Ottmar Hitzfeld

Ottmar Hitzfeld
Ottmar Hitzfeldis a German former football playerand retired manager, nicknamed der General, and “Gottmar Hitzfeld”. He has accumulated a total of 18 major titles, mostly in his tenures with Grasshopper Club Zürich, Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich. A trained mathematician and sports teacher, Hitzfeld is one of the most successful coaches of German and international football. He has been elected “World Coach of the Year” twice; he is one of only five managers to win the European Cup/UEFA Champions League...
badly bitter difficult needed roll seem three
This is bitter because we badly needed three points. It will be very difficult because Werder seem to be on a roll but we'll keep trying.
careful entire virus
We must be careful the virus does not decimate the entire team.
efficient pleased
We were very efficient and I'm pleased with that. We're not where we want to be yet but we're in the right direction.
chances created excellent fate performance proud quite recent
We can be proud of our performance. We created many chances and should have been 2-0 or 3-0 ahead. It's all quite regrettable and just fate for Oliver Kahn. He's been excellent in recent weeks. It's bitter.
against found hard week
We found it very hard to get going after the week off for internationals. We'll need to do better than that against Lyon.