Schaaf: “Successful football which the fans enjoy”

Thomas Schaaf spoke about his contract extension before the departure for Bilbao.
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Tuesday, 15.12.2009 / 15:16

It was a Christmas surprise on Monday night as manager Klaus Allofs announced the premature contract extension for Thomas Schaaf. On Tuesday morning before his team’s departure...

It was a Christmas surprise on Monday night as manager Klaus Allofs announced the premature contract extension for Thomas Schaaf. On Tuesday morning before his team’s departure, the coach talked to media at Bremen airport for the first time after his decision to stay at Werder.

 

Mr. Schaaf, what made you decide to say yes again to Werder and why now at this decision?

We had a lot of work in the last few weeks and months. But that is work that we like because it deals with successful performances in all three competitions. And the here and now is always the most important. But during this whole time, I had signs from the board of directors that they would like to continue our work together. And when you look back you can see that we were successful, that one of our strengths was continuity and that it therefore made sense to continue our work. Besides, we have put together a team that is very interesting.

 

Have you set any special goals for the time until 2012?

Nothing has changed there. I want to win as many titles as possible. You can hold them in your hands and put them in your trophy case. Nobody can take away the titles. The memories of winning the German Cup in the summer are still fresh in my mind. But it’s all about putting together a team that performs in a way one can identify with and one that takes the initiative. And a team that plays a football which the fans enjoy coming to the stadium to watch.

 

You always push for putting together an interesting team. Could you imagine working for a club like Bilbao who play only with Basque players?

That can be a strength on the one hand if you make that a central thought. You can play as a strong unit. On the other hand, you cannot really accomplish the really special things. Though, you must say with Bilbao that it is very impressive what they have already accomplished with the players they have lined up.

 

And one final question, with all the mid-week games, have you had any time to get ready for Christmas?

You know, when you have a week like the one we have – with games against Schalke, in Bilbao and against Hamburg – then you don’t really focus on Christmas. We want to prove ourselves two more times, twice more in really beautiful stadiums. And then there is time for everything else.

 

 

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