Rudi Voeller
Rudi Voeller
Rudolf "Rudi" Völler, born 13 April 1960)is a former German international footballer, and a former manager of the German national team. He won the FIFA World Cup in 1990 as a player...
achieved good
We must not think that we've already achieved something great. We are in a good situation, no more and no less.
beat hoping opponent players
I was hoping my players would beat the opponent in one-on-one situations. They did, but never scored. Latvia showed why they're here.
felt
We felt it just couldn't go on like this.
continue moment player risky select train
He is a very important player to us and it would be too risky to select him now. It's better for him at the moment to continue to train with Bayern.
great talent
He is a great talent but he is here to learn.
break goal liberate ourselves pressure second
We were put under some pressure after the break and we weren't able to liberate ourselves or get the second goal which could have been decisive.
fit players practicing
My impressions are more than positive, all my 23 players are fit and all have been practicing well.
confident early giving good late match next played
After the early disappointment for giving away the late goal, we are now more confident for the next game. We played a very good match for long stretches. But that's past. From now on, it's only Latvia that counts.
built reputation
Our reputation was not built on words, but on our record.
converted cross extra gotten pat proverbial time
If Klose had converted the cross in extra time I would have gotten the proverbial pat on the back. It was his kind of situation, but he didn't convert.
pity respect
He told me that he wanted to do something new. It's a pity but we have to respect it.
match win
You can't win a match when you don't score.
bit came chances game good half table
It was a bit bumpy in the first half hour. That was probably down to the game on Thursday, but we came back and had a lot of chances on the counter-attack. It's good to go up the table a bit.
against bitter goal lift matches score spirit-and-spirituality team
This is bitter the team is devastated. I will try and lift their spirits. But if you can't score a goal in two matches against a team like Sofia, then you can't advance.