Joachim Loew is comfortable with Germany carrying the favourites tag for next year's World Cup, but the head coach has a few areas to strengthen before his team's title defence in Russia.
<img title="German national football headcoach Joachim Loew attends a press conference of the German Football Association (DFB) in Frankfurt am Main, central Germany, on November 30, 2017. Pic/AFP" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/2017/dec/Joachim-Loew.jpg" alt="German national football headcoach Joachim Loew attends a press conference of the German Football Association (DFB) in Frankfurt am Main, central Germany, on November 30, 2017. Pic/AFP" /> German national football headcoach Joachim Loew attends a press conference of the German Football Association (DFB) in Frankfurt am Main, central Germany, on November 30, 2017. Pic/AFP
England or Spain are lurking in pot two as potential group-stage opponents for the world champions in today's draw at Moscow. Loew talked about the 2018 finals as being "the hardest tournament so far" of his 12-year reign in charge, because the Germans will be the team to beat. "I am completely relaxed and don't have any sleepless nights," insisted Loew after a 2-2 draw against France in their final friendly of 2017 a fortnight ago. Germany are unbeaten in their last 21 internationals.
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Joachim Loew is comfortable with Germany carrying the favourites tag for next year's World Cup, but the head coach has a few areas to strengthen before his team's title defence in Russia

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