Thursday, February 17, 2011

Champions League: VfB Stuttgart are the nerves blank

When the players arrive at VfB Stuttgart on Thursday in the stadium of Benfica, they enter their familiar terrain. Not because they constantly have to play against the Portuguese. On the contrary: It was once the case in the 2004/2005 season - and then it was a home game. But in the past nine years, VfB was represented eight times in European competitions.

As can already feel the Stuttgart at home in Europe. But probably for the Swabians at the time, slowly saying bye-bye. The round of 32 teams in the Champions League could be for a long time, the last international presentation of VfB Stuttgart, the staggers against relegation in the Bundesliga.

For the past few days a fatal development has used that nothing good for the game in Lisbon (19.00 Clock, Sky and Sat.1) hope. Of course, it was even more topsy-turvy at the German Masters in 2007: two ineffective coaching change this season, a confused transfer policy, desolate performances of a team without leading players.

This is increasingly the trouble came with their own fans. But since the embarrassing 1:4 at home against 1 FC Nuremberg on the weekend, the situation has worsened dramatically. Before leaving for Portugal coach Bruno Labbadia away his striker Ciprian Marica from the squad. The most expensive player in club history (eight million €) can no longer communicate retraining and will probably never be a game contest for VfB.

He had contracted with critical interviews in his native Romania, the wrath of the club representatives. He said in part: "I am sorry that I made the stupidity to sign a five-year contract." Or: "I drive without passion to train." Strap-line was its setting. On Monday and manager Fredi Bobic Labbadia ordered the attackers to report.

After the debate, Bobic said: "We did not have the feeling that he would meet us." And Labbadia added: "He has expressed no commitment to the team. . He has said things that are not acceptable, "This thing was clear: Marica is no longer a disruptive factor in the team viable. But an accident is known, often alone, or to put it with the former international Andreas Brehme.

"Haste shit on foot, haste shit on foot" No sooner had Marica suspended Fellow striker Pavel Pogrebnyak crashed in practice and broke a rib. Suddenly, the VfB a true offensive problem. For Shinji Okazaki, the only winter shopping, can not play. His former club in Japan, Shimizu S-Pulse denied the release.

In Lisbon must now Schipplock Sven, a man of the second team, ran back. For Cacau is still posted and is probably only part used is available. Five other VfB players are far from that: Timo Gebhart, Christian Gentner, Arthur Boka, Mamadou Bah and Johan Audel cure her from torn ligaments.

And as if that were not long, the professionals were also even at the throat. The training should have named goalkeeper Sven Ulreich his teammate Philipp Degen a "fucking shit-Swiss," for which he had to apologize before the assembled team. "Under these circumstances, I think it would be better to give the game in Lisbon in order to devote himself full force on Sunday with the match in Leverkusen can.

The European League in this case is rather disturbing, "says Hansi Muller, former Stuttgart player. Manager Bobic disagrees: "We do not go on trip to Portugal. We have a commitment to the club. Perhaps we can draw from a positive result new self-confidence. "But this is doubtful, because it ferments in the club.

According to a report in the Stuttgarter Zeitung to be president Erwin Staudt official tired. Instead, Hansi Müller stand together with the former VfB Vice Achim Egner at the General Assembly in the summer or fall as a new twin tip available, is also reported. But Hansi Müller denied in an interview with the Welt: "I am definitely not available.

I have so much private on the cheek, ranging from housing construction to the family that I have no ambitions to take over this office. It also knows the VfB. "From the necessity of a new beginning, however, Thomas Berthold convinced. The world champion of 1990 says: "The club is now overtaken by the past.

There is a lack of football expertise on the board. As they can with Dieter Hundt (the chairman - d. R.) start and stop at Erwin Staudt. The time is ripe for a complete reorganization. "VfB The leadership is now trying to put the date of the General Assembly as late as possible in the hope that by then everything changes for the better yet.

Crisis management in Schwäbisch.

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