According to Joachim Löw, World Cup success in Rio de Janeiro this summer has helped improve the way the team are received abroad. “Take the Italians for example. In previous years they would laugh at us. When I visited, the people would shout at me: Balotelli! This summer I was there on holiday and people instead came to us and told us we deserved to win. The people appreciate the team’s spirit. They recognise that the team are playing for the country and the supporters and will give it their all,” said the 54-year-old World Cup winning coach in an interview with Der Spiegel.
Löw feels a special connection with the more experienced players in the squad: “I’ve worked with the likes of Miroslav Klose, Per Mertesacker, Philipp Lahm, Bastian Schweinsteiger and Lukas Podolski for ten years. I feel connected to them and the World Cup success will make sure that never goes away. When international football returns, the current performances are the benchmark and not those from the wonderful summer.”
The manager himself says that he is not the epitome of the self confidence: “From time to time I doubt myself, especially after a couple of defeats or disappointments. I ask myself whether I’m going about things the right way.”
According to Joachim Löw, World Cup success in Rio de Janeiro this summer has helped improve the way the team are received abroad. “Take the Italians for example. In previous years they would laugh at us. When I visited, the people would shout at me: Balotelli! This summer I was there on holiday and people instead came to us and told us we deserved to win. The people appreciate the team’s spirit. They recognise that the team are playing for the country and the supporters and will give it their all,” said the 54-year-old World Cup winning coach in an interview with Der Spiegel.
Löw feels a special connection with the more experienced players in the squad: “I’ve worked with the likes of Miroslav Klose, Per Mertesacker, Philipp Lahm, Bastian Schweinsteiger and Lukas Podolski for ten years. I feel connected to them and the World Cup success will make sure that never goes away. When international football returns, the current performances are the benchmark and not those from the wonderful summer.”
The manager himself says that he is not the epitome of the self confidence: “From time to time I doubt myself, especially after a couple of defeats or disappointments. I ask myself whether I’m going about things the right way.”
