After the German national soccer team’s two defeats against Turkey and Austria, former national coach Joachim Löw spoke out.
“The attitude of our players is right,” Löw made clear in an “Bild” interview, but noted: “But that’s not enough to be successful at a high level.”
The 63-year-old continued: “Do you think the English or the Argentinians don’t fight and run in the same way?”
Löw highlighted two players as examples of an excellent attitude. “An Antonio Rüdiger works like a madman, Joshua Kimmich and the others are totally committed. The German virtues and passion are the basis of everything. The basics of football. Otherwise you don’t even need to compete,” said the currently unemployed coach.
Löw defends Nagelsmann
According to Löw, you have to work on football things in order to be successful again. “We have to find tactical solutions and playful elements. That should be our approach and claim in German football. We also have to think about individual training again,” he demanded.
However, Löw did not want to interpret this analysis as criticism of national coach Julian Nagelsmann. “He’s a young coach with good ideas and a lot of experience. You can’t question him after four games. I’m sure he’ll find the solutions,” said the 2014 world champion coach.
After the two defeats against Turkey (2:3) and Austria (0:2), Nagelsmann had to endure a lot of criticism. The fact that the new national coach tinkered and changed the system and, for example, tried out Kai Havertz in the unfamiliar left-back position caused a lack of understanding among many experts.