National Team: Boss Van Gaal in the Netherlands in focus

The question of the boss does not arise. Also in his third term, Louis van Gaal is the boss at Oranje.

Whether attitude towards Qatar, Tactics or the question of his successor - the 70-year-old determines the discourse around the national team of the Netherlands, which will receive the DFB-ELF in Amsterdam this Tuesday (20:45 / ARD). After the EM so disappointing EM with the eM with the secondary final of the Czech Republic, BondsCoach Frank de Boer returned to pretend a sacking. And in the search for a successor, the responsible persons landed quickly at Van Gaal, who had actually been retiring in 2016.

"Who should do it otherwise?" Van Gaal asked at his idea in early August. There it was again, the unshakeable self-confidence of Van Gaal, who also felt the Munich Bosse in his time at FC Bayern. Van Gaal is a thousand percentage of himself and his work convinced and also occurs. The aura of the native Amsterdamer leaves no questions open - Van Gaal is it that presents the direction.

He can influence himself by nothing and no 1. That was also felt a defense director Virgil van Dijk. The Superstar from FC Liverpool would also like to play in the National Team as in the club under Jürgen Klopp also in the 4-3-3 system, which is also part of the Netherlands to the football DNA. But Van Gaal has other plans - so the Elftal plays among him in the 3-4-3 system. "We have already led the discussion when I accepted the job. I first belonged to the players, but in principle the coach determines the tactic." Discussion completed.

Results give van Gaal right

And the results give Van Gaal right. If the World Cup qualifier under De Boer was still on the cant, Oranje triggered the Qatar ticket under Van Gaal in the end but sovereign. Since the World Cup third of 2014 is back in office, the Dutch no longer lost a game. On Saturday there was a pleasing 4: 2 against Denmark in a friendly game. Now everyone looks forward to the classic against Germany. How Ernst van Gaal takes the game showed his press conference on Monday. "I do not want to betray the lineup. I want to make it as hard as much as possible," said Van Gaal.

The game is a degree knife on the way to the World Cup in Qatar, in which Van Gaal wants to build on his success of eight years ago, when he had led the team completely surprisingly in third place. What he considers from the tournament to the Emirates has made Van Gaal again a few days ago. "I find it ridiculous that we will play in a country to - how the FIFA says - developing football there, where you will spend a tournament there," said the bond coach. It goes to money to commercial interests, that's what the FIFA go.

After the World Cup in Qatar should be back for Van Gaal then again. And who should take over then the coach veteran has already made clear. Ronald Koeman, from 2018 to 2020 ever coach of the European Champion of 1988, should be. "He would be a good successor," said Van Gaal. Difficult to imagine that the association ignores this advice.