03/09/2021 7:35 AM
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Updated 03/09/2021 7:35 AM
German coach Joachim Low announced on Tuesday that he will step down after the next European Championship, ending a 17-year stint with the German team, first as an assistant to Jurgen Klinsmann and since 2006 as a leader on the bench.
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I take this step very consciously, full of pride and enormous gratitude
, but at the same time I remain very motivated for the next European Championship. I am proud because I have worked with the best footballers in the country for almost 17 years and supported them in their development. I have great triumphs associated with them and painful defeats, but above all many wonderful and magical moments, not only winning the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, "Low recalled in a statement.
The 61-year-old joined the German national team as Klinsmann's assistant in the summer of 2004 and has served as the head coach for almost 15 years.
"I continue to feel great energy and ambition for the next European Championship. I will do my best to make our fans happy and we will be successful in this tournament," he promised.
In Low's outstanding journey at the helm of the 'Mannschaft', the title in the World Cup in Brazil stands out mainly.
In addition, he was also able to guide Germany to two other semifinals at the 2006 and 2010 World Cups, as well as the final of Euro 2008, which they lost to Spain with a goal from Fernando Torres.
Their biggest disappointment came at the 2018 World Cup, where the German team was eliminated in the group stage.
News in development.
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