“Why should I give it up by choice?”, asked Philip Lahm when asked about his future as a German captain. The statement by Lahm also coincided with the departure of former captain Michael Ballack from the German camp at South Africa, surprisingly when Germany is in the semi finals. Since then, the rumors of spat between Ballack and Lahm have been flying thick and fast. German team manager has refuted all such rumors and called it “a mere coincidence”.
Its an interesting proposition however. Replacements of Michael Ballack-Mesut Oezil and Sami Khedira have done exceedingly well in South Africa and its hard to imagine them being dropped from the national team in future. For those in charge of the national team, his place in the team rather than the captaincy issues will be more hard to deal with.
At the moment, as we stand a day away from Germany playing Spain in the second semi-final, Philip Lahm has to forget everything else and has to remember that he is the captain at the present. Who knows, if he wins the World Cup for his team, he will never have to ask for it again.
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