BERLIN, July 5 -- Joachim Loew's fighting spirit seems to have returned only a few days after Germany's disastrous group stage exit at the 2018 World Cup. After the 58-year-old's decision to continue as national coach, he announced he would present a "rescue plan" for the struggling international heavyweight to secure future success.
The 2017 World Cup winning coach announced he is working on a new strategy ahead of Germany's match against France in the newly-formed Nations League on September 6.
Loew is said to be abandoning possession-based football. Loew promised in an official statement to be made by the German Football Association (DFB) "to organize the relaunch" of the team with "full commitment". Loew spoke about a "new German team" and "significant changes." The General Manager Oliver Bierhoff said: "Joachim Loew and I feel a lot of energy to set sail and shape a new era for German football."
Despite the relief of the DFB president Reinhard Grindel about Loew's decision, the coach remains under heavy fire from the media, former internationals and fans. The Die Welt newspaper said "heads will have to roll" indicating that Loew will have to do without several of his World Cup-winning heroes.
The paper said he missed the chance to rejuvenate the team and assumed many of his established performers will have to be discarded. Kicker football magazine told its readers that "Loew has to deliver quickly" and that there will be no trial period. Loew will have to develop a new structure wrote the weekly news-magazine Der Spiegel.
Loew will have to reinvent himself as a coach to avoid further disappointment. While the general public remains suspicious when it comes to Loew's next steps, the coach said it will take a few weeks to present a plan.
Rumors mentioned changes in Loew's coaching staff and a possible return of former sports director Hans-Dieter Flick. The pundits and the media don't expect a new German football revolution like the one Loew and former German national coach Juergen Klinsmann initiated in 2004.
"What we need is new inspiration and the opportunity to discuss things much more openly than in the last [few] years," former international Thomas Berthold said on German television. Former national coach Hans-Hubert Vogts demanded a change in the team's tactical approach. The time of endless passing and possession is over said Vogts who won the European Championship in 1996. Argentina, Spain, and Germany have failed with that style. Vogts demanded that German football needs to modernize.
Vogts said he supports Loew's decision to continue and is convinced the coach knows how to handle pressure. However, Loew is not the only one to blame for the poor World Cup campaign.
According to rumors, Loew is thinking about changing Germany's style significantly. He told Bierhoff that the 2018 World Cup will prove that possession-oriented teams will not be successful in the future.
In other words, "Tiki-Taka" is dead. Loew also informed the general manager that the reigning world champions will have to follow the example of France, Brazil, and England and design the future without too much ball-possession and endless passing situations.
Loew is expected to talk to several of his aged performers over the next weeks and tell some of them they are no longer needed in the national team.
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