JOACHIM LOEW SAYS he needs time to decide his future after Germany crashed out of the World Cup finals following a shock 2-0 defeat to South Korea on Wednesday.
After 12 years in charge, Germany’s head coach will be under intense pressure to resign in the coming days, despite having only signed a contract extension until 2022 last month.
“It’s too soon for me to answer, it will take a few hours to see things clearly, the disappointment is very deep in me,” 58-year Loew when asked if he will resign.
“We will have to have discussions tomorrow, we’ll see how it goes.”
It is the first time Germany have failed to qualify from the group stages at a World Cup since 1938 as the holders became the latest defending champions to crash out early.
“This is a huge disappointment for us — there was deathly silence in the dressing room,” said Loew.
“Congratulations to our opponents, the Swedes and the Mexicans.
“We were rightly eliminated from the tournament.
“We had many goal possibilities, but we could not force the goal.”
Mats Hummels, meanwhile, said an early exit was a ‘bitter’ shock for the team.
“It is a really, really bitter evening for us,” admitted Hummels, who squandered a late chance when he headed over.
“The situation is very difficult to put into words,” he told ZDF.
“We did not put the ball in the net, even though we had plenty of opportunities, including myself in the 86th minute — I have to score from chances like that.
“It is a very bitter evening for us and for all German football fans.
“We believed in it until the very end, we tried to shoot, but we just couldn’t get the ball in.
“We had plenty of opportunities, we broke our necks trying out there today.”
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Leaving Sane at home has probably cost him his job and Germany a World Cup or at least a place in the knockout rounds.
@fella la fella: he’s only one player, but it did add to a list of issues in that squad,i.e. the things with Ozil and Gundagon
@fella la fella:
Sane would have beaten korea on his own .Crazy not having him there .All because he chose City over Bayern they left the best young player in the PL at home..good enough for them.France went out at group stage as reigning winners in 02 ,Italy the same in 10 , the Spanish in 14 now the Germans.
@Just a buiscuit: who would you have had sane start over?
@Bill Clay:
Reus , he’s been injured all year and only came back playing a month or so before World cup .He hasn’t looked sharp at all at all .Surely Sane would make more of an impact than Branth or Muller if he came off the bench .
They blamed the Winter for the last time they suffered a defeat like that there previously.
@Padraig Corcoran: Is it really necessary to make thoughtless, insensitive references to one of the great humanitarian disasters of the 20th century? I can see the temptation in the circumstances, but it’d be much better to resist it.
@gpq: Yes let’s feel sorry for the way Hitlers minions were beaten.
Mueller and Gomez as the recognised strikers. As bad as it gets. Mueller looks and plays like a 40 year old. He’s 28. Hard to believe. Delighted. Sweden robbed a clear peno and last man red card in their game. Justice done
Only considers?
@MK76: he may go before he’s sacked
@MK76: first time he hasn’t at least reached semi final in 10 years as Germany manager. It may be hard to believe Loew not being sacked but he has a lot of credit in the bank in Germany
@EK: Past glories I’m afraid. Sport is all about the next one.
Break the cyanide capsule sturmfuhrer
@Don Dealgan: That’s not funny, just bad taste, rude and offensive.
Deutschland hit a new Loew
Lopetegui might be on the way out from Madrid so …
Realistically Germany have under achieved under him. They should have won one, possibly two Euro’s but failed And they got beaten by us.!
Ah lads, why are you obsessed with Germany, Dundalk v Cork City tomorrow night, thats where the real drama will be…..
Hope he does go. He’s a disgusting maggot that doesn’t seem to realise that the cameras are on him. Today when they went a goal down he seemed more interested in the lost button up his nose then what had just happened
@Tondelaya della Ventimiglia: he’s a disgusting creature alright
Somehow I think it mightnt be his decision