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".
The national coach only spoke for around three minutes in perfect weather in front of the headquarters of the german soccer federation (DFB) in frankfurt. From 9.30 a.M. Until the afternoon, the 58-year-old had presented the first results of the world cup reappraisal to the DFB executive committee: he wants to work on attitudes and playing style in particular. "We have to succeed again, as in previous years, in making our players show their joy, their enthusiasm, their passion for playing for germany – on and off the pitch," low said later in a DFB interview. Of course, it’s also his job to "rekindle this fire, this enthusiasm, the dedication, the emotions, the pride.
Low initially didn’t even notice the fierce attack by bayern munchen’s chairman karl-heinz rummenigge. In munich, rummenigge had sharply criticized the DFB leadership around president reinhard grindel and complained that the DFB was "really just riddled with amateurs". And then the bayern boss suggested lahm of all people as the ideal man for the DFB.
"I think philipp lahm and his advisor roman grill are a perfect fit for the dfb because philipp has the quality to possibly work for an association," the 62-year-old said. Rummenigge could, for example, imagine a position as vice president for the long-serving bayern player and captain of the 2014 world championship team, "to give the presidium a bit more professionalism. Because at the moment he lacks "a bit of soccer competence" in the DFB. It seems unlikely, at least at present, that low can imagine his former leading player lahm in such a position.
But it is already certain that there will be personnel changes in and around the national team. Low is "a thoroughly decent man" who wants to take the time to explain his decisions in personal talks with the people concerned, said grindel. This time will be given to him.
Low said: "from now on, I will also seek and lead the language, and then we will make the decisions in terms of personnel." At 29. According to grindel, he will then announce who he wants to work with on and off the pitch in the future – and who he doesn’t. The reason for the attack is the international match against the new world champion france on 6 august. September in the UEFA nations league and against peru on september 9. September.
It is possible, for example, that thomas schneider or marcus sorg, one of the two co-trainers, will be affected. New appointments could also be made in the scouting department, which is headed by urs siegenthaler from switzerland. In addition, the national coach did not rule out making personnel changes in the area of the national players. Low made it clear that drawing consequences also meant personnel changes, grindel emphasized.
After hans-wilhelm muller-wohlfahrt leaves his post as team doctor after 23 years, it is also certain that the dfb selection will get a new doctor. The 75-year-old told the german press agency that he had informed low and team manager oliver bierhoff about this. But muller-wohlfahrt wants to remain head of the medical team at FC bayern.
If rummenigge has his way, the management of the DFB will also need changes. In his attack on the association, the bavarian boss was reminded of the year 2000, when the national team had also failed in the preliminary round of the european championship. As a result, however, a "professional" like gerhard mayer-vorfelder "got his act together" as DFB boss. Grindel, however, did not call rummenigge a "pro.
Grindel, on the other hand, tried to de-escalate the situation. He praised the good cooperation with rummenigge, especially on sports policy issues, as well as his support for the german bid to host the 2024 european championships. "I am very grateful to him for this. And I am sure that we will continue this good cooperation," said the DFB president.
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