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Germany coach Joachim Loew will continue to wear his trademark blue sweater at matches and won't have it cleaned while his team keeps winning.
He claimed on Monday he was not superstitious but admitted that pressure from other coaching staff and players to keep wearing his familiar sweater had paid off ahead of their World Cup semi-final clash against Spain in Durban on Wednesday.
"The thing with the sweater is that I am not driven by superstition," a smiling Loew told reporters. "The other coaching staff said I should be wearing the sweater now because every time I wear it we score four goals."
Germany beat England 4-1 in the second round and reached the semi-finals following a 4-0 demolition of Argentina, with Loew donning the V-necked garment each time.
"I am not even allowed to wash it now and I think I will wear it again (against Spain)," he said.
Germany midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger also hoped to see his coach wearing it at Durban Stadium.
"I do not know how many sweaters he has that are blue. But I hope he has the one or two left in his suitcase," he said.
(Read by Renee Haines. Renee Haines is a journalist at the China Daily Web site.)
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(Agencies)
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德國隊在本屆世界杯上可謂戰績驕人，而在德國隊接下來的比賽中，主教練尤阿希姆?勒夫打算繼續穿著他的那件標志性的藍毛衣，暫時不會洗它。
勒夫的藍色毛衣給德國隊帶來了連連好運。勒夫于本周一在接受采訪時稱這并不是因為他迷信，但坦稱是迫于教練組其他成員和球員們的要求。德國將于本周三在德班舉行的世界杯半決賽中對陣西班牙。
勒夫笑著告訴記者說：“我穿這件毛衣不是因為迷信。教練組的其他成員說現在我應該穿著這件毛衣，因為每次我穿上它，我們都能進四個球。”
在世界杯的第二輪比賽中，德國隊以4比1擊敗英格蘭隊，又以4比0大勝阿根廷，晉級半決賽，而在每場比賽中勒夫都穿著這件V領毛衣。
他說：“他們現在甚至都不讓我洗它，我想（在對西班牙的比賽中）我還會穿著它。”
德國隊中場球員巴斯蒂安?施魏因施泰格也希望在德班的球場上看見教練穿著這件藍毛衣。
他說：“我不知道他有幾件藍毛衣。不過我希望他的行李箱里有一兩件備用的。”
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