FCB coach Raphael Wicky before the start of the season: "I can not and I do not want to talk nice" – football – sports

Raphael Wicky, you counted your team last Friday after the match, saying that the 0-5 performance against Feyenoord was embarrassing and not worthy of FCB. Raphael Wicky: No, it should not be a signal to anyone. It was a bad day with two negative results in five weeks of preparation. You can put one aside in the morning against Aarau (1: 4, ed.), But this one in the evening was a surprise. My statements were an emotion after the match.

It should not be an alert. But it was nothing more and nothing less than a feeling. We were just not good and I can not and I do not want to play such a game well. You do not always need to see everything in black. We watched it together, did a video analysis and started very well this week

So the fire is still there?

The fire is still there. Nobody likes to lose. It was important that we talk with each other. Players know what they need to do better.

There were many departures, as in winter. Leadership and personalities have been lost. Was surgery not too important?

Of course, it was the desire to keep the team together. But I am very satisfied that a large part stays together. The focus of the team was there in the winter – like Valentin Stocker and Fabian Frei.

In addition, on this axis players like Marek Suchy, Luca Zuffi, Ricky van Wolfswinkel and Albian Ajeti, who all know how we want to play. And because this big part has been there for half a year, there is also a hierarchy there. Of course, we lost the personality, but with Silvan Widmer and also with Martin Hansen who won.

Has the pressure on you increased over last season?

I do not think is a year ago. I was lucky a year ago to claim an incredible legacy with a club that has an incredible history. The pressure did not feel smaller last year.

I want to do a good job with my staff and have faith that we can. And I'm sure the team can do it too. Last season, we delivered things that are great and we can trust.

Feel the support of the management of the association?

I feel very strong. The season has not even begun. And if that was not the case, then you could have sat down together at the end of last season and said, "It does not last."

But that was not true. Marco Streller knows how I work, we have a good exchange and as a result I feel the support and I can focus on the weeks and months ahead.

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