Star guest on BILD-TV!
Cologne clearer Meré before Mexico change – Bundesliga”>Steffen Baumgart (50) was on Sunday morning in the “Lage der Liga” program. The Cologne coach the day after the 0: 4 defeat against Bayern over …
… the bankruptcy: “We’re not on the same shelf yet. And that’s why I slept really well. We didn’t stand a chance yesterday and you have to accept that. Nevertheless, my boys did everything. But the reasons for the defeat then lay with the opponent. They have already shown us what we are still missing.”
… triple goalscorer Robert Lewandowski: “How he works backwards. For me, that makes him clearly the best striker in the league.”
… the champion fight Bayern/Dortmund: “I don’t think Dortmund are gone. It can get exciting. I think that Bayern is still a bit ahead of Dortmund as a result.”
… the current corona measures with low viewer numbers in the Bundesliga: “I don’t like a lot of things because I don’t like the justifications either. Why are 750 people allowed in a closed room in Cologne and 750 in a large stadium? We have to stop telling ourselves things that I don’t think are there. (…) It’s about all of us, and it’s about the clubs. After two years, most real clubs with nothing behind them find it difficult to absorb these losses. We let the clubs die with a reason that I can’t understand and that’s too simple for me. Simply saying, we’ll do it like this, then we’ll do it like this, is no justification. We are a rule of law. And I believe that we must not get there that is simply determined. (…) The measures that are taken have nothing to do with sport or with the fact that I exercise outside. There just needs to be some clarity. You can recognize good people in a crisis. Unfortunately, I haven’t recognized them all yet.”
And further: “First of all, we have to start finding clear regulations in the pandemic. How can we really prevent them? Not with things that people don’t understand. It’s not just me. (…) I believe that you can let more spectators into each stadium. (…) I don’t just have an opinion as a coach, but also as a person. I talk to many. And most have a problem with ambiguity. I believe that it is possible to let other capacities into the stadiums and also into the halls. Hotspots arise elsewhere. We have to fight the pandemic. But I believe that the measures must be different. And we need to get better in many areas. To relieve nursing staff and hospitals. And not just talk, we have to do it at some point.”
… financial difficulties of FC in Corona times: “The fact that it’s difficult shows that one or the other player has already canceled us and is going somewhere else.”
… his song selection while singing in the shower: “It can be Rammstein, it can be Helene Fischer or Howard Carpendale. But German. I understand that best.”
… exchanging a cap for a jersey with Manuel Neuer after the game: “My daughter has wanted this for a very, very long time. Really, really long time. And me too. I am someone who is special as a person with special players who bring in special performances – I would like to have something like that. And of course I’m also happy that he wanted my hat. That gets a special place. My daughter was very happy about it. She has been waiting for this for a very, very long time.”
… his thin and often short-sleeved coaching clothes, even in winter: “In the game I usually lack a bit of freedom of movement. I’ve tried it a few times with a jacket. I’m missing something.”
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