It rained and rained. And it seemed as if it would not stop. Streets became raging rivers, so violent was the precipitation. At a football game was not to think about that day. However, the drainage in the Stadium of Recife functioned perfectly. Germany beat the US with 1: 0th And at the end of two coaches took in his arms, looking like two drowned rat, so drenched were Joachim Löw and Jürgen Klinsmann on 26 June of last year, after the World Cup group match in Brazil.
About a year later, in Cologne. Blue sky, sunshine, nearly 20 degrees. Both coaches sitting in a car store on the podium, in front of them a packed auditorium. They are there to talk about the test match on Wednesday in Cologne (20.45 clock, ARD and welt.de live). It will be the third meeting of the Friends Loew and Klinsmann, since the latter in 2006 resigned as national coach and Loew, his former assistant took over for him.
Klinsmann, the Since 2011, the US team looked after, and Loew speak in unison of a particular game. “My boys are enjoying the moment. There is nothing greater than a game against the world champion,” said Klinsmann, to meet the development of German football with a lot of joy. “No matter where I am: Everyone is talking about Jogi and his troupe Work in the Bundesliga is exemplary, all in the world look at Germany, the national team is the pioneer…” This is also Löw. “As Jürgen and I have started in 2004, the German football was in many ways serious problems. With Jürgen started a new era.”
Rudi Völler had quit his job as team boss after the preliminary rounds off at Euro 2004 in Portugal. Several days drove the flagship of the DFB around without a captain. Looking for replacement, the choice fell on Otto Rehhagel. He then led Greece to sensational European title. But Rehhagel, with whom you met for negotiations on Sylt, the Greeks, the number one
Klinsmann after meeting in New York p id = “p6 “class =” text prefix_1 artContent “> Several days passed before Berti Vogts is turned on in the coach search. Former national coach, the Germany in 1996 led to European title, was the DFB bosses to notice, but to meet twice with Klinsmann, with whom he, as formulated Vogts, had “really very interesting discussions” led. Klinsmann could so Vogts, breath of fresh air.
Following a meeting in New York Klinsmann finally got the contract. And his new challenge he went on briskly. When DFB say today some that it would have felt in the first few days as if someone opened a window to let out the old fug. Klinsmann cut off some old habits. Bernd Pfaff, then director at the DFB had to go. Later, it also met Sepp Maier, the longtime goalkeeper coach.
Klinsmann grabbed his job with full vigor. He created the post of team manager Oliver Bierhoff and took it to the DFB. Everything he did felt at new. If queuing games, the team lived henceforth in hotels in prime downtown location and not in sports schools in the suburbs. When training work he sat on fitness trainer from the United States that have been flown in for the games. The work on the court he left anyway almost only his man of confidence – Joachim Loew. He was an assistant coach at eye level, not the classic hat stand.
Löw led quasi training, Klinsmann intervened rarely. He looked at the big picture and discussed in the evening then always with Loew, the football connoisseurs. Also on Tuesday reminded Klinsmann again at their common coaching course where Löw was the only one he had been able to explain how a back four has to move. The duo was desperate mainly on young players and a game idea that was no longer limited to fight from. Among them, Germany should act on the court and no longer respond.
Klinsmann’s plan to make the national team ready for the 2006 World Cup was. Only that counted for him. He defied all odds – even as the penultimate World Cup test against Italy (1: 4) went into his pants, he was not deterred. The criticism that he was constantly commuting between Germany and the US, bounced off him.
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At the end of the World Cup he saw confirmed. Germany wrote with intoxicating football the summer fairy tale 2006. The title was missed in third place, but for a wave of patriotism was spilled across the land, which caused as much a stir as the performances of the national team. Million German known at that time open, proud and relaxed with flags in black, red and gold to their own country.
Following the resignation of Klinsmann Loew put the work for the purposes of his predecessor continued, but also brought a lot of their own ideas with. After the final defeat at Euro 2008, the third place at the 2010 World Cup and the semi-final at the European Championships 2012 Löw crowned last year his work with the world title. He and many others at the DFB, however, know that there is also a merit of Klinsmann to be where one is now.
“He has a lot initiated “, says team manager Bierhoff:” If we are, I always cut it him on the shoulder and say to Jürgen ‘. As well as a piece of you put in it’ “Finding Löw also. “The team spirit, at that time laid the foundation for Jürgen, we have continued to live up to Brazil.”
Since their joint commitment they maintain a good friendship. Although you call regularly, but the contact is there. Alone by consultants Roland Eitel, who oversees both the public relations field. “We remain united,” Klinsmann said on Tuesday: “If I need something in Germany, I call now on the Jogi.”
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