Criticism of Löw and Bierhoff: Philipp Lahm leads a remarkable campaign

Philipp Lahm joins the ranks of critics of the DFB – subtle and thoughtful, as she is typical of him. In two major contributions, the former captain highlights the mistakes of Joachim Löw and Oliver Bierhoff at the World Cup in Russia. It seems that Lahm is trying to do something – it was already a success.

These are thoughtful sentences that Philipp Lahm formulates. In a post on "LinkedIn", the former captain of the DFB seizes criticism of the coach between the praises of Joachim Löw.

The coaching team still knows "what tricks and tactical tips to use". But Löw had to "change his collegiate leadership style in recent years."

Lahm practices less the criticism of sports details, but rather on higher level things like team leadership. Also in the Erdogan case at Mesut Özil and Ilkay Gündogan, it would have needed a "clear address", but Löw had failed with his tried buddy methods, so the tenor of Lahm.

Löw's critique of Löw is the result of a campaign supposed to be gentle but effective. While Lahm held back during his time on the ARD sofa of the Tegernsee, his letter "LinkedIn" follows just one day after the publication of an interview "time", in which Lahm's critical words are mainly directed by Oliver Bierhoff , director of the DFB

No time for criticism of Lahm

"You could have done better," said the 34-year-old man in connection with the Erdogan affair. And about Bierhoff's offensive marketing strategy: "Players prefer to have fewer marketing dates."

The timing and accumulation of Lahm's criticism is not a coincidence. The departure of the German team to the World Cup goes back more than two weeks already, the first big wave of the outcry has gone out. Now, his words make sense.

Lahm's rare but thoughtful statements only fully unfold their effect with a certain distance. Often, Lahm's words are devoid of content, her meaningless tweets are legendary in reporters' circles. But from time to time, Lahm has made calculations several times during his career.

Lahm caused the end of Ballack's DFB

In 2009, he granted an interview to the "Süddeutsche Zeitung" was not accepted. He violently criticized the direction of the club and threw it on the basic plan

. At first, this fine was heavy, but in the long run, the club took the criticism and changed direction. With success: before Lahms's criticism, Bayern regularly has no chance in the Champions League, and then for many years in the semifinals with the title in 2013 as a crowning achievement.

Or 2010, when Lahm after the injury of the former DFB captain, Michael Ballack, publicly let slip the captain's bandage. Initially brave, Ballack was until then the uncontested "Capitano"

But in retrospect, it was the beginning of Ballack's end in the national team. Lahm, however, stretched four years later, the World Cup trophy as captain in the sky of Rio de Janeiro.Bierwoff should slowly become worried

Lahm's timing is right, he also proved in his withdrawal from the national team when he refused the position of sports director at Bayern. In both cases, he did not see that he was able to get the best of himself right now.

Lahm was already aware of the effects of his well-calculated words. And now he knows how it works when he writes in his open letter: "Leadership means that the situation is fully awake and you are putting your own methods to the test and reevaluating them. Leadership, nothing less than Lahm's claim.

Lahm is still only an ambbadador for the EM's bid to the DFB in 2024, but the captain of the World Cup is clearly in a position of a possible realignment anticipated badociation. Whatever it is, Oliver Bierhoff should be a little uncomfortable in the epigastrium

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