The national coach admits that he was too inflexible with the system.
(Photo: Imago / Eibner)
He’s back: Joachim Löw, 58, former magician of German football, who needed a creative break after the World Cup debacle. The re-entry into the orbit of the media society, on Wednesday for the “high noon” in the catacombs of the Munich Allianz Arena, is in itself news, because football coaches – like business leaders – are fired for more banal reasons than because of a historic World Cup disgrace.
A “business as usual” show naturally also needs suitable pictures, and so the fallen hero appears all in black with a V-neck sweater. A penitential robe with its gold necklace peeping out from the neck. Loew accuses himself that he wanted to perfect the old game system “almost arrogantly”, because it was just too inflexible. And he failed to “light the fire”.
With more young players and fewer helpers, the flame should now blaze. Burn, baby, burn. Overall, however, the analysis of “Federal Yogi”, so eagerly expected, has the charm of the Lebenshilfe pages of German women’s journals. The most impressive are the post horn and Mercedes star on the sponsor wall behind him.
Of course, Mesut Özil, Löw’s favorite player and model student for a long time, also had to be a topic. The trainer was disappointed, attempts to establish contact via phone and SMS failed. Before and during the World Cup, the sports management “absolutely underestimated” the subject, admitted Löw. “This topic took a lot of strength, this topic was nerve-wracking because it kept coming back.” In terms of sport, however, he did not regret the nomination.
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At the end, Löw, who has been with us since 2004, says something about self-esteem: It is “good – or do I create a different impression?”
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