Miroslav Klose retires from international football – he delivered gates to Rumpelfußball- and sophisticate football times. .
Munich – Igli Tare looked pitiable, as he was then a résumé after meeting his Albanian German with the National moved. “I looked up to God, but today there was unfortunately no God for us,” said the striker, who has accumulated among other times for Kaiserslautern. In the 88th minute, the hope for a draw against the hot favorites to qualify for the 2002 World Cup was extinguished. The Germans kicked and certainly not above ground in that time, but they also did not need God. They had Miroslav Klose.
Loew adopted “one of the greatest strikers in the history”
It has changed a lot since that 24 March., 2001, where the 36-year-old made his debut in the national team. At that time, he scored in the final phase of the 2: 1-winning goal, and then spoke cynic dither victory and rhetorician of labor victory. During this time the Germans longed after footballers of format, and many more years you had to rely on these Klose’s goals, if needed you. Well in the last second Meanwhile, the national team plays much nicer, more elegant, more successful – where earlier to rumble football times, Klose’s goals were simple bread to survive, they were last to sophisticate football times, the cream topping a successful creation. Important but they were always
Now he has announced his retirement, at stately balance sheets. 137 internationals, only Lothar Matthäus ran more often, 71 goals, none met more frequently, were 16 of them at World Cup tournaments, the managed no other on the globe. Klose celebrated his Einstandstor against Albania with a somersault, it became his trademark, he also celebrated recently at the World Cup in Brazil acrobatic type. Now he is a world champion. Elegant you can not stop as an athlete. It is as if you hit a farewell once a somersault.
Last week he breakfasted with Joachim Loew, and the coach noticed it soon became clear that the decision is irrevocable. “On Miro was always reliable, his word is true,” enthused Loew. Klose made it known that he had this move for weeks of a mature reflection. 13 years he was a performer, a few times had some already written it off, but when it mattered, he made his contribution immerf. 13 years that was so against Albania once as now at the end against Argentina in the World Cup final. In retrospect, it is difficult to draw a line in the question, who’s now grown to whom at the end: Klose on the trunk of the national team – or the trunk of the national team on Klose. It definitely grew a lot together, and “with the title in Brazil is a childhood dream come true. I am proud and happy that I was able to shape this success for German football. “
Klose will now focus on the club career. Only 21, he was discovered at SG Blue Bach Diedelkopf. A year later he was in the national team, it was gone quickly from the District League in the piano nobile. In Kaiserslautern coach Andreas Brehme pushed tirelessly extra shifts with him. Brehme in 1990 even became world champion, 24 years later, the extra units were refined with the next triumph in the elite. Klose rushed for Kaiserslautern, Bremen, for Bayern, now he has another year at Lazio under contract. How long is this going? “Let’s see how my legs still bear,” he says with a grin.
For Löw is the 36-year-old “one of the greatest strikers who ever produced the football has “. On September 3, the match against Argentina he is adopted alongside Philipp Lahm, run up the two no longer at his own request. What for? The images that remain from Brazil, can not be topped. That Klose’s last-ditch Salto was not honored in the DFB Dress with the best attitude scores did not matter – the main thing, he had once more the power of big jumps
DC during his second international match. in March 2001 he met then again at the 4: 2 over Greece. Since the Salto fell out – he had forgotten it simple. Maybe he had but even suspected that there would be enough occasions for him.
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