The club head could hardly believe what he saw. A Ferrari. On his training ground. Stefan Kuntz grabbed the offender immediately. Never again, he told the substitute striker Erwin Hoffer, with this car he should come to work. Something did not fit on 1 FC Kaiserslautern. The players obeyed, paid tribute to his teammates respect."Some have come to me and said that they found the well. They like it that we go in Kaiserslautern, a clear line, "said Kuntz. Earth is the Chairman important. No one should be put with the other status symbols. Finally, they made it with camaraderie and discipline back to the Bundesliga.
And the only way, believe Kuntz, the Palatinate will survive there. Tenth in the table is just as worthy of all honor such as reaching the knockout round of the DFB Cup. There, the team enters today at third-division club TuS Koblenz to (19 Clock, Sky and the world online live ticker). "We expected a difficult game.
But we want our favorites role, "says Christian Tiffert. The midfielder is a prime example of the good work in Kaiserslautern, where have managed Kuntz and coach Marco Kurz, to develop promising employees sought from service providers. Also Srdjan Lakic and Ivo Ilicevic play as good as ever.
Tiffert gave 18 years at Tennis Borussia Berlin made his professional debut and was considered a great talent. In 2000 he moved to VfB Stuttgart, Germany played in U21 and the Swabians to Kevin Kuranyi, Timo Hildebrand, Andreas Hinkel. Many were sure that he would soon make it into the national team.
But it was different. Tiffert got into the league by not fled to Austria Red Bull Salzburg and ended up in the second division at MSV Duisburg. The dream of a great career was over, an expert had him written off by the motto: before the curve gets, is Jürgen Klinsmann again coach of FC Bayern.
Kuntz short and did not care as to impose the 28 year olds of the season. Tiffert is grateful for the confidence of excellence: In the first round, he was with ten templates Topvorbereiter the league with 60 per cent obtained their best offensive tackles dribbler. He takes over responsibility to the young colleagues advice.
"We have agreed with Marco In short, we want to bring players and to where we see something that they do not show for their clubs at this time," said Kuntz. Previously Tiffert played on the outdoor track, near Kaiserslautern is short, a main point. The position is considerably more Tiffert.
But as the potential of a player is aroused when he called it in previous years, rare? "I'm 23 years in the Bundesliga. Because I - like the coach - a network that works well. So we always get valuable tips and assessments. We also have a very good knowledge of human nature, "says Kuntz.
Attacker Lakic he undertook, even though the Croat at Hertha BSC and the Dutch club Heracles Almelo had in two years ago just scored seven goals. At Kaiserslautern, he made the leap to the national team and is now with eleven gates of the most successful striker in Germany. "I am very satisfied and happy here," says the 27-year-old attacker.
The templates he gets from compatriot Ivo Ilicevic. The midfielder praised the leaders at VfL Bochum 2006 in glowing terms, but the 24-year-old was not up to expectations and disappeared with Greuther Fuerth in the second division mediocrity. Also, the Brazilian defender Rodnei they spoke once at Hertha BSC from the fitness for the Premier League - and apparently were mistaken.
He, Tiffert, Lakis and Ilicevic are still arriving in the top division. "We can convince both playful and combative, and always want to develop further," says Ilicevic. Maybe he and his colleagues at the previous station that has been missing, what is the FCK focus: cohesion and absolute identification with the club.
After the home games the pros sit in the VIP room for a long time together with the families and friends. Kuntz also is included. "I see the players every day. Problems we can solve so quickly, "he says. The club's management team applies in many decisions. "When it comes, for example, an equipment contract or winter transfer.
We, the fans and the environment give the boys the feeling of being at home. "Kuntz knew from personal experience that this feeling can provide five to ten percent more power. As a professional at Bayer Uerdingen he was homesick, returned to Kaiserslautern in the Palatinate flourished. "Our fans give the guys a lot of recognition." But all this is useless if the players would not be proprietary.
Just Tiffert was long years as a profligate and bon vivant, he now lives with his wife and two children in the country. Scandals do not exist in Kaiserslautern. Little wonder that other clubs are interested in the top players. Lakics contract runs until the end of the season, is negotiating will not.
"We look at nothing: We will always be a club that sold some players. That's fine, "says Kuntz. Main thing is that their successors do not drive in a Ferrari before.
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