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Oliver Bierhoff sees Joachim Löw’s future as national coach in jeopardy if EM fails early. “At the end of the day, we all have to be measured by the results. Jogi knows this too. But now is not the time to make a decision, the tournament is yet to come,” said the DFB director in an interview with the “Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung”. .
Bierhoff does not want to lack support for Löw, but only until the EM_finals next summer. “Now we have to turn the mood into a positive one. I will follow the path that the national coach has taken until the European Championship,” Bierhoff said. But then Löw’s contract as head coach of the national soccer team does not end at all: it will run until the 2022 World Cup. Bierhoff is his superior in the DFB structures.
In 2006, Löw took over as head coach of the DFB, having previously been assistant to Jürgen Klinsmann. In 2014 he led the team to victory at the World Cup in Brazil. At the 2018 World Cup in Russia, the defending champion failed sensationally in the group stage behind Sweden, Mexico and South Korea. Löw didn’t have to leave after that, but should build a new team.
“The best national coach we can have”
Bierhoff does not express any fundamental doubts about the 60-year-old’s abilities. “I am also convinced that he is the best national coach we can have. He has shown his skills over the years and we know what we have of him. Now he has a young team and despite the gray environment” Positive results obtained for reconstruction . I am still convinced that he is the right man, “Bierhoff said in another interview with Sport1.
As a possible successor to Löw, Bierhoff sees his former assistant and current successful Bayern coach Hansi Flick as suitable, but not at the moment. “Do I trust him? Absolutely. Is it currently a topic? No,” Bierhoff said. “Hansi knows the DFB inside and out. He has his quality and he has always said how he values the association. But neither for us nor for him this is a problem today.”
The bad mood around the national team, described by Bierhoff as a “dark cloud”, will not dissipate as quickly, according to the 52-year-old. “It takes time. We have at stake our confidence. And it is not possible to recover it overnight. The great opportunities are in a successful European Championship. We have to convince there,” said Bierhoff.
At the same time, the director of the DFB also touched on what he saw as early successes in the makeover towards greater proximity to fans and the recent sports rebound. “In 15 games there was one loss, five draws and nine wins. And that in a rebuilding phase. That absolutely speaks for the coach,” Bierhoff said.
