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
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We know France have the best players in Europe but we will go in with strength and passion and we have everything to win and nothing to lose.
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.
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We played our best in the end and made successful substitutes,
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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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We started playing with three strikers. The result came as a surprise to everyone.
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We've shown the world we can beat Spain. We've must show that the victory over Portugal was not just a flash in the pan.
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It is as in real life. If you are successful then you have to live with it.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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We dominated throughout the match and had about 70 percent possession but we just could not score a goal. What can I say. I hope in the next matches we have a little more luck.
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We are not going to Portugal as tourists, we will not be the character actors,
critics-and-criticism enjoy forward good opponent success today won
Today there will only be joy, no criticism. We have already won everything. Now for us every opponent is a good opponent. We have nothing more to lose. There is no pressure. We will enjoy the success and look forward to the quarterfinals.