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Heidenheim (dpa / lsw) - 1. FC Heidenheim does not consider itself to be a candidate for promotion to the 2nd Bundesliga despite its recent upward trend.
After ten points from the last four games, coach Frank Schmidt remains cautious before the game against Hannover 96 on Saturday (1 p.m. / Sky).
"We were neither a relegation candidate after five games, nor are we a team after ten games that can come in", said the 46-year-old on Friday.
In a “very dangerous and complicated league” there is still a risk of “slipping into the bottom”.
Schmidt is looking forward to seeing his friend Kenan Kocak, who works as a trainer in Hanover, again.
As a player, both of them had not been able to prevent SV Waldhof Mannheim's relegation from the 2nd division in 2003.
While Kocak raved about Schmidt in the run-up to the new duel, Schmidt jokingly pointed out: “Well, I was an older player.
And then it is normal to appreciate and appreciate an older player. "
Both had learned to appreciate each other on the interpersonal level, said the Heidenheim coach.
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