Cologne coach Baumgart does not want «fearful football» | Free press
Mainz (dpa) – Cologne coach Steffen Baumgart has made a passionate plea for attractive attack football.
«The fear of football is often portrayed as a tactical masterpiece these days. If you then win 1-0 through a goal of a counterattack, which was then played really well, ”said the 49-year-old in the“ Current Sports Studio ”of ZDF. “But that’s not the way I like to see football,” assured the coach of 1. FC Köln, who has long enjoyed cult status, and not just because of his flat cap.
“Nice, attractive, clear football”
He wants to implement his philosophy and his game idea as a coach every day: “To play beautiful, attractive, clear football that is always out to win games and not manage them.” That is why for him it is “non-negotiable how we play football. This is not discussed. It’s about finding the way forward and not backing off and being brave. “
Born in Rostock, he quickly finds a connection to a team. “I’m actually relatively simple and clear and speak the language that I learned from an early age – and that works very well.” But the environment is also important for him, said Baumgart: “I have the most beautiful job in the world.” But it is much more important that “everything around it fits”.
It was not until Friday evening that FC had to take a 5-0 swat at TSG 1899 Hoffenheim. Baumgart’s team is currently in seventh place on the Bundesliga table with twelve points.