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Frankfurt (dpa) - The greatest tension is out after the DFB vote for Joachim Löw.
Nevertheless, the prospects and risks with the long-term national coach will be a top topic again.
As DFB director for the national soccer teams and member of the sporting management of the A-team, Oliver Bierhoff is supposed to speak to the officials in the presidium about Löw's work and course.
At the same time, two and a half weeks after the 0: 6 disaster in Spain, he will show the prospects for the European Championship in 2021.
Then the 52-year-old faces the media - basically as Löw's lawyer.
Your appearance, Mr. Bierhoff!
The task of the eloquent manager will be to convincingly explain the sporting demise of Seville and to classify it in the rebuilding of an eleven capable of winning the title that Löw has pursued for two years.
At the same time, Bierhoff is expected to clearly outline the prospects for the EM 2021.
Can he change the critical mood against Löw in public and among a number of experts?
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The DFB leadership withdrew the greatest explosiveness from the Bierhoff appearance at the beginning of the week with the “amicable” commitment to Löw and his “path of renewal”.
But the days after that have revealed that there is hardly any peace and unity even in the football umbrella organization - especially in the confidence in Löw's work beyond the upcoming tournament.
Bierhoff plays a key role, especially since his position in the DFB has changed.
He is no longer the full-time manager of the national team, but is responsible for all the selection teams.
And as the responsible director for the most important future project of the DFB, the 150 million euro academy, his focus and field of work has changed and expanded.
"This is where Bierhoff is called upon," the association says.
It is "pressure in the boiler", the project is a waste of time, ties up a lot of strength.
As a confidante, Bierhoff does not move away from Löw.
He demonstrated that right after the disturbing 0: 6.
"The trust is there, and this game doesn't change that either."
Bierhoff continues to support Löw's course.
He is passionate about the young generation of players around Kimmich, Gnabry, Goretzka, Süle, Sané and Werner.
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One difference to Löw is that Bierhoff is more aware of interfering signals and undesirable developments after the 2018 World Cup disaster at the latest.
The alienation from fans and rampant commercialization were denounced and attributed to him.
Bierhoff worries about the sympathy values of "the team", as it has been operating in the DFB for several years.
"We gambled away sympathies," he recently admitted before the international matches in Leipzig.
He supports Löw's upheaval from old World Cup heroes like Mats Hummels, Thomas Müller and Jérôme Boateng to younger perspectives around Kai Havertz.
He vehemently advocated the stony building of a new, title-capable team with younger managers like Kimmich or Goretzka: “These players approached the upheaval with heart and passion.
And the players are not in the mood to experience the same thing again as in 2018. They are in the mood to get the most out of the EM. "
Bierhoff will also want to convey to the DFB officials that the realignment is still promising.
"This team wants to tackle a new image of a national team," is one of his guiding principles.
A comeback by Hummels (31), Boateng (32) and Müller (31)?
Bierhoff is very skeptical of such return campaigns, especially after his own experience as a national player.
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"I will follow the path that the national coach has chosen up to and including the European Championship," Bierhoff had explained - before Spain.
According to "Spiegel" he is said to have apologized to Löw for this statement.
It suggests the possibility that the 60-year-old could give up his position a year before the end of his current contract.
Löw had vigorously denied official fatigue at the conference with the closest DFB leadership around President Fritz Keller.
Bierhoff will (have to) deal with a plan B when looking into the future and as Löw's superior.
The final picture of him from Seville stuck with his hands over his face.
«I hope this is a one-off event.
We have to learn from it, ”he said afterwards.
The EM will not only be the delivery date for Löw.
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