Cologne --
Wolfgang Overath was sitting at the breakfast table, as EXPRESS reached him by phone. The President of the 1st FC Cologne was looking for the right words for the athletic deprivation. And they found it. "I'm shocked!"
The world champion of 1974 who wants to face in 14 days at the annual general meeting for re-election as President of FC was not on Sunday only angeknockt. He was furious. Even to get angry!
The sporty indictment has added the 66-year-olds as rarely before an event in its five-year term. And that will have consequences for the players, coach Zvonimir Soldo and sporting manager Michael Meier. Overath buttons in front of EVERYONE!
"For me it is completely inexplicable why this team for this fantastic crowd and great stadium a year ago won just three games at home," he began his relentless analysis.
And then this sentence: "I will also have an explanation! I'll talk to the coach and the players. Then we'll see. "It not only sounds like a threat. It is a! Tuesday ALL need to report.
Who Overath had seen during the grueling 90 minutes against Hannover in the stands who could only feel sympathy for this man, he swore, he suffered, he was desperate. And it had a reason. "We have not even scored against Hanover in 45 minutes at the gate. This is absolutely inexplicable. "
Now EVERYTHING is on trial. Especially the hapless coach. Whether Soldo is also a defeat Sunday at the severed tail light table Hertha Berlin are still sitting on the coach's bench - internal states: NO.
Reminder: After Overath was elected in August 2004 at an Extraordinary General Meeting as President, he was surprisingly announced the separation of Marcel Koller. And presented as an inaugural gift with just the new coach Huub Stevens.
