Let him be enthralled, that is the accusation that Joachim Löw usually makes. Those who say it will feel more affirmed after this appearance: Not a word about the fundamental crisis of credibility of the national team, which has already happened to Bierhoff. Maybe he doesn’t think he’s responsible for that. Over and over again he expressed his disappointment at the performance against the Spaniards, he was “frustrated and angry”, and still is. But that the team’s popularity values had already collapsed before that, that discontent with the Löw / Bierhoff duo ignited, Löw does not want to recognize and perceive at least externally.
Even those gestures are not important in such a mixed situation, for example not being there for the main game of the weekend between FC Bayern and RB Leipzig. This has to do with the fact that he strictly adheres to Corona’s requirements, if it is possible not to go to the stadium: “We also have a role as a role model.” Also: “I know the Bundesliga like the back of my hand, we know all our players. The head. Everything flows into our database.”
»It is not a press conference every week«
Löw was never interested in the external impact of the public, which was often interpreted as a strength, but for the moment it is interpreted as a weakness. But even in a situation like this, Löw remains who he is: “I have so much to do, I don’t have to go public every week and hold a press conference.” So it will be largely public for the next few months, as is usual in winter. stay invisible.
Regulating things internally, appearing as little as possible, without an audience, that’s not exactly popular in the DFB right now. Inmates are leaked, confidential content ends up in the editorial office, that’s what Löw is most excited about the moment you believe in his appearance. He was “immensely disappointed” that the details of the meetings at the DFB were made public: “I grew up with the fact that internal things also remain internal, that sometimes you can express your opinion with confidence,” he said. DFB also made it clear that “I do not agree with this.” In any case, the tense climate in the association is a “disturbance that does not normally have to be”. On the subject, he says, there is a risk of explosion.
Löw says: “We follow our red line.” He was probably referring to the red thread. The red line is rather the line that is best not to cross. Behind her, things get critical.
