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In the event of a possible failure of the German national soccer team at the EM 2021, Lothar Matthäus is convinced that national coach Joachim Löw and the top of the DFB would have to resign.
"If the EM does not go as we would like and as we can expect in view of the players, then not only Löw would have to pack the suitcase, but everyone who decided that he should stay," emphasized Germany's record National player in an interview with "SZ".
The 6-0 debacle against Spain was "an exception", noted Sky expert Matthäus, who lives in Budapest and has not been in the football stadium since March.
“But when I look at the overall situation or remember the games before that, which you saved over time or in which you conceded a goal at the last moment,” said the 59-year-old, “when I look at all of that, then I realize: It is no longer true. "
He found Löw's speeches “no longer as clear as they used to be.
It's not as fluid and clear as it was in 2016, or even 2018. His answers sound a little bit slower: “Just let me do it - the rest of you have no idea!”, Said Matthäus, the DFB record man with 150 international matches.
"And then this indifference on the bench, especially against Spain!"
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Matthäus said that Löw got another chance after the historic preliminary round at the 2018 World Cup.
“But the fans' faith has been lost, and I think the DFB is underestimating that,” said the 1990 world champion and assured: “I would like Joachim Löw to get back on track - for him and for German football . "
Lothar Matthäus hardly leaves a good hair at the DFB
Source: dpa / Federico Gambarini