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The Fürth coach Stefan Leitl is not afraid for his job. Photo: Daniel Karmann / dpa / archive image (Image: dpa)
(Photo: Daniel Karmann / dpa / archive image)
Berlin – Despite the disastrous first half of the season, the Fürth Bundesliga coach Stefan Leitl is not afraid for his job and is still hoping to stay in the class.
«We are not fantasies, we can realistically assess our situation. But we’re not dealing with the scenario of the second Bundesliga, ”said the 44-year-old of“ Bild am Sonntag ”. “It’s now simply a matter of starting the second half of the season as well as possible.” If you leave the first half of the season with five points, it is relatively clear what you need. «An average of 1.7 or even 1.8 points per game. That’s a lot. ”
SpVgg Greuther Fürth had the second worst first half of the Bundesliga history with just five points. The gap to the relegation place is already twelve points.
It is not because of the willingness
When asked whether he was afraid of losing his job, Leitl answered “no”. Of course, he looks at the statistics from time to time. And of course he’s not happy about it either. But then he wonders why he should only look at the first half of the season. «I did very successful work in Fürth for two and a half years and rose with the team. I won’t let that be taken from me. ” In addition, the team was always ready to access everything in every game.
The debates about the negative records would have been annoying, “but we were able to keep this talk away from the team quite well,” said Leitl. The coach and the players know that “we have kept up well in some games”.
He followed the ridicule against his team, said Leitl. “I’m a family man, I hear about my pubescent children. I can hardly avoid it. When you’re on the ground as a club, malice and ridicule naturally pour down on you. That is normal.” However, the way in which Fürth presented itself is absolutely fine from the club’s point of view. «We are a small association that only spends what it has. This is how we try to be successful. But we are currently reaching our limits in the Bundesliga. ”
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