Wolfsburg (dpa) – Managing director Jörg Schmadtke calls for a rethinking in the team after the mixed season of VfL Wolfsburg.
“We need a different attitude so that we can create physical conditions that enable us to play our game in 90 or more minutes,” said the 58-year-old from the “Wolfsburger Allgemeine Zeitung”. The current table-13. of the Bundesliga must “develop a game idea that we are not only convinced of in theory, but that the team also enjoys very much.”
Schmadtke blamed a “fitness problem” that was a constant companion for the unstable season with a change of coach, inconsistent performance and a relegation battle. “On the one hand, the athletic requirements that you simply need in the Bundesliga have not been met. And on the other hand, there was a lot of selfishness in our group.”
The international participation would have made some players feel comfortable. “One or the other may have said to himself: Been there three times in a row internationally, finished fourth, we did it, we know how to do it.” Participation in the Champions League this season with a supposedly easier group did not bring participation in the round of 16: “In the end it was something like a fire accelerator. And we almost couldn’t put out this fire anymore,” he said about the problem Convenience