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Berlin (dpa) - Everything is at stake for Joachim Löw.
The national coach no longer makes compromises.
The tasks go far beyond the question of a possible comeback for ex-world champions Thomas Müller (31), Mats Hummels (32) and Jérôme Boateng (32).
That is clear after the national coach's first media offensive in the highly complicated European Championship year.
«This year is like a tightrope act.
And it is certain that at the end of the season the players will be faced with situations that they were not familiar with, ”Löw warned all of his tournament candidates from Manuel Neuer to Toni Kroos to Timo Werner in a“ kicker ”interview.
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Loew also presented himself clearly in his address and openly in overcoming problems in a “sports show” interview.
Löw now wants to use the humiliation of the 0: 6 clap in Spain in November as an incentive to show it again to his rapidly growing critics.
“We know what we're doing, we can develop something, and this year we want to prove that we can do it better.
The situation incites me, the ambition is awakened.
Often it is precisely the low blows that generate new energy, ”said Löw.
Löw, who is by no means tired of office, has already made the first cornerstones clear.
In the three World Cup qualifiers against Iceland (March 25th), Romania (March 28th) and North Macedonia (March 31st) there will be no experiments and no artificial breaks for the club's interests will be created.
“I was able to do that in September, October and November, but now we have to focus on our concerns.
Now we have to use every single day that we still have together, ”said the 61-year-old about his EM schedule.
The dramatic decline in public sympathy is one thing.
The internal problems in the DFB are another matter.
Löw also vigorously cleared it.
The criticism up to President Fritz Keller after the disaster in Seville hit the world champion coach hard.
With his points of view, Löw made it clear that he does not allow anyone to interfere with his sporting concerns.
As an eternal national coach, he no longer has to be considerate.
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“If the President or someone else from the Bureau wants to speak to me, he can of course do so, I'm an employee.
But I said from the start that I would not come to explain the defeat against Spain, ”emphasized Löw.
Ultimatas, targets and possibly even constructs of a gentle change of office after the EM?
"... it shouldn't sound arrogant, but I'm less interested in that," said Löw - including comments from DFB director and long-term companion Oliver Bierhoff.
Löw wants to keep the strings in hand before his possibly last tournament, that's the only way he has worked since 2006.
This also and especially applies to the popular permanent three-person personality Müller, Hummels & Boateng.
A good 100 days before the European Championship kick-off against world champion France on June 15 in the Allianz Arena, the focus is primarily on Munich's good-mood bellhom Müller.
According to the popular interpretation, Löw opened the door again for a sensational comeback after more than two years.
In fact, he was only saying what he was already doing all the time.
There could be special circumstances "which justify an interruption of the upheaval with a view to a tournament".
A return campaign would not be a compromise for Löw, but a sporting necessity.
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