Everybody that followed sports news lately knows that Jurgen Klinsmann is not very loved right now in Germany. His training methods made some people say that he is not a good coach, the results of the team not being helpful at all.

This is why Klinsmann feels like he needs to make a point, his team’s reasults need to make a statement:

His main target, it seems, is to see his ideas on playing, coaching and preparation fully accepted and, for that to happen, a good performance on home soil is nothing short of a necessity.

Klinsmann wants to change the way football is played in Germany. But, is this a good idea? With their style, they won several World Cups and had one of the best clubs in Europe.

The style of play has changed, too. Gone are the safety-first tactics of Voeller and previous coaches and, now, Germany play with a fearless attacking style.

“I think there have been two main changes in the past two years,” Klinsmann said.

“We brought in a new generation of players so it’s a completely different German team now, with a lot of talent. These are young players who realise they can keep up on an international level, as they saw against Argentina and Brazil.

“Secondly, we introduced a philosophy that was defined by this team. We sat down with the players in many meetings and said, ‘What kind of football would we like to play? What is our identity? What do we stand for?’ That was crucial.

“We identified an attacking style, an aggressive style, getting the ball as fast as possible to the strikers and attacking midfielders.”

Klinsmann says that one of his role-models, as a team, is Holland, with their attacking style.

“The best example, and the best model for us, is Holland,” the coach said. “They are able to choose their coaches by the philosophy that they have defined. Ajax will never have a coach with a defensive style. That will never happen.”

Still, though they were always a beautful team, Holland, unfortunately, never won a World Cup. I wonder, the German fans would like a team that plays nice and loses or a team that plays ugly and wins?

“It was definitely an advantage, or is still, even if I continue afterwards, to go back and forth,” he said.

“Living in the US gives you a different perspective. I learned from (US FIFA World Cup coach) Bruce Arena and from different coaches in different sports there. It widens your picture, definitely.”

Finally, no offence, but learning football from the U.S.A. coach? While he might be a great coach, U.S.A. have anything but history in the sport.

Source: WCoffsite