Why Joachim Loew Is Under the Most Pressure for Germany at the World Cup

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Published: March 28, 2014

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With the Bundesliga title all wrapped up with unprecedented precision so early in the season, we now turn our attention not to the coming Champions League quarter-finals but the World Cup this summer and how Germany look ahead of this important competition.

What comes before the actual tournament is the bickering and constant debate over who should be crowned favourites before the likely scenario that someone else is then crowned champions. Germany are among the leading pack for both, but just how strong is their demand for such attention?

Spain's Confederations Cup defeat to Brazil last year was an important moment in the direction in which both teams seem to be heading in at the moment, as Vicente del Bosque's side look far from their excellent self. While Luiz Felipe Scolari's own team seem to be building momentum by the day ahead of the World Cup in their own back yard.



Where Germany fall is somewhere in between that, as a side who should be pushing for victory at all costs but like Spain don't seem to have the kind of momentum or morale that Brazil carry themselves on at the moment. 

Yet what's unique about Die Mannschaft is the simple fact that they must win this coming World Cup if they wish to avoid any claims that this current generation simply aren't up to the task. Too long has Germany gone without international success, and at the front of such criticism is coach Joachim Loew. The man under more pressure than any other to get it right this summer. 

Yet such tension is arguably quite justifiable when it comes to Loew's handling of the national team over the past eight years. 

The most notable and consistent aspect of Loew's time at Germany is undoubtedly the way in which his sides have failed to match other top teams around the world on the tactics board, despite having players who can go toe-to-toe with the best. 

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