In a white shirt and black suit pants, joachim low auberlich appeared as elegant as ever. Inwardly, however, the national coach seemed tense in his first public statement after three weeks of silence on the world cup disaster, despite his calm voice.

Especially when he was asked about his former captain philipp lahm. To the 34-year-old, who gave him his first-ever first-round knockout victory, the.O. After advising russia to adopt a different style of leadership, low sent an unmistakable message. "I already know how to communicate with players and what style of leadership the players need," low countered . Lahm’s private analysis was therefore "not very pleasing".