Monday, April 18, 2011

60. Birthday: Horst Hrubesch - header monster and father figure

He wrote a book on cod fishing from a boat on the coast, is president of Community precious blood Haflinger and very unpretentious: At first glance, Horst Hrubesch acts in the hectic and smug soccer shop like a relic from ancient times. This is precisely the DFB successful youth coach, who turned 60 on Sunday Birthday celebrating, too.

But in a positive way. Probably characterizes the best description of today's international goalkeeper Manuel Neuer man Hrubesch. "The coach is like a friend. He yelled to us and immediately pulled out of the mud. So I've never seen, "said the Schalke, the 2009 was Hrubesch U21 European Championships.

Sweden presented the former "header-monster" ("Manni banana, I head gate") is also an important basis for today's career, the Real Madrid stars Mesut Özil and Sami Khedira. Khedira he handed the Kapitämsamt and thus responsibility. Özil, he effusively described as "our Messi," he lived before the filing in the group.

"Horst Hrubesch has a large share," DFB sport director Matthias Sammer said responded to the development of Khedira and Özil. Sammer praised the European champion of 1980 who scored in the European Championship finals in Rome (2-1 against Belgium) his first two international goals as a "father figure, the orientation for the young players creates.

He is honest, authentic and very success-oriented. It is believed and trusted him. He's just a guy. "DFB president Theo Zwanziger acknowledges the native Hammer as" unique personality and true role model. " After the European Championship triumph in Sweden, he promised in the exuberance of even "forgive him the next tubers, which he captures every now and again on the highway and sometimes end up at the DFB.

A banquet in Malmö Hrubesch appeared at that time in flannel shirt and sneakers. The stage was his opinion the players. His greatest compliment was it also that even players who in Sweden had less service time than expected, but well discussed Hrubesch. Again, this may seem surprising at first glance: As a team-mate Felix Magath at the European Cup victory in 1983 Hrubesch was finally marked by the iron Ernst Happel.

But the Westphalian, retires again to his farm in Suhlendorf in the Lüneburg Heath, is a friend of the players. Although at halftime speeches ever shake the walls. "He can make clear statements and very loudly and directly," says Khedira. Hrubesch is very robust and straightforward. Eintracht Frankfurt in 1978 he had already accepted.

When he heard about the car radio, he said, because of breach of trust out of hand and went to HSV. Opinionated Hrubesch had never bend, maybe that's the reason that his career as a club coach was more than grow. And as the entry in the DFB in 1999 also failed - was supervised by him A2 team disbanded shortly thereafter, in 2000 he was assistant coach at the worst tournament performance of a German national team - the second career seemed almost over already.

2007 portrait of the star it already in the "What is really ...", but then started by Hrubesch. The U19 2008 he led for the first DFB junior title for more than 17 years ago, it was the first title of the U21, the U20 World Cup 2009, he reached the quarter-finals despite 27 cancellations.

Today Hrubesch holds the "Prize of the German football coach," the last few months, he is a member of the Hall of Fame of HSV. The dinosaur of old-time football is back in. straightness pays out just one day.

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