It’s May 16, 1979. Cup Winners’ Cup. ultimate. Barcelona meets Fortuna Dusseldorf in front of nearly 60,000 spectators in Joggeli. And in the middle is the coaching legend of Freiburg Christian Streiche. Number 14 at the time, from Imelden, a small village near the border, about ten kilometers from St. Jacob’s Park.
“The 14-seat Drumle took us from Kleinhongen to Ugele, as we always do. The whole city was red and blue. It was unusual and then I got a needle, a hat and a scarf from a Barcelona fan, it was amazing,” Streisch recalls that waking experience.
He was also often in the Joggeli. With his father and uncle. He saw Lascher, Demarmel and Dermatt. European Champions Cup. NLA. “When I was a boy, I always watched the Swiss League on TV on Saturdays and Sundays,” the 57-year-old said.
Major St. Gallen Club
How does he see the development of Swiss football over the past few decades? “That’s hard to answer because I’ve never worked in Switzerland before. But I see games of course. In the training camp, his FCSG team meets in a test and struggles, especially in the first 60 minutes. “When you see St. Gallen, you see there is a good development there. For me, St. Gallen is a pioneer. In the whole structure with Alan Sutter, Matthias Hübe and Peter Zeidler. The team plays great football, very offensively, we had real problems at the beginning.”
After the match and during the break, Streich has a longer conversation with Zeidler. “He’s a great coach and a great guy. Peter tells it like it is. Then it’s fun to brainstorm with someone. With a straight forward one. He’s a fantastic fit for the club.”
pressure issue
To a club, like Freiburg, also faces continuity and sticks to the coach, even when there are headwinds. Why don’t more clubs do this? “Because the pressure is great,” Streiche says. “Not only the coaches are under pressure, but also the sport directors and the chiefs. They pass the pressure and they give in and fire the coach. Sometimes it just doesn’t fit in. It just fits us. Also because we have people in management who have been there for a long time and they have quality. That is why coaches are in such The clubs make it easier for them, “but we also have pressure,” says Streisch.
For the first time on Sunday, Freiburg meets Kaiserslautern away in the first round of the DFB Cup.
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