It has now been proven that you are more Austrian than German.
Franco Fouda: why do you think?
You talk about “climbing” when you advance in the European Cup. Nobody says that in Germany, it’s totally Austrian!
I do not know maybe. But the most important thing is that everyone understands it!
And important to you: FCZ has made a “promotion” to the Europa League qualifiers. The goal of the season has been reached.
exactly. It was important that everyone accept and seriously carry out their mission against Linfield. There were also positive aspects in the championship matches. But when results don’t come, there is a lack of confidence and ease. The determination on Linfield was positive.
Dream debut for FCZ strikers: Avdijaj double against Linfield(00:46)
But Winterthur is a better class than the Northern Irish. How to prevent Zurich from falling back into the old crisis pattern?
The team is doing a great job training. I am convinced that the current will turn. We definitely want to take the positive spirit with us in this derby and stop the negative running. We also really want to win for our fans. I’ve always worked in traditional clubs where feelings are shared in the stands. After a home match like a match against Sion, feelings can change. But it was great how our fans built the players.
How do you see the team after the weak start of the league?
We had chances to score in every game and we know we could have scored more points. The mood is good. There are stages in which this great effort is not rewarded. We must remain calm and carry on. For example, since I saw Frankfurt in the Super Cup this week: last season they didn’t win their first eight competitive matches, and in the end they won the Europa League.
This is Franco Fouda
And the new FCZ coach Franco Voda (56) was the coach of the Austrian national team until the end of March. Before taking over in 2017, he made a name for himself as a long-time coach for Storm Grass. With the traditional Austrian club he won the 2010 Cup and the 2011 Championship.
As a defender, Foda played 321 Bundesliga matches (including Kaiserslautern, Leverkusen and Stuttgart), was a German international (2 matches) and played for FC Basel for six months in 1997. Fouda, son of a German mother and Italian father, then went to Graz as a player, where he settled And he lived for 25 years.
And the new FCZ coach Franco Voda (56) was the coach of the Austrian national team until the end of March. Before taking over in 2017, he made a name for himself as a long-time coach for Storm Grass. With the traditional Austrian club he won the 2010 Cup and the 2011 Championship.
As a defender, Foda played 321 Bundesliga matches (including Kaiserslautern, Leverkusen and Stuttgart), was a German international (2 matches) and played for FC Basel for six months in 1997. Fouda, son of a German mother and Italian father, then went to Graz as a player, where he settled And he lived for 25 years.
They rotated a lot because of the English weeks with up to seven changes. Was it too much
We are supposed to do better with the same team over and over again. Anyway, the fact that we didn’t score enough points in the tournament wasn’t due to the rotation. We made some changes in St Gallen, but we created a lot of chances to score. Efficiency was simply lacking.
Antonio Marchesano is fit and was only on the bench against St Gallen and Sion.
We decided it with the European Cup in mind. We have a team of 20 field players, everyone has our confidence. However, for many players, the situation with several games within a short period of time is also new and a matter of adapting to it. When we hope to play in Europe again next season, it will be more familiar.
Blick-Dubach on the misery of FCZ: “The team can’t grow together like this”(02:35)
They play differently from a tactical standpoint. Has your attitude changed a lot?
This is not something unusual at all. You can look at every league out there. It’s all about principles. Do I want to own? Do I want to switch? Do I want to press? These are questions independent of the pure ranking of players.
It’s noticeable in FCZ because they always played 3-4-1-2 under Andre Breitnerreiter and became champions that way.
But you have to see that the team has changed in different situations. For example, Sesai and Doumbia are gone, and Omrajek is wounded for a long time. Five new players joined. You should always adjust the game system according to the individual types of players.
After the Sion match you seemed to blame the players for the defeat.
This is a wrong interpretation. I always put myself in front of the players. Of course there is internal criticism, but I have never hidden a player in public. I just said that if we were more efficient and made fewer mistakes, we would make the game positive.
However, the fact that when the score was 0:3 I replaced the three defensive players who were partly responsible for the goals scored, it had the effect of punishment.
This was not the case at all. I actually acted in connection with Thursday and also told Mirlind and Becir (Kryeziu and Omeragic, editor). Besser didn’t play Linfield because of his fault but because he was injured too long.
Do you expect Omeragic and Willy Gnonto to continue selling?
We all know the business. Sometimes it can be fast. At first I didn’t think Denis Avdegag would come to us either. But suddenly there was a way.
Will Schalke Avdegag move to yours?
At the age of eighteen he was one of Germany’s greatest talents. But at the beginning of his career he often stood in his own way. In Graz it was a lot in my office (smiles). This is not necessary anymore, it has evolved.
He really wanted to play under you again.
I wasn’t an easy player either, so maybe that’s why I get along so well with tough players.
what did you like
I always had my opinion and sometimes expressed it publicly. Perhaps this was a mistake. On the other hand, this is how I still work today. I am open and honest. With me, everyone knows where they stand.
Have you settled in Zurich yet?
Unfortunately, I haven’t seen much life here. With our high tempo of games, you are either traveling or in the office from 9 am until evening. I was in town with my wife just to get ready.
So you haven’t had a 9-franc coffee yet?
No, because I drink green tea and have never smoked or drank coffee in my life. But my wife has already noticed that it’s not particularly cheap (laughs).
Precher about his team: ‘We’re missing her everywhere right now’(03:28)
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