Loew was walking at the squad's training base with scout Urs Siegenthaler who suddenly stopped, bent down and started drawing lines in the sand.
Siegenthaler, who has been gathering intelligence on Germany's opponents for a decade, spent a minute sketching out a diagram which Loew studied intently before it was washed away by a wave.
Loew and Siegenthaler, both barefoot and in shorts, had earlier been engaged in an animated discussion while walking on the beach a few dozen metres away from photographers, autograph seekers, Germany fans and beachgoers.
(Reporting Arnd Weigmann and Stephane Nitschke; writing by Erik Kirschbaum, editing by Ed Osmond)
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