Germany need ‘big changes’, says Low

Germany coach Joachim Low said that there must be ‘big changes’ in the team after Germany's shock early exit from World Cup.

Germany’s World Cup 2018 journey ended as they finished at the bottom of the Group F after a humiliating 2-0 loss against South Korea on Wednesday. Germany’s overall performance in this edition of the football extravaganza have been abysmal as they could secure only one victory from three group stage matches and lost the other two. It is their first opening-round exit from a World Cup since 1938.

Low, whose future remains unclear, said that a lot of work is needed and changes are to be made to rebuild the team, as reported by Goal.com.

“We've had this situation – when the team was knocked out of the European Championship in 2004 after the group stage,” Low said.

“After that, there were a lot of changes. Over 14 years we got better and better, we were the most consistent team in the world for the last 10 years and we were world champions.

“But now, with the exit and huge disappointment, we must reflect what the consequences will be and the right steps.

“We need changes, big changes. And about that, we must talk.” Low added.

According to reports from Goal.com, Low also said that it is his duty to analyze and find out the reasons behind their failure in Russia and insisted that the team need time to come back with answers.

 “It's too early to say. Of course, we talked about it. But there isn't a single reason or a single thing for why we failed," he said.

“There are more reasons, and it's my responsibility to analyse that. It was also my responsibility to get the team on a high level of football in these four weeks and that didn't work as well.

“Now we need a bit of time and a few conversations and then we will give answers.” Low concluded.