Germany were eliminated in the European Championship round of 16 against England. Former soccer players and TV experts criticize the national coach and the team.
After the round of 16 at the EM against England, the experts criticized the majority of the outgoing national coach Joachim Löw. “Jogi Löw was at work for three years too long. He missed leaving at the right time, as the Kaiser did in 1990 after winning the World Cup,” wrote Olaf Thon in his column on web.de.
Thon became world champion in 1990. “Löw has to put up with being associated more with the elimination in the preliminary round and the elimination in the round of 16 than with the world title.”
Michael Ballack and Fredi Bobic criticize
Germany was eliminated from the tournament on Tuesday with a 2-0 draw against England. Löw had announced his retirement for after the tournament months ago and ended his career after 198 international matches.
Michael Ballack and Fredi Bobic criticized Löw’s reaction to the deficit on MagentaTV. “If you are 1-0 down – what do you still have to lose? Then of course the signal has to come from outside and a faster change comes,” said Bobic, who was part of Germany’s last European title in 1996.
“We change (Emre) Can for (Matthias) Ginter. We change position-related and so you cannot spark any emotions,” complained Ballack. “Sometimes we were passed out. We lacked the solutions. We withdrew unnecessarily and left the game to the English. Of course you can’t get any further that way.”
Other experts also criticize the team
Mehmet Scholl, like Bobic 1996 European champion, criticized bild.de for the lack of resilience of the German national players. You have a lot of well-trained professionals on your team. “But when things get tight, they are simply not good enough, then they scream for mom,” said Scholl, justifying his assessment by saying that there are too few coaches who know what success means. “There are so many coaches in this market who have never torn anything as players.”
“The last two tournaments can be ticked off”
Thomas Hitzlsperger said on ARD, referring to Löw’s long term of office of 15 years: “You can tick off the last two tournaments, that was not good enough. That was just weak. But it was such a long period, he broke a few records . ” The 7: 1 in the semifinals against hosts Brazil at the 2014 World Cup will always remain, said the CEO of VfB Stuttgart. “There were real delicacies. You have to say that today: He had a great 15 years and not only lost the game today.”
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