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Painful cheers: Heidenheim's coach Frank Schmidt
Photo: Eduard Martin / Jan Huebner / IMAGO
Frank Schmidt was happy to accept the pain after celebrating the winning goal against FC Bayern Munich. »Unfortunately, I am already handicapped on the left. Then I slipped and it went into the back right. But it's a nice feeling to finally have a torn muscle fiber again, I think," said the coach of 1. FC Heidenheim after the promoted team's spectacular 3-2 (0-2) win against the German record champions on Sky.
At the dress rehearsal for the Champions League quarter-finals at Arsenal, FC Bayern, which was in serious trouble, was already leading 2-0 after goals from Harry Kane (38th minute) and Serge Gnabry (45th). »Everyone at halftime thought the game was over. And I used that to ignite the team again, and it worked," said Schmidt. He didn't want to reveal what exactly he had told his professionals in the dressing room: "That's FSK 18."
“If you don’t go on the slopes today, we’ll throw you out.”
The newcomers have already scored 15 points after falling behind, this time Kevin Sessa (50th) and double goalscorer Tim Kleindienst (51st/79th) turned the game in favor of the hosts in front of 15,000 spectators. After the coup, former Bayern fan Schmidt called on his players to cheer for the victory. “If you don’t go on the slopes today, we’ll throw you out,” he says with a laugh. Schmidt knows what it's like to win against Bayern as an underdog: Even as a player, he defeated Munich in the DFB Cup.
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