Joachim Löw, manager of the World Champions, is up there with the big dogs, and while he enjoys some rare free time celebrating Christmas with his family, he is targeting something unique that even Sepp Herberger, Helmut Schön and even Franz Beckenbauer were denied.
In between cinema visits and quiet evenings in his favourite restaurant, the DFB coach looks far further ahead than the European Championships of 2016. “The EUROs are an important intermediate target on the way to the World Cup in Russia 2018,” said Löw on a radio interview. His dream is to get another World Cup title in Moscow after the success achieved in Rio de Janeiro.
Löw knows that winning would ensure that their names lived on forever. “It would be something very, very special to be able to defend the World Cup title. No German team in history has managed to do it,” he said.
Löw: “We won't take bad memories into the tournament in France”
What happened in Paris the last time Germany played there will inevitably come up. On 16th June 2016,the national side will play against Poland in the Stade de France and five days later they will play Northern Ireland in the Parc des Princes. Löw, however, says he will not allow a negative atmosphere to shroud over the squad. “We will talk about it in March and get rid of any negative feelings,” said the 55-year-old. “We will not allow ourselves to take any negativity into the tournament.”
The national coach was feeling festive, and as a Christmas wish said that 2016 should bring “more time for the everyday things.” There is, however, a tournament to win.
Joachim Löw, manager of the World Champions, is up there with the big dogs, and while he enjoys some rare free time celebrating Christmas with his family, he is targeting something unique that even Sepp Herberger, Helmut Schön and even Franz Beckenbauer were denied.
In between cinema visits and quiet evenings in his favourite restaurant, the DFB coach looks far further ahead than the European Championships of 2016. “The EUROs are an important intermediate target on the way to the World Cup in Russia 2018,” said Löw on a radio interview. His dream is to get another World Cup title in Moscow after the success achieved in Rio de Janeiro.
Löw knows that winning would ensure that their names lived on forever. “It would be something very, very special to be able to defend the World Cup title. No German team in history has managed to do it,” he said.
Löw: “We won't take bad memories into the tournament in France”
What happened in Paris the last time Germany played there will inevitably come up. On 16th June 2016,the national side will play against Poland in the Stade de France and five days later they will play Northern Ireland in the Parc des Princes. Löw, however, says he will not allow a negative atmosphere to shroud over the squad. “We will talk about it in March and get rid of any negative feelings,” said the 55-year-old. “We will not allow ourselves to take any negativity into the tournament.”
The national coach was feeling festive, and as a Christmas wish said that 2016 should bring “more time for the everyday things.” There is, however, a tournament to win.
