Jürgen Klinsmann
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
I was prepared, okay, if they are different and if they are, you know, with their special type of humor and I just need to ask questions then.
I need to ask, okay, what would you do now, like the diver story?
How do I react to it?
What is now, what did I do wrong in the first place?
And I think,
When people then saw that, okay, I can make fun of myself too.
I can also say that I had a bad day or I had a bad game, you know, missed some chances or whatever.
And I think that that helped me forever.
In the late 80s, when Serie A became the place to be for several years until the Premier League took over, obviously...
The Italian football has the culture of not to lose.
First and foremost, you cannot lose.
If you end up 0-0-1-1, you save your face.
So for the Italians, not losing means I still have my face all right.
Still today.
So defending is the number one piece in mind.
For me, it was very difficult to comprehend because I want to score goals.
I was lucky that Trapattoni at least played with two strikers.
Today, nobody plays with two strikers in a partnership anymore.
I had Aldo Serena, also the centre forward from the national team, the Italian team.
as my partner, and we had a blast, we had a good time.