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
advantage fantastic football greek opportunity
This is a fantastic opportunity for Greek football and we must take advantage of it.
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.
successful
It is as in real life. If you are successful then you have to live with it.
amazing football politics score speaks unite
I think the score speaks for itself. It's amazing what football has managed to do in Greece, ... (Football has) managed to unite the country, something politics wasn't able to do.
final unfair
There are no right or wrong, or fair, unfair results. There's just the final score.
balls certainly goals later looked operated opponents score somewhat
Our opponents were certainly technically somewhat better than us, ... But they have to score their own goals ... later on they only operated with long balls and looked helpless.
anticipate finals step
Step by step we are making our way to the finals - but I do not want to anticipate that.
true
The fairy-tale continues, it's unbelievable what they did. It's a true miracle,
difference georgia goals minutes played quick
Georgia played real well for the first 25 minutes but the two quick goals made the difference for us,
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,
bit match played
In that match we played well but we were also a bit lucky.
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.
football team men
A football team is really a big family. There's a give and take... but a few are working for their name only. They go the whole week trying to figure out who said something, what they said and where it happened instead of showing that they're big men.