Euro 2016 a Missed Opportunity, but Germany Need Joachim Low to Stay on

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Published: July 9, 2016

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At the end of Euro 2016, there was a distinct emptiness in the German camp. The 2-0 semi-final defeat at the hands of host nation France was hard to grasp, because it felt so avoidable, so out of character in the way silly mistakes doomed the world champions, who were arguably the better team on the balance of the 90 minutes.

Head coach Joachim Low told the media in the press room of Marseille's Stade Velodrome that his side did nothing wrong, per Gabriele Marcotti of ESPN FC. "I have to compliment my players. We were the better team. It was just bad luck that we conceded. We still created the best chances. We didn't have the luck we needed."

Indeed, most onlookers will have to agree that France weren't better than the team they beat, they just had the better luck in a few decisive moments.

Still, though, there's little solace in that fact for the German team and fans. When they start to look back at these weeks in France, Euro 2016 will look like a big missed opportunity.

They had set out to become only the third side to hold the World Cup and the Coupe Henri-Delaunay at the same time, following in the footsteps of, incidentally, France (1998 and 2000) and Spain (2008, 2010 and 2012), and, after looking like the best team in a tournament deprived of truly great quality, going out in the semi-finals has to be considered a disappointment.

Especially after finally beating bogey team Italy in dramatic fashion in the last eight, there must have been a feeling around the team that this summer would be theirs, that they would follow the lead of arguably the best Germany side of all time. Alas, the 1972 European and 1974 World Cup-winning team remains solely at the top of the pyramid.



Perhaps it's unfair to expect more than a spot in the final four, but it comes with the territory when a team consistently gets that far. Germany have now made semi-finals in six straight major tournaments&md...
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