The football-2018 has been a Disaster for the DFB selection. After the world Cup, and descent in the Nations League national coach Joachim Loew must rely on new faces. He will also have to make the tough decisions.
What a successful summer! Exuberant joy, with a powerful voice, songs of Rejoicing, and a large fireworks display in St. Petersburg. The Celebration after the victory at the Confederations Cup in 2017 was gigantic. “The guys did great,” said Germany coach Joachim Löw after the 1:0 win against Chile in the final. “I’m super proud of all of them. So a final is something magical.” In search of the world Champions of tomorrow Löw seemed to be able to find: Lars Stindl, Timo Werner, who won the Golden Shoe, Julian Draxler, has been voted the best player of the tournament, or Leon Goretzka were among the winners in the DFB-Team.
In addition, just two days before players such as Leroy Sané, Max Meyer, Jonathan Tah, Julian Brandt and Serge Gnabry or Thilo Kehrer had shown Potential in them. All of them had won the U21 European championship title for the DFB and for the great euphoria in the ranks of the responsible.
Löw: “We were success-spoiled”
A good year later, the ecstasy had to give way to bitter reality. “It was almost arrogant,” commented Joachim Löw in the late summer of the embarrassing world Cup From his team in Russia. Especially the wrong game system was to blame for the botched world Cup, Löw in his analysis. “We were a little self-critical of us, were success-pampered, not have paid attention to one or the other,” confessed the 58-Year-old in the ZDF sports Studio in December of this year.
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It had started not so bad, because after the last training camp before the world Cup Start in South Tyrol, the German national coach, nominated twelve confederations Cup winner for his final world Cup squad. But except for Joshua Kimmich and Timo Werner, this took most of the time on the substitutes ‘ bench. Löw trusted rather to master his part a little out of shape world of 2014.
An error, but “defeats you learn, sometimes, at the most,” said Löw. “I think we have learned our lesson and can look forward to the next year.” In the coming year, so everything should be better. The focus is on the qualification for the European Championships in 2020, where the national team will not play a significant role.
DFB Vice cooking relies on Löw
The fact that Joachim Löw and Manager Oliver Bierhoff with all of the correct particulars for the announcement of the new beginning DFB President Reinhard Grindel and also be a Vice-President Rainer Koch had a doubt, never true. “Our national coach is the best possible to break. I profess to be,” said cook.
The 60-Year-old after the “very, very unpleasant year,” in 2018, however, some claims on Löw. “The preliminary rounds at the world Cup was disastrous. The subsequent defeats in the Nations League were not suitable to immediately give the impression of improvement. What makes me hope and courage, are the last countries, as well as the many young and talented players, has to do with Joachim Löw in 2019, the generation break.”
With Sane, Brandt and Havertz in the future
Joachim Löw, a lot of young players with Potential are available
The hoped-for break, Löw and his Team before the world Cup tournament in Russia missed, you should implement in the coming year. And it is no secret that the Potential for a fresh start in the DFB. Brandt, Sané, or Kai Havertz are not only promising talents, but have been able to collect despite the young age already a lot of experience.
“I had a very good feeling on the court was well integrated into the game, had a lot of balls,” said Havertz on his starting eleven debut in the game against Russia. Also from Löw, the midfield Maestro got a lot of praise: “For 19 years, he is very far because he has good ball handling and a good Overview,” said the national coach. “Of course, you can well imagine that it plays a key role.”
Havertz could be the face of a fresh start. However, team-mate Julian Brandt, Serge Gnabry and Leroy Sane is likely to be fixed sizes in the DFB-squad for the future. Especially Sané, who wasn’t in the summer for the world Cup, is personally ripened. For his club Manchester City, the attacking midfielder’s Reputation is the highest. “There is not a doubt as to the quality of Leroy,” said coach Pep Guardiola about his protégé. Also national team colleague Kimmich is impressed by the skills of the 22-Year-old and finds that he can be an “absolute difference player.”
Löw wants to make the tough decisions
A regular place to guarantee the world champion of 2014, there is no longer
Much is in motion at the DFB, even if it took a long time. The desired player for the next generation, the national coach and his Team. Hard decisions Löw will come around, because some of the world Cup heroes of 2014 do not have simply for the quality. “At the end of the performance always counts. I’m not a psychic who knows what will be in three, four months,” said the national coach in the ZDF sports Studio.
“I plan on using all the possibilities, I plan on using all the Good, with Hummels, Boateng, Müller, who can play for Germany, if you don’t have the Form that they had last time.” Hard decisions he had to in more than twelve years, as DFB chief coach always stressed Löw – this he will, even in cases of the continuation of the proclaimed restarts after the world Cup Disaster and the Nations-League-relegation.