Dimitrios Grammozis held a protective hand over his new team for weeks. After relegation, the coach of FC Schalke 04 now finds clear words.
Gelsenkirchen – FC Schalke 04 set 17 negative records in the 2020/21 season, although they even changed coaches several times. Dimitrios Grammozis is known to be the fifth trainer who took over the scepter on Ernst-Kuzorra-Weg in the past season. With manageable success.
| Name | Trainer Dimitrios Grammozis |
| Born | July 8, 1978 (age 42), Velbert |
| At FC Schalke 04 since | March 2, 2021 |
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Dimitrios Grammozis (FC Schalke 04) threatened early retirement – but S04 was in dire condition
In eleven games under his direction, the merciless descent of the “miners” continued. It set eight defeats with a goal difference of 9:25. So it was hardly surprising that Dimitrios Grammozis was threatened with an early end at Schalke.
But the 42-year-old has been given the confidence of sports director Peter Knäbel to be able to participate in the rebuilding of the team and the direct promotion. Maybe because the decision-makers at FC Schalke 04 knew exactly how bad things were for the team?
Dimitrios Grammozis (FC Schalke 04) settles: Heavy criticism of the state of the S04 team
“I found a team that was mentally on the ground and had major physical problems,” said Dimitrios Grammozis in an interview with the Sports picture to. On his debut against Mainz 05 (0: 0) “after 70 minutes five of our players were suddenly on the ground with cramps”.
Indeed: FC Schalke 04 gave a catastrophic overall picture against Mainz 05. The fact that in the end a point still jumped out and the S04, as the league’s shooting gallery, did not even have to accept a goal, bordered on a wonder.
Coach Dimitrios Grammozis goes hard with FC Schalke 04 after relegation.
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Dimitrios Grammozis (FC Schalke 04): The S04 was not competitive
“That wasn’t a good picture, we weren’t competitive,” Dimitrios Grammozis now criticizes his predecessors and the players heavily. Before that, however, he held a protective hand over the very same. For weeks.
“At that moment it would have been useless to dismantle the team in public. We also knew: we need the boys. Because of the misery of injuries, we hardly have any alternatives that we can offer. ”In fact, FC Schalke 04 lacked 15 (!) Players in the last season games.
Dimitrios Grammozis (FC Schalke 04): Fair assessment of his S04 work has not yet been possible
Has it not yet been possible to give a fair assessment of Dimitrios Grammozis’ work at Schalke? The former Bundesliga player is of the opinion that an evaluation after the summer preparation is “definitely more measurable”.
He is aware that trainers have to deliver results and they are judged according to them. But only now can he work on the game philosophy with Peter Knäbel and the new S04 sports director Rouven Schröder, including new types.
Dimitrios Grammozis (FC Schalke 04): No comparison with David Wagner at S04 possible
That’s why you can’t compare his situation with that of David Wagner, who also started a new season with a big mortgage and was released after only two match days. “We will have a lot of new players for the coming season, there was no such change last summer,” emphasizes Dimitrios Grammozis.
“We have a fresh start ahead of us and we have to come to terms with a new league. That is something completely different, ”said the FC Schalke 04 coach.
Dimitrios Grammozis (FC Schalke 04) has to be better at S04 than Wagner, Baum and Gross
One who has no future with the restart at Schalke is Mark Uth. The offensive man announced just one day before the game in his hometown of Cologne that he did not want to play against his ex-team. Maybe he’ll move back to the cathedral city.
Dimitrios Grammozis, on the other hand, feels that he is sitting firmly in the S04 saddle for now. Now all he owes in the coming months is to prove that he can do better than David Wagner, Manuel Baum and Christian Gross.
List of rubric lists: © Tim Rehbein / RHR-FOTO via Kirchner-Media
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