neuer
lahm - boateng - mertesacker - schmelzer
Schweinsteiger - Khedria
Müller - Özil - Podolski
Klose
Neuer, Schweinsteiger, Khedira and klose not being fit. Reus is being ignored: "Podolski is an integral part of the team".
After the first match Löw replaces Schmelzer with durm, just to use him again in the quarters, while battering both in the media. Khedria will run around like a headless chicken and Schweinsteiger sets a new record: crawling a whole kilometer during a match. His public announcement, that he is injured and wants to be benched, is ignored. Löw uses both of them every match.
After a "convincing" 1:0 win against Portugal and Ghana, Löw will praise the performance of the team and the quality of the opponents. He also announces, that the prospect of surviving the "group of death" is the ultimate achievement. At this point PaddyPower replaces "Cristo Redentor" with a 111-foot statue of "Jogi". Women want to be with him, men want to be him.
The last match of the group is the clash of titans. Student against master. Löw vs Klinsmann. The master master prevails. "Jürgen is a world-class manager and the USA are one of the strongest teams in the tournament; losing isnt a problem anyway - its all about goals and excitement". Still somehow Germany finishes top of the group.
In the round of 16 germany faces Russia. The Cold-war is resurrected. Gerhard Schröder and Putin celebrating russia´s halftime lead. Löw is eating his bogeys. Delicious. Finally Reus gets his first chance. He scores 4 goals and secures the victory just to get benched again: "Podolski is an integral part of the team".
Bosnia-Herzegovina (won against france in the round of 16) is already waiting in the quarter-final. The german team "batters" them 5:4. Löw is raving about the performance. Its ON! Now we are surely favorite, arent we?
The semis are against Brazil. No problem. Löw has a plan. He subs Schmelzer for
Kroos, who has the job to man-mark Neymar. For 90 minutes, Kroos isnt seen. Neymar is. He scores 3 goals and the Reus´s late goal isnt enough.
Löw announces that he did a fantastic job; everybody should thank is genius. Singlehandedly he carried the team in the semis - a staggering success. The german FA agrees and extends his contract for an unlimited amount of years.