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Loew to remain German coach till Brazil 2014

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STUTTGART: Regardless of his team’s performance at Euro 2012, Germany coach Joachim Loew is set to coach the national side to the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, DFB president Theo Zwanziger said on Wednesday.

With Germany set to face Brazil in a friendly in Stuttgart on Wednesday, German Football Federation (DFB) boss Zwanziger has given his full backing to Loew and says he expects the coach to fulfill his contract until 2014.

The 51-year-old Loew has coached Germany since July 2006 and under his tenure the Germans have reached the Euro 2008 final and finished third at last year’s World Cup in South Africa.

Germany are currently ten points clear at the top of their qualifying group for Euro 2012, to be hosted by the Ukraine and Poland next year, and are set to finally confirm their place later this autumn.

Zwanziger has said he trusts Loew and has not set any goals for the coach other than producing consistently good performances.

“I’m certainly not making the mistake of putting Jogi Loew under pressure by saying: ‘You have to win the European Championships’,” Zwanziger told German magazine Sport-Bild.

“We are certainly one of the teams that could win Euro 2012, but the demand for a European title does not exist, otherwise we wouldn’t have extended the contract of Loew and his coaching team early.”

Zwanziger has said he is against setting goals for national teams after Germany’s women failed to win a third consecutive World Cup title and were eliminated in the quarter-finals when the DFB hosted the tournament last month. (Agencies)

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