This coach doesn’t mince words!
After the international break, Cologne coach Lukas Kwasniok (44) reunited with his professionals in Geißbockheim on Thursday for the first time before the league restart – and immediately found clear words about the upcoming end-of-year surge.
“Silence for 4 weeks!” The Köln star received a “butt” message from the coach.
“Put personal sensitivities aside”
Kwasniok Plain Text: “I gave one thing to the kids today: We’ve been together for four and a half months. Now the most important thing is to stay closed for the next four weeks, try hard, put personal feelings aside, and play the next five games as best as possible. Work hard and get a win.”
What and who does he mean? Especially the reserves and their situation may not be satisfactory. Players like Luca Waldschmidt (29), who has only been in the starting line-up three times, or Linton Maina (26) and Jusuf Gazibegovic (25), who are thinking about winter changes.
The following applies to them: Anyone who is frustrated, wants more use or even wants to change in winter does not need to come before Christmas. The coming weeks and games are too important for the coach for that.
Kwasniok demanded that his reservists put aside personal sensitivities
Kwasniok: “What made us very, very successful in the beginning was now the goals for the five games until the winter break. Then we sat down with everyone and did an analysis with each individual to say what was good and what was bad. But now it’s the final block and what we have to do is bring out the best for the club.”
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The reason is that Cologne is still the surprise team in the league with 14 points after 10 matches. Even Europe seems within reach if Kwasniok and his boys maintain the average in matches against Frankfurt (Saturday, 18.30), Bremen (A), St. Pauli, Leverkusen (A) and Union.
Cologne Coach: “For us, the most important thing is to maintain and increase the distance down low so that, if possible, we don’t come under pressure in March or April, but can play freely. That’s all our aim.”
