World Cup: the sports coordinator of the ARD criticized Philipp Lahm

ARD sports coordinator Axel Balkausky criticized Philip Lahm for his expert work at the World Cup in Russia. "Having Philipp Lahm on our team was certainly invigorating because of his experience," Balkausky told Sport Bild magazine. "Sometimes we would have wished even more of this wealth of experience and even clearer badessments."

Lahm will certainly "re-talk in principle about our joint programs," said Balkausky. Until now, however, there was no way to do it.

Lahm had caused a stir after the World Cup finals of the German national team with his clear criticism against the national coach Joachim Loew. In a statement on the LinkedIn social network, he wrote: "I am convinced that Jogi Löw must change his collegiate leadership style in recent years, if he wants to succeed again with the new generation of national players." Also in the ARD, the former FC Bayern Munich footballer, 34, was in favor of a change in Löw's leadership style

. Balkausky now says that the distance after Aus Lahm probably helped to be able to formulate it more clearly than it was two weeks ago. "

Ottmar Hitzfeld and Felix Magath did not not praised Lahm, but not for his coverage in World Cup. The two dare Lahm to badume the reconstruction of the German national team a supporting role. "Philipp has always been a perfectionist who has reached the limit of performance and who has been a model in the team and could help with his ambition and skill," Hitzfeld told Sport1. Magath added: "He has gained enough experience in football, so not only the Bundesliga, but also the national team, Philipp Lahm would do well."

Lahm had in the ARD the question of whether he had a post in German football -Bund (DFB), replied: "You can certainly see it that way." Lahm is currently working for the badociation as an ambbadador of the German EM application 2024. He had ended his career in the national team after the victory of the German World Cup in Brazil in 2014.