Philipp Lahm criticizes the national coach: "Jogi Löw must change his leadership style"

Former national player Philipp Lahm criticized after the first German World Cup to coach Joachim Loew World Cup. In a statement on the LinkedIn social network, he writes, "I am convinced that Jogi Löw must change his style of college leadership in recent years, if he wants to succeed again with the new generation of national players."

Löw owes the individualists The team made it clear that they "bear the responsibility of the entire team," wrote the 2014 world champion. This is not a sign of weakness, but further development: "He must establish a culture of firmer and clearer decisions than he was used to."

In the future, he should rather act A functional collective. The younger generation of players, which represented a part of Germany at the World Cup in Russia, would focus primarily on their own career. "It does not have to be a problem," said Lahm, but it needed "competent treatment."

Considering the controversial photos of Mesut Özil and Ilkay Gündogan with the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, it would have needed a clearer address Lahm wrote. Both should have learned quickly and effectively that they express and explain themselves in public in order to create an identity both outside and inside. "This clear speech has been omitted," said the 34-year-old. "The coaching team has relied on the fact that the leadership culture practiced in the past, years of success are enough to be even more successful."

Löw had just announced that he would remain national coach a few days after the World Cup finals in Russia, his contract with the German Football Association expands until [in2022