Joachim Löw: Germany still not stable enough to win the World Cup
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Despite praising the team’s development over the past few years, Joachim Löw doesn't believe Germany will go on to win the World Cup.
“The team has a lot of quality, but not yet the stability required to win a title,” Löw, who led Germany to World Cup glory in 2014, said on the live show “Kroos & Kroos: Die WM unter der Lupe”.
To go all the way in Canada, Mexico, and the United States, Germany will need “personalities like we had in 2014,” Löw argued.
“That still needs to emerge in this team. Joshua Kimmich alone won’t be enough, nor Manuel Neuer. We still need a few more. Then we might be strong enough,” he added.
Overall, however, he sees Julian Nagelsmann’s side on a promising path.
“The team has developed well since Euro 2024. We weren’t at the very highest level for a few years. But now I feel we have a good idea again, dynamism, a certain creativity. And above all, we can make an impact in possession,” he said.
Germany’s 7–1 opening win over Curaçao boosted confidence and belief, but Löw warned against reading too much into it.
“We mustn't get carried away. That was certainly the easiest opponent at this World Cup,” he pointed out.
The German national team face Ivory Coast on Saturday in their next World Cup match.
