Post by Carl LaFong on Jan 21, 2023 16:06:30 GMT
As his team sealed a 2-0 victory over Cologne in November, Christian Streich's eyes pricked with tears.
He dabbed at them as he stared out at the pitch, then turned, punched the air and hugged each of his fellow coaches.
Note, 'fellow coaches'. This is an important point to Streich. Those alongside him in the Freiburg dugout are not his coaching staff or assistants.
Streich - nominally the head coach - insists they have played an equal and important part in Freiburg's achievement, and should be recognised as such.
The win over Cologne had taken the long-time relegation battlers from one of Germany's Black Forest backwaters, to second in the Bundesliga, just a point behind 10-time defending champions Bayern Munich.
After the game, reporters constantly questioned Streich about his emotions.
"It was just the wind in my eyes," he said.
No-one was convinced.
His team are on the move. And they are moving Streich and a whole city in the process.
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www.bbc.co.uk/sport/64303754
He dabbed at them as he stared out at the pitch, then turned, punched the air and hugged each of his fellow coaches.
Note, 'fellow coaches'. This is an important point to Streich. Those alongside him in the Freiburg dugout are not his coaching staff or assistants.
Streich - nominally the head coach - insists they have played an equal and important part in Freiburg's achievement, and should be recognised as such.
The win over Cologne had taken the long-time relegation battlers from one of Germany's Black Forest backwaters, to second in the Bundesliga, just a point behind 10-time defending champions Bayern Munich.
After the game, reporters constantly questioned Streich about his emotions.
"It was just the wind in my eyes," he said.
No-one was convinced.
His team are on the move. And they are moving Streich and a whole city in the process.
…
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/64303754
