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Gelsenkirchen (AP) - Dimitrios Grammozis is tackling his difficult mission at the Bundesliga club FC Schalke 04, which is threatened with relegation.
«I know what I'm getting myself into.
The good thing is that I am connected to my home country and know what makes Schalke actually tick, ”said the Wuppertal-born successor to Christian Gross at his introduction.
The fact that he was a coaching candidate at the Revierclub several times before, but was always outpaced by competitors, cannot diminish his anticipation.
“It is important that you stick with it when you are convinced of the bride.
It can take three or four times, ”said Grammozis.
The 42-year-old former Darmstadt coach has the first task in it.
Because the basement duel on Friday (8.30 p.m. / DAZN) with the penultimate from Mainz is probably the last chance for a turnaround for the bottom of the Bundesliga, which is nine points behind the relegation place 16 eleven game days before the end of the season.
The new Schalke sports director Peter Knäbel is in good spirits that the new coach will make a good debut: "He is the right man at the right time in the right place."
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Grammozis is already the fifth Schalke head coach this season after the leave of absence of the Swiss Gross.
The Revierclub now holds a league record.
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