Ex-DFB captain hands out against Joachim Löw - and paints a dark future scenario

Jogi Löw's time as national coach is over, but the criticism of the former team boss of the national team is not softer.

Now even a confidante denies him the perspective.

Frankfurt am Main - Joachim Löw would like to forget the messed up European Championship *.

It won't happen that quickly, however, because since the disappointing knockout of the last 16 against England, harsh criticism has rained down on the former national coach from all sides.

Now even Löw's world champion captain Philipp Lahm is shooting against him.

In an interview with

, Lahm gave his former coach a "clear plan" - the sobering end against England was not due to the individual class of the players.

“They work for top European clubs.

I look at the English midfielders - some of them play at Aston Villa, Leeds and West Ham, not top addresses, ”said the 2014 World Champion, who explicitly praised Joshua Kimmich and Leon Goretzka for their personalities.

Philipp Lahm hands out against Löw: "No plan was recognizable"

But why did the actually powerful DFB engine stutter at the EM?

“The last bite is missing, the courage is missing.

There was no clear plan for how the team wanted to play.

There was no balance between defensive and offensive, ”said the 37-year-old.

In other words: It was the translation, the trainer, Joachim Löw *.

Lahm criticized one of Löw's decision particularly clearly: the return campaign by Thomas Müller and Mats Hummels.

"First a change is initiated, then interrupted again," complained Lahm.

Loew had done himself a disservice, especially at such a late point in time, said the Rio world champion.

That changes the hierarchy in the team.

"Not good."

Philipp Lahm criticizes Löw, Bierhoff and DFB - and is already writing off the 2022 World Cup

The fact that Hansi Flick * will soon be sitting in the coaching bench made Lahm “optimistic” - but he still painted a gloomy picture for the near future, the 2022 World Cup. “In such a short time, the team can't get used to it, can't find it. It's a process that takes a couple of years, ”said Lahm. But it should work until the home EM 2024 * to be among the title candidates again.

Lahm is himself a member of the DFB * board and tournament director of the 2024 European Championships. Nevertheless, he did not hold back with criticism of the top of the DFB. "It doesn't make planning any easier if there are always other people at the top of an association." It takes continuity and a DFB that appears as a team as quickly as possible, said Lahm - and then, when asked about Bierhoff's statement, it was a dribbler would be missing in the team, even at odds with his association: “Dribbler? Were we ever a nation that had players who just rounded the enemy and left them? Have we ever had a Messi, a Ronaldo? Rather not. We are not like that. ”