Otto Rehhagel
Otto Rehhagel
Otto Rehhagelis a German football coach and former football player. Along with Helmut Schön, Ottmar Hitzfeld, Udo Lattek and Hennes Weisweiler, he is considered one of the most successful German managers...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth9 August 1938
bad campaign defeat few home months opening past results turns win
The bad results in the past few months were the defeat by Albania at the opening of our qualification campaign and the home defeat by Ukraine. But a win always turns the tables.
eager hope order players retain win
I can see that my players are eager to win this time, and win we must in order for us to retain substantial hope for qualification,
flag flying grandiose greeks hats hope pinnacle rejoice savor
This is undoubtedly the pinnacle of my career. Hats off to the team. I hope that all Greeks will be flying the Greek flag tonight, rejoice and savor this grandiose win.
next round thinks
Nothing has been won. Everyone thinks that we are already in the next round but this is not true.
chances cup draw fear next none qualified teams
The draw is not easy, but there are no teams that have qualified for the next World Cup and so I think our chances are good. We fear none of the teams.
passion risk
The Czechs were technically better but the passion and the will was on our side. We had nothing to lose, we could risk everything. We could play for all or nothing.
became great people politics soccer unite
It is great that soccer can unite all people for one day. It is something politics has often tried, and we were able to do it today. All people became brothers.
came defend game good played position second smarter successful wasted
We came here to defend our position in second and we were successful but had we played a smarter game we would have won, because we wasted two good opportunities.
best played successful
We played our best in the end and made successful substitutes,
anticipate best finals played step successful
We played our best in the end and made successful substitutes. Step by step we are making our way to the finals -- but I do not want to anticipate that.
european owe stay
We owe the European championship to the players, and I need to give something back to them; to stay on and continue,
aim best cannot clean goals recent score sheet strong
We cannot score many goals in every match, our aim is to play with a strong defence, which we have not done so well in recent games. We must keep a clean sheet and make the best of the opportunities created.
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The players are motivated to the tips of their hairs and they will come out with a lot of passion because they know this opportunity does not come round very often.
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What happened here is that the Greek team wrote soccer history.