"Michael Köllner is the right coach in the right club"

Created: 05/08/2022, 10:55 am

By: Uli Kellner

Disillusionment in the management floor: President Robert Reisinger (from left), Vice Hans Sitzberger and CFO Marc-Nicolai Pfeifer.

© Sampics / Stefan Matzke

He also suffered from the 0:4 rejection, but President Reisinger was still looking ahead in Magdeburg.

In our interview he made it clear: Köllner stays!

Herr Reisinger, a bitter 4-0 defeat in Magdeburg

Reisinger:

I still have a five-hour drive home - and I hope we'll have a few beers with us.

To stay with the picture: How sobering was this 0: 4 bankruptcy, also in view of the other results?

Reisinger:

We actually did well up to 0-1.

Then we catch the stupid second goal, have to switch – and the others play themselves into a frenzy.

Whether it's 0:2 or 0:4 - that really doesn't affect me that much anymore.

Suddenly the participation in the DFB-Pokal is in serious danger again - also the whereabouts of the coach?

Reisinger:

Michael Köllner has a contract (until 2023/red.), and I assume that he will fulfill it.

Not only do I hope so, I assume so, because he's the right coach for the right club.

Are you still looking to chat with him once a week?

Reisinger:

We have our “Jour fixe” every Friday.

The sports management is not always there, but we are in close contact with the financial manager (Marc-Nicolai Pfeifer/Red.).

The coach is still in contact with the team, the sporting director is 1a.

It's nuances.

1860 President Robert Reisinger.

Your preliminary conclusion?

Reisinger:

We wanted to do better this season.

But I think the coach is still in contact with the team and the sporting director is top-notch.

It's nuances.

In terms of sport, however, it was more than a nuance in Magdeburg, almost a class difference.

Reisinger:

If we had played with 74 points behind us, we would have played differently.

That's sport - 75 percent of it comes from the head.

They can all play football, the rest is a matter of the head.

topic transfers.

Tim Rieder's return is fixed, and Schweinfurt's Meris Skenderovic should also come.

Can you give the fans more hope?

Reisinger:

You only have hope when you're pregnant, and we're not.

According to the plans, we will come out financially about the same as this season.

Richard Neudecker and Dennis Dressel are probably unstoppable, but maybe Niklas Lang is.

How much squad movement does it take for the coach to be happy?

So far, Köllner has avoided making a public confession.

"He demands a perspective - and he gets it": 1860 coach Michael Köllner.

© Stefan Matzke / Stefan Matzke

Reisinger:

The coach demands a perspective – and he gets it.

Apart from that, he is there to make the team better.

Do both shareholder sides see it that way?

Reisinger:

At least I haven't heard anything to the contrary when we talk to each other;

so I assume it's a language now.

Unfortunately Anthony (Power) wasn't there today.

So much to talk about for the announced beers on the way home.

Reisinger:

Thank God I'm not driving.

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Interview: Uli Kellner