“I can feel that football is attracting me again”
“There have of course been a few inquiries,” says Joachim Löw
Source: dpa-infocom GmbH
How will Joachim Löw continue? Five months after his resignation, the long-time national coach is now speaking about his future for the first time – and also talking about vaccinations.
VIt was almost two weeks ago when he last appeared in public – when he officially said goodbye to the German Football Association (DFB) in Wolfsburg. Before that, he was only seen in the stands in the VfB Stuttgart stadium when he watched the Swabian game against 1. FC Union at the end of October. Otherwise, however, Joachim Löw had made himself rare after his resignation as national coach at the end of June.
Well, but it seems the 61-year-old feels a little more eager to mingle with people. Like on Monday evening when he was in Freiburg, where he lives, at an event organized by the international Matthias Ginter’s foundation. It took him two or three months after his resignation, it was sometimes upsetting, Loew said in a conversation with some media representatives.
“I sort of finished the process. I feel that football is attracting me again, that I am motivated and that I enjoy watching football again and that I am again interested in things that happen, ”said Löw. He added that he was basically open to a new task, but he still had no concrete ideas.
“Of course there have been a few inquiries, there have also been one or the other conversation, but of course no decision will be made now. A lot is conceivable, the main thing in football, of course, but definitely, “said the football teacher, who won the 2014 World Cup with the German national team in Brazil.
“” When the intensive care beds are full … “
In the vaccination debate, which has been going on for weeks, Löw spoke out clearly in favor of vaccination on Monday. In Löw’s opinion, however, there should be no obligation to vaccinate, which is currently being discussed. “I can only speak for myself: If we want to get out of the pandemic, vaccination is necessary,” said Löw on Sky Sport News: “It makes sense for me to get vaccinated. You can only advise everyone, but the decision is up to the individual. You have to acknowledge that. “
If someone is against a vaccination, “then there is nothing left but to accept it,” said Löw. Of course, football has a certain responsibility, just like national players. “The vaccination rate in all clubs is well over 90 percent. That is more than in the entire population. ”If a third of the population does not get vaccinated, the pandemic will cause massive problems for Germany for months. “If the intensive care beds are full,” says Löw, “we really have a big problem in our country”.
The unvaccinated Bayern Munich professional Joshua Kimmich had expressed his reservations about the corona vaccination at the end of October. He is currently in quarantine, as are his teammates Serge Gnabry, Jamal Musiala, Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting and Michael Cuisance. Ex-Werder coach Markus Anfang also caused a stir, against whom a suspected forged vaccination certificate is being investigated.
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