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3 days ago
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Hamburg legend Hrubesch: Club fame means nothing, team must deliver
Horst Hrubesch, then coach of the women's German football team, gesticulates during the UEFA European Championship qualifying soccer match between Germany and Poland at Ostseestadion. SV Hamburg legend Horst Hrubesch has warned of too much euphoria at the club after their return into the Bundesliga. Sebastian Gollnow/dpa SV Hamburg legend Horst Hrubesch has warned of too much euphoria at the club after their return into the Bundesliga. Former Bundesliga and European champions Hamburg were relegated for the first time from the top flight and it took them seven years to clinch promotion last month. Advertisement There were big celebrations in the city and at the club, but former West Germany and Hamburg striker said the club and the players must now prove their worth. "We all know the talk: That we belong in the top flight. That we have a brand that is recognised worldwide. That HSV has an importance that can't really be measured,' Hrubesch told Kicker sports magazine. "But one thing is clear: once you've been away for five, six, seven years and then have to start again, you have to reorganise, reassess, redo, do something new." Hrubesch, 74, won the European Cup in 1983 and three Bundesliga titles with Hamburg and Euro 1980 with the national team. He returned to Hamburg in 2020 as head of their academy. Advertisement Hrubesch said that it was now essential to form a competitive squad in summer to stay up. "We have to go through the entire squad and make sure that we fill every position adequately. And I believe that's what those responsible will do," he said.
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03-04-2025
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Germany women's coach Wück expected job to be 'a little easier'
Coach of the women's German football team Horst Hrubesch, gesticulates during the UEFA European Championship qualifier soccer match between Germany and Poland at Ostseestadion. German women's national team coach Christian Wueck admitted on Thursday that he still faces a lot of work ahead of the Euro 2025 tournament in July. Sebastian Gollnow/dpa German women's national team coach Christian Wück admitted on Thursday that he still faces a lot of work ahead of the Euro 2025 tournament in July. "I expected it to be a little easier," Wück said on the eve of Friday's Nations League group match in Scotland, with the reverse fixture on Tuesday in Germany. Advertisement And when asked where he sees the team on a scale from 0 to 10, he said: "I would give it a 6.5 to 7." Wück, who took the job in autumn, however also said he sees the team "on a good path. "I think we have started a development ... which is backed by the players. We are working intensely on behaviour that can also be contrary to those at the club," he said. Wück said that recent heavy Champions League exits of Bayern Munich and Wolfsburg "also don't help because they dent the confidence of the players a little bit." The team has problems in defence where Wolfsburg's Kathrin Hendrich and Janina Minge as well as Manchester City's Rebecca Knaak will miss both games in Dundee and Wolfsburg, and Eintracht Frankfurt's Sara Doorsoun is also not available on Friday. After the games against Scotland, Wück has only the remaining Nations League fixtures against the Netherlands on Mai 20 and Austria on June 3 to prepare for the Euros in Switzerland, where Germany play Denmark, Poland and Sweden in the group stage.
