On the death of the trainer legend
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Werner Lorant spent his retirement in Waging am See. In a holiday apartment over the reception of the campsite there, he lived with girlfriend Brigitte and his dog Jackson. The coaching legend of TSV 1860 Munich, who earned the “leg hard” nickname, regarding the “Beinhart”, on the five-star facility in the summer months in the football school together with the former national player Dieter Eckstein children.
It was a long way from Welver in the Soest district, where he was born, except for a campsite with a view of the Chiemgau Alps, where he has lived since 2013. Lorant, who died on Easter Sunday in a hospital in Wasserburg am In the In the age of 76, was the oldest of seven children.
He had learned painters and painters, but early on the talent for the football professional. As a relentless defensive player, he grown for Borussia Dortmund, Rot-Weiss Essen and Eintracht Frankfurt. Lorant once grabbed his opponent Jupp Kapellmann so strongly that the international had to go to the hospital.
TSV 1860: Trainer Lorant rubbed with President Wildmoser
Insert and, above all, hand out – so it was often choleric lorant on the sidelines as a trainer. On the side of the then President Karl-Heinz Wildmoser, the man led the lion from July 1992 from the 3rd league almost to the Champions League.
Lorant celebrated his greatest success in the 1999/2000 season when the TSV won two derbies against FC Bayern and achieved the qualification for the Champions League as fourth in the table. “I only change when someone breaks one leg,” the hot -flowered coach once sounded and formulated his questionable secret of success. In October 2001, Lorant had to leave TSV 1860 and left Wildmoser in a dispute. “It was annoying with the Werner, he was a very exhausting person,” said Wildmoser, who died in 2010.
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Lorant’s career in numbers
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Both had connected a friendship with men for years. “He is only interested in his shitty Allianz Arena. To play in it, you also need a team that wins,” Lorant at the time against the plans of Wildmosers, who nevertheless could not be prevented from building a stadium with Rival FC Bayern. After stations in Turkey, South Korea, China and Iran, Lorant landed in Waging am See. The owner of the facility, a lion fan, offered him the accommodation.
Werner Lorant: “They get everything blown into the ass”
With today’s generation of players, however, he could hardly do anything. “Many lack the right attitude to get even better,” criticized Lorant, who also commented on the processes in his lions. Many professionals are also dependent. “Most of them can’t even look for an apartment themselves,” he etched. “They get everything blown in the ass.”
Lorant once had to work out everything. At a meeting in Waging, he still said that he would be 100 years old: “I know that.” This did not happen. The lion family will remember him. How should it be different? “He left deep traces at TSV 1860 Munich. Our sympathy belongs to his family. Quiet in peace!” Icon Lorant is by far the record coach of TSV 1860, followed by Max Merkel with 211 games.