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Munich (dpa) - Joachim Loew was also missing at the start of the week of the final decision about his future as national coach.
Not a word reached the outside world from his retreat and oasis of well-being in the Black Forest.
Two weeks after the disturbing 6-0 debacle at the end of the year against Spain in Seville, the decision-makers around President Fritz Keller and the DFB director Oliver Bierhoff responsible for the national teams at the German Football Association must, at the latest at the presidium meeting this Friday Vote towards EM 2021 come: Pro or contra Löw?
As after the historic preliminary round at the 2018 World Cup, the association granted the eternal federal jogi the "temporal and emotional distance" to deal with the current sporting situation in peace - especially personally.
The fact that Löw throws down six months before the European Championship with the home games in the group stage against world champions France, defending champions Portugal and Hungary in Munich, keeps people close to the DFB selection, but also well-informed people around the association officials for an unlikely solution.
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Löw said goodbye to Seville, saying that it was now a matter of drawing “the right conclusions” from the “pitch black evening”.
Even then, he expressed no doubts about himself and his course, which is entirely geared towards the EM summer.
The association also sees the unfavorable time, the difficult corona situation and an immediate lack of a successor solution.
The round of four with Keller, DFB Vice Peter Peters, Bierhoff and the national coach, which is reportedly planned for Tuesday, should be decisive for the medium-term future planning.
Bierhoff (52) had backed his companion Löw in Seville: "The trust is there, this game does not change anything."
Even the erratic and sometimes emotional cellar (63) initially spoke out very quickly in favor of continuing the "rocky" path with a young team of upheavals.
58-year-old Peters has been a supporter of Löw not just since the 2014 World Cup triumph in Brazil.
The multi-functionary and former Schalke CFO is also a representative of the Profilager.
But there were no calls from the Bundesliga to change the national coach six months before the European Championship.
Not only at FC Bayern or RB Leipzig they really appreciated the fact that Löw had their top talent paused in several autumn international matches in the tightly timed Corona program - also to their own disadvantage.
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Löw out?
The question of an interim solution up to the EM would then have to be answered quickly.
The name of U21 selection coach Stefan Kuntz could be heard there.
In the regular DFB presidium meeting on Friday (10 a.m.), the national team is just one of many items on the agenda.
It is then about the framework schedule for the 2021/22 season.
Bierhoff also becomes a key figure in front of the committee for Löw.
He should then not only explain the Spain disaster, but also the overall development of the national team.
Löw saw this - mind you, the day before the Spain game - positive.
"If everyone is healthy, our team, even if they are young and inexperienced, is absolutely dangerous," he said in Seville.
He rated the game against Spain as an isolated system crash.
Regardless of a valid DFB contract until after the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, Löw certainly does not want to resign with a 6-0 defeat.
A stressful job as a club coach no longer appeals to him.
At 60, he also feels too young to retire.
With the fans, the popularity ratings of the national coach, who for them remained aloof and somehow also remained a stranger, have fallen rapidly.
But internally there are still a number of people who believe that he can tighten himself up again and pursue a clear EM plan.
With the target semi-finals, DFB boss Keller has set the benchmark for Löw's fourth EM tournament very high anyway.
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"It always depends on a tournament how things go on," said Löw on the day before his by far highest defeat in 189 international matches as national coach.
How he wants to use the tournament chance in 2021, he has to convince six months before the start of the European Championship against the strong French DFB boss Keller and colleagues.
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