Pizarro: "We all acted a bit differently"

Claudio Pizarro spoke with WERDER.DE in his personal season review about family, football and fans.
First Team
Monday, 23.05.2011 / 08:09

He likes horses, loves good food and always has a smile on his face. No other Werder player knows as many facets of Thomas Schaaf than him. And he is the only one who still has an absolute season highlight still to come. WERDER.DE caught up with Claudio Pizarro...

He likes horses, loves good food and always has a smile on his face. No other Werder player knows as many facets of Thomas Schaaf than him. And he is the only one who still has an absolute season highlight still to come. WERDER.DE caught up with Claudio Pizarro during his first week of holidays on Ibiza. The Peruvian striker took the time between swimming, cocktails and a bit of summer feeling to look back on the season.

Claudio, Werder are currently playing the final test matches of the season. Where are you at the moment?
After talks with Werder, I pushed my holidays up this year and am currently with my wife on Ibiza. We had to do this because I will be playing in the Copa America in July and then did not want to miss too much of the summer preparations with Werder.

Would you say this was the most difficult season by far for you in your career?
Yeah, I think so. Not only was a lot different and very complicated for me personally but it also wasn't easy for the team. A lot of important players were injured. We never found any consistency in our game. I have never experienced something like that. We did not belong where we ended in the end.

The season also affected Thomas Schaaf for sure...
For Thomas it was anything but easy because he hardly could play the same team two games in a row. I think we all acted a bit differently than usual. We all had enormous stress and had to work more intensively.

In the relegation fight, the team really concentrated on team building measures. Was that the key to success?
I think it was good to rely on team building in that kind of difficult situation. And it apparently worked. If you look at our record over the final 11 games, we only lost two matches. You have to give your all to be successful.

Torsten Frings will end his active career with Werder. That makes you the second oldest and longest-serving Werder player on the squad.
(Thinking) Am I really so old?

Experienced, not old! But will something change for you?
No, I don't think so. I will remain in my current role. If Thomas wants to give me other duties he has to decide. I would like to give the younger players some of my experience.

Read Part 2 of the Pizarro interview tomorrow. Claudio talks about his ambitions with the Peruvian national team, Schaaf's successor on the Werder coaching bench and the goals he definitely wants to achieve with the Green-Whites.

 

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