Jürgen, another big game in prospec

Jürgen, another big game in prospect on Thursday night. Given where this team is in terms of its development, does this game present an opportunity that has been earned rather than any pressure?

Yes, 100 per cent. All of what we’ve done since I’ve been here, all the hard times we’ve been through, all the wonderful games we’ve seen from this team, we only went through and had these great moments to be perfectly prepared for this game. It’s a big, big opportunity for us. I think nobody really expected at the start of the season we could go to the final, or be in the semi-final. This is a great thing and we should take it like this.

You, Zeljko [Buvac] and Peter [Krawietz] have an incredibly successful record in semi-finals. Is there any particular reason for that in terms of how you approach them and does it have any impact at all heading into Thursday?

Do we?

Five semi-final ties, progressed through them all…

[Laughs] OK, that’s a nice record! But then if we get to the final, please don’t tell me my record in finals! I don’t know, but maybe around a semi-final if you are really involved, then it is possible that each day closer to the semi-final, you feel more and more pressure. I am not like this, to be honest. I am looking forward to it from one minute to the next minute to the next minute. I am really happy about this opportunity because you can only go the final if you show your best, and you can only show your best when you believe in yourself, when you are confident, when you see the opportunity, when you are really ready for it. That’s what I try to tell the players, to show the players, whatever. Usually my teams have played pretty well in semi-finals. We didn’t get through with average performances and a big portion of luck – it was most of the time really deserved. That’s what we should try again and I am really happy about this opportunity for the boys, for the club and for the crowd. They have all worked really hard this season. They started much earlier than when we came in and it was a difficult time. Then, October, a new manager and a lot of talking around the club, but not about football – only about my personality and things like this. Then the lads did really well and tried everything in a difficult season with a lot of injuries. And now we are here – and that’s great. To feel this is one of the smartest things you can do. Of course, the few seconds in the dressing room before the game, everybody will feel the pressure, but then with the first whistle you will see it is football and with football – and that’s the wonderful thing about this game – everything is possible.

Kết quả (Việt) 1:

Jürgen, một trò chơi lớn trong khách hàng tiềm năng vào đêm thứ năm. Với đội ngũ này ở đâu trong điều kiện phát triển của nó, có trò chơi này hiện diện một cơ hội mà đã kiếm được hơn là áp lực nào?Vâng, 100 phần trăm. Tất cả những gì chúng tôi đã thực hiện kể từ khi tôi đã ở đây, tất cả những thời gian khó khăn, chúng tôi đã thông qua, tất cả các trò chơi tuyệt vời mà chúng tôi đã nhìn thấy từ nhóm này, chúng tôi chỉ đi qua và đã có những khoảnh khắc tuyệt vời để chuẩn bị hoàn hảo cho trò chơi này. Nó là một cơ hội lớn, lớn đối với chúng tôi. Tôi nghĩ rằng không ai thực sự dự kiến lúc bắt đầu của mùa giải, chúng tôi có thể đi đến trận chung kết, hoặc trong trận bán kết. Đây là một điều tuyệt vời và chúng ta nên đi như thế này.Bạn, Zeljko [Buvac] và Peter [Krawietz] có một hồ sơ vô cùng thành công trong vòng bán kết. Là có bất kỳ lý do cụ thể cho rằng trong điều kiện cách bạn tiếp cận họ và liệu nó có bất kỳ tác động cả nhóm vào thứ năm?Sao chúng ta không?5 bán kết mối quan hệ, tiến triển thông qua tất cả...[Laughs] OK, that’s a nice record! But then if we get to the final, please don’t tell me my record in finals! I don’t know, but maybe around a semi-final if you are really involved, then it is possible that each day closer to the semi-final, you feel more and more pressure. I am not like this, to be honest. I am looking forward to it from one minute to the next minute to the next minute. I am really happy about this opportunity because you can only go the final if you show your best, and you can only show your best when you believe in yourself, when you are confident, when you see the opportunity, when you are really ready for it. That’s what I try to tell the players, to show the players, whatever. Usually my teams have played pretty well in semi-finals. We didn’t get through with average performances and a big portion of luck – it was most of the time really deserved. That’s what we should try again and I am really happy about this opportunity for the boys, for the club and for the crowd. They have all worked really hard this season. They started much earlier than when we came in and it was a difficult time. Then, October, a new manager and a lot of talking around the club, but not about football – only about my personality and things like this. Then the lads did really well and tried everything in a difficult season with a lot of injuries. And now we are here – and that’s great. To feel this is one of the smartest things you can do. Of course, the few seconds in the dressing room before the game, everybody will feel the pressure, but then with the first whistle you will see it is football and with football – and that’s the wonderful thing about this game – everything is possible.