Throughout the year, international coaches have many periods in which they could probably describe as ‘stress-free’. That all changes in the run-up to a major tournament, and especially during an event like the World Cup. Coaches are on duty the entire time and for Low, the 2014 tournament was all-consuming.
For most people, those 120 minutes in the Maracana were hugely exciting, the ultimate entertainment. But for the German, they were mostly stressful. So when the final whistle blew, he needed to escape the cauldron for a few minutes. “I locked myself in the toilets for five minutes, trying to work out if it was really true,” said Low. It was and Low would reappear a short while later to join in the chaotic celebrations.
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