Coach Christian Streich from the Bundesliga club SC Freiburg has no desire for revenge before the repeat of last year’s final in the DFB Cup.
“We had wonderful experiences last year”said the 57-year-old: “The defeat in Berlin was not a defeat for us. That was one of the high points in life for us.” The Breisgauers lost to RB Leipzig on penalties. Now the sports club is aiming for the second final in the club’s history on Tuesday (02.05.2023, 8.45 p.m., here live in the ticker).
“The cup is a great competition. I love the cup – that’s pure football. That’s how football should be,” Streich enthused. That’s not the only reason he wants to be there Saturday’s renewed clashes in the fight for the Champions League do not take into account.
Freiburg coach Streich: “One exceptional situation”
“There is no cup or league priority,” said the longest-serving coach in the league. “We know that everything that is happening right now is an exceptional situation. We are grateful that we can experience something like this,” Streich said: “You can go through anything with this group. There is no wall, it does everything permeable.” The SC “doesn’t have that pressure” like Leipzig, for example: “It’s not mandatory for us.” Unlike in the first rounds, regular keeper Mark Flekken will be in goal in the semifinals.
Leipzig’s coach Rose is relaxed
RB coach Marco Rose was also very casual on the Leipzig side at the press conference. The coach raised his water glass and began to tremble demonstratively. “Do I give the impression that I’m super tense?” asked RB Leipzig’s coach rhetorically as a sip or two spilled onto the press podium in front of him.
A reporter asked Rose about his tension at the press conference before the semi-finals in the DFB Cup at SC Freiburg – the coach answered in his own way. “I’m tense and looking forward to tomorrow, but the fact that you’re getting here from the 20 minutes that I’m tense differently than usual: You paint the world as you need it,” said Rose with a smile.
Marco Rose: “If we weren’t tense, something would be wrong”
“It’s a cup semi-final tomorrow. If we weren’t tense then something would be wrong. But I’m not more or less tense now,” said the 46-year-old. Marco Rose and Christian Streich seem to agree on one thing: there is no preference. Both want to go to the cup final – and both hope for three points next Saturday.
