Who exactly choked? Löw changed tactics and formation for this one game, played Kroos on the right of a compact midfield, had Boateng a CB being used as a service crosser, playing Podolski over Schürrle and this was after he'd Changed things against Greece and people say they choked lol playing a compact formation 4-5-1 is not the style that suits the players he chose. Löw chose a versatile and attack orientated squad and then chose to play a mirror image of a cautious opponent.
Players getting blamed when the manager stuffed up royally but Löw is untouchable and immune to criticism and morons just throwing the choke word around.
Hard to argue with that.
That was probably the worst front three he could have started with out of all the combinations he had. Kroos should be a deputy for one of the central midfielders, not one of the main attacking men.
He was obviously selected there to help deal with Pirlo (despite Loew insisting he wouldn't changed his tactics to combat him) and make up for Gomez's workrate. He could have easily avoided the need to do that by selecting Klose instead, also making room for Mueller. Podolski too was awful and should have been left out for Reus.
Against a high quality opponent and with a young team, Loew could not afford to not get things right from the start.
Germany needed to persist with more intricate passes to feet in and around the box and on the few occasions they did this they looked half-dangerous.
