The countries game of the women’s national team against Spain Horst Hrubesch ended his coaching career. Working with the DFB women have made it really fun, says the former head of the ball-“monster”.
From the monster of a Teddy bear. As a player Horst Hrubesch was feared, if he screw – retained, often after a “banana edge” of the HSV-colleagues Manfred Kaltz from the right – his 1.88 meters in height and the Ball with the skull towards the goal of a balanced. “Manni banana, I head, goal!”, described Hrubesch at that time, short and sweet is the recipe for success. The classic-and-out striker was the German champion, European Cup winner, European champion. Unforgotten is his first two countries are the goals game in the Euro final in 1980 against Belgium, Hrubesch became the “hero of Rome”. Today, he is 67 years old, and all like him, the friendly big man who has something of a cuddly bear. Hrubesch finished this Tuesday his coaching career, the test match of the German women’s national football team against Spain. It is a final conclusion, says Hrubesch. “Now, a couple of Younger times.” Martina Voss-Tecklenburg takes over as the national coach.
Mission accomplished
His entry into the coach-retirement had declared Hrubesch: after he raps with the German Olympic team in the summer of 2016 in the final in Rio de Janeiro, just a hair sharp (5:6 after penalty shoot-out against Brazil), the gold medal is over. But then he was suddenly there again, as the DFB sought last March, a successor to the happiness of women-the national coach Steffi Jones. Hrubesch came, saw and conquered, seven times in seven Games. The DFB-Team solved the Ticket for the world Cup 2019 in France, Mission accomplished. “We are now playing a very ordinary Ball. We have to thank him,” says striker Alexandra Popp. And midfielder Lina Magull, added: “It was a formative time with Horst.” Of Hrubesch to learn “for his game, also for life.”
“Now is the right time to stop,” says Horst Hrubesch
Flat Hierarchy
32 years in the coaching career of the Ex-goalgetter’s lasted. She led Hrubesch from 1. FC Pelkum in his birth city of Hamm on several stations – including Rot-Weiss Essen, VfL Wolfsburg, FC Tirol and Samsunspor in Turkey – to the DFB. There he worked since 2000 in various roles, first as assistant to former national coach Erich Ribbeck, and then as a coach of several youth Teams. In 2008, he led the German U19, and a year later the under-21s to the European championship title. “For me it was always important to have a flat hierarchy. It’s always a matter of personal responsibility and the entire Team,” describes Hrubesch be a recipe for success. “I have to worry about as a coach, to ensure that the Store runs. But I’m not the decision-makers.”
“Scared of me”
Hrubesch and his “girls”
Hrubesch makes no secret of the fact that he has done the work with the DFB-women once again really fun. “I want to miss the time with the girls. How they contribute, how they live for their Sport,” says the outgoing national coach. And also, that he, trained as a tiler and roofer, meanwhile, with the men’s soccer and its escalating transfer fees and exorbitant salaries, difficult to do: “I’m not with that amount of money already for a long time to agree. If I read the Numbers, then scared me.”
Small World Travel
The end of the year Hrubesch also his Post as DFB sports Director. After that, he wants to fulfill a long-cherished dream. With his wife, Angelika, the Hobby-fishermen and horse breeder goes on a little trip around the world: new Zealand, Malaysia, Singapore, Hawaii, Las Vegas. “You don’t know how long the thread still holds,” said Hrubesch. “I would like to experience a few other things.” You will miss Horst Hrubesch of the German football – the cuddle-monster with the great expertise, the quiet and human.