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Munich (dpa) - Joachim Löw has settled his future, but he cannot shake off the difficulties of his work due to Corona, even in the final phase of his work as a national coach.
The effects of the pandemic caught up with him right away when he was putting together the first international team in the EM year.
In the XXL squad for the start of the World Cup qualification in the coming week, which is also the final viewing opportunity for the provisional EM squad, Löw - as of now - will have to do without five England legionaries around the strong Ilkay Gündogan.
"The final decision will be made by the national coach on Friday," said DFB spokesman Jens Grittner.
Because things could still change.
To prevent the introduction of mutated forms of the coronavirus for England, the federal government had decided on special entry and quarantine regulations until March 17th.
If something changes, Löw could still plan with Gündogan, Timo Werner, Kai Havertz, Antonio Rüdiger and Bernd Leno.
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Nothing has changed for the DFB and the national team in the Corona crisis.
"It's a journey on sight," said DFB director Oliver Bierhoff about all current plans - also for the EM in the summer.
The DFB does not want to move the home games against Iceland (March 25) and North Macedonia (March 31) scheduled in Duisburg to avoid possible quarantine regulations.
That lacks "any logic," said Loew.
The option of only having Gündogan and Co. come to Bucharest for the second game against Romania also makes little sense.
Corona affects the start of the year as well as the restart after ten lockdown months in autumn 2020 until the final 0: 6 disaster against Spain.
With his announcement of withdrawal after the European Championship finals in the summer, Löw created a changed starting position for the tournament year.
The first signs of how he wants to approach his final spurt as national coach are expected.
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He is not planning a total change of course.
"I will not interrupt the upheaval during the World Cup qualification," said Löw.
It goes with the fact that he wants to invite the two teenagers Jamal Musiala (18) from FC Bayern Munich and the only 17-year-old Florian Wirtz (Bayer Leverkusen) to the A-Team for the first time, as he revealed in advance.
"I think you can already say that we are planning with both of them," said Löw of the RTL / ntv editorial team.
It is also clear: The 2014 world champions Thomas Müller (31), Mats Hummels (32) and Jérôme Boateng (32) will remain on the EM waiting list in March.
After Löw's latest statements had already been seen as a comeback promise, at least for Bayern attacker Müller and Dortmund defender Hummels, Löw intervened vehemently: “I would like people to listen to me.
I neither opened nor closed the door. "
He scheduled final decisions in May.
If there are three games within seven days, Löw will invite many candidates again.
"We all know that the game plan is tough," said Bayern attacker Leroy Sané, who was set for the EM this time after his World Cup debut in 2018, about the particular burden.
Who can recommend?
Who can bow out with poor performance?
The booking quota for the 23 European Championship tickets (20 field players, three goalkeepers) will largely determine who will be added in May.
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The question of whether the national coach is still planning with Marco Reus should remain unanswered.
The 31-year-old captain of Borussia Dortmund was injured (again) last weekend.
Reus' last of 44 international matches so far is dated October 2019.
Löw will mainly invite the well-known actors, led by Captain Manuel Neuer.
A returnees could already be there now.
The Frankfurt offensive player Amin Younes, one of the Confed Cup winning team in the summer of 2017, is looking forward to a DFB comeback after three and a half years.
Löw recently examined the 27-year-old several times and then said: "I am very impressed by his performance."
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