Before the DFB Cup game against FC St. Pauli, Urs Fischer talks about his career as a player and coach, his Sisyphus work as Union Berlin coach and the difficult farewell to Max Kruse. And he gives rare insights into his private life.
Interviewed by
Javier Caceres, Berlin
And suddenly there is war. Urs Fischer, 56, is sitting in a corner of the sofa in a box in the 1. FC Union Berlin stadium, which he has coached for three and a half years. “2022. And we haven’t learned anything. It’s amazing,” he says and ponders the thought for a while. Then, as agreed, he talks about the big game his team is facing on Tuesday evening: the DFB Cup quarter-finals against FC St. Pauli.