During the corona quarantine, coach Steffen Baumgart from the Bundesliga soccer club 1. FC Köln converted his living room into a coaching zone.
A video compilation that his daughter Emilia posted on "Tik Tok" went viral over the weekend.
On it you can see – and above all hear – how Baumgart, who was missing because of a positive test in the FC game against Freiburg, roars through the living room and cheers on his team at least as emotionally as he usually does on the sidelines.
"They should play forward, even if they get three," he apparently called to someone from his coaching team over the cell phone.
"I have to yell at someone." Apparently, he shouted at a Freiburg player via television: "Get your ass up.
You cry every time.”
“It was a bit special”
The team from Cologne, supervised by Baumgart's assistant André Pawlak, defeated Freiburg 1-0 on Saturday.
Whether Baumgart can be back in the stadium on Friday in Leipzig is still open.
For the players, the difference was apparently not very big.
"It was a bit special.
But in the end we know what we have to do,” said striker Anthony Modeste, who made the decision again with his 14th goal of the season (23rd).
And youngster Jan Thielmann (19), who set up the goal, explained: "The performance has to be right, even if the coach isn't on the sidelines.
He gives a little bit more motivation.
But we didn’t need that at all today.”
After a video speech in the morning, Baumgart handed over full responsibility for the game to assistant Pawlak.
Baumgart was only briefly connected to the coaching team via video at half-time.