Will the era of Joachim Löw in the Mannschaft bench end soon?

The board of the German Football Federation (DFB) will meet on December 4 to discuss the future of the German coach, following the historic defeat by 6-0 in Spain last week.

The DFB directors give the coach, who has been in position for over fourteen years, a few days to prepare an argumentation, but several commentators saw this maneuver on Monday as a bait laid to resign and thus avoid a brutal and humiliating dismissal.

Joachim Löw, a statement from the DFB released on Monday, must "emotionally distance himself from the 6-0" in Seville in the Nations League, to "smooth the current situation of the national team."

The world champion coach of 2014 will not be present at the meeting, but his argumentation could be presented and defended by Oliver Bierhoff, director of the DFB and always loyal to Löw's support.

The analysis will focus not only on the match on November 17, but also "on the overall development of the team in the last two years."

After the historic elimination of the Mannschaft in the first round of the 2018 World Cup in Russia, Löw had managed to convince his leaders that he was the ideal man to relaunch the team on new bases.

New Generation

The coach tried again to field the hard core of the 2014 World Cup champions, but a series of bad results pushed him to change his mind in early 2019. From there, he got rid of his old guard, except for Manuel Neuer and Toni Kroos, to give responsibilities to a new generation.

Despite sometimes worrying performances, Löw has refused to reintegrate Thomas Müller, Jérôme Boateng (Bayern Munich) and Mats Hummels (Borussia Dortmund), thirty-somethings who always shine with their clubs.

The German football world granted him some credit until the catastrophe in Seville, where Germany suffered its worst defeat since 1931, and where the team, above all, completely gave up in the second half, allowing the Spaniards to play at will.

Since then, calls for Löw's resignation have multiplied, as his opponents believe it is necessary to have a new manager soon enough to prepare for the Euro 2020, rescheduled to 2021, where the Mannschaft will play in the most difficult group with France, Portugal, and Hungary. AFP