The winter break that began yesterday for the German Bundesliga team lasts just ten days. On December 30th, Oliver Glasner asks his players at Eintracht Frankfurt for their first training session. A week later the championship will be played again.
After the 1-0 success against Mainz on Saturday, they immediately went on a short vacation. “Now you can go out for a few days with the family in the sun. Christmas is celebrated together at home with a visit to Mette and everything else that goes with it. There will also be some time to review the past year “, said the 47-year-old, for whom the sun is currently shining sportily.
“I can hardly believe it myself,” said Glasner after looking at the table. As sixth, the gap to third Freiburg is only two points. While the club environment had long since broken out after the cautious start, Glasner named his time in Ried as a cautionary example on Saturday after the derby victory. “As a player, I hibernated fourth in Austria with 30 points, we only dreamed of Europe and then we were relegated. That’s why I stopped looking too far ahead.” This Rieder descent dates from 2003.
Regardless of whether Leipzig (as tenth) or Glasner’s ex-club Wolfsburg, which as thirteenth is far from the Champions League place achieved with Glasner in the summer – there are a lot of clubs that, despite a significantly higher budget, are behind the completely reorganized team of the Upper Austrian lie in the summer. This also includes Mönchengladbach with coach Adi Hütter. After the 1-1 draw against Hoffenheim, the Vorarlberger was able to take a deep breath. “That was certainly a small step in the right direction,” said Hütter after the recent heavy defeats.
Glasner’s wish for 2022
After the turn of the year, Hütter will open the new year in the German Bundesliga on January 7th with the game in the Allianz Arena against Bayern Munich. Glasner and his club met Dortmund the next day at home with ex-Salzburg coach Marco Rose. He has already ticked off the title fight for his team after the 2: 3 against Hertha BSC. With nine points behind Bayern, he probably has no other choice. The Munich team last had a bigger lead over the half-series in 2017/18. Glasner’s wish for the new year: “I would like to play in the really sold-out stadium for the first time soon. Then we would have overcome Corona.”
Source: Nachrichten
