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Wolfsburg. Oliver Glasner's answer was short, quick and clear. After his return to Wolfsburg, the Austrian was asked whether he would sometimes regret not being here anymore. At a Champions League club that has completely held together a team it formed and even strengthened it in a targeted manner. will also meet Salzburg in the elite league. But Glasner only said: “No”. And so energetically that you could think of three exclamation marks.
The 47-year-old has been training Eintracht Frankfurt since this summer and achieved a 1: 1 with his old employer with his new club. Wolfsburg worked out a goal scoring ratio of 15: 6 in front of 9,266 spectators and lost the championship lead to Bayern Munich after losing points for the first time this season. The Frankfurters, on the other hand, have not yet won a game under Glasner. What everything shows: This point was also more happy than deserved.
Glasner knows all of this and didn't gloss over anything. “We couldn't win today, we have to be honest. Wolfsburg put an incredible amount of pressure on, had an incredible amount of power in the game. They didn't give us any breathing space,” he said. The Frankfurt tour by Sam Lammers (38th) only lasted until the 70th minute when Wout Weghorst met.
It was never about the sporting perspective when Glasner left VfL. Otherwise he would have had to stay. The reasons were rather his non-relationship with sports director Jörg Schmadtke and the question of who has what influence on sports planning. The disharmony remains evident. Glasner spoke for a long time before and after the game with managing director Tim Schumacher and VfL professional Maximilian Arnold, who always appreciated the professional qualities of this coach. “We didn't hit our heads here for two years,” said the Eintracht coach. “I was very happy to see many former employees again.” Schmadtke too? “No, I haven't met Jörg. But that's nothing unusual.”
