Michael Ballack
Michael Ballack
Michael Ballackis a retired German footballer. He is among the top goal scorers in the history of the German national team. Ballack wore the number 13 shirt for every team he has played for except for Kaiserslautern. He was selected by Pelé as one of FIFA's 125 Greatest Living Players, and as the UEFA Club Midfielder of the Year in 2002. He won the German Footballer of the Year award three times – in 2002, 2003 and 2005. Ballack was...
ProfessionSoccer Player
Date of Birth26 September 1976
CityGorlitz, Germany
serious signed
I am in serious negotiations with Chelsea. Nothing is signed yet, but I know what I want.
european thinking
Right now, I am thinking only about the European Championship,
decided serious signed talks
Nothing has been decided yet and nothing signed but I'm in serious talks with Chelsea.
decision
Then there was the decision about transferring to Bayern,
broke goal played tension tough
It was very tough at the start. The first goal broke the tension and we played well after that.
compact game normal shooting strength win
It's not so important if I get into a shooting position. Our strength is the defense, that's where we have to win balls. We have to play our normal game, be very compact in midfield. That's our game and that's what we do best.
far tight
We know that we can go far only as we come out as a very tight unit,
title
We will not give anything away in the title race.
compact
We have to be very compact in the midfield.
lost
We're disappointed at the draw. Nothing is lost though.
badly quite won
We didn't play so badly but they won quite decisively.
assume conversation feeling good
We've talked. You can assume that I had a good feeling during that conversation. I have a feeling for myself and I know what I want.
abroad advise against anyone hardly played
There is hardly anyone who played abroad that would advise against making this step,
sit together wednesday
We'll sit down together on Wednesday and we'll see what comes from the talks.