Who else, Bruno Berner?
“The FCZ is not our competitor”
There can only be one goal for promoted Winterthur in the second half of the season: Somehow defend rank 9, which leads to direct league promotion. Trainer Bruno Berner reveals how it could work.
Published: 31 minutes ago
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Winti coach Bruno Berner reveals to Blick in the Marbella training camp how the league can be managed for the promoted team.
The cushion from promoted Winterthur to the bottom of the table is four points, occupied by the fallen champions from Zurich. But Winti trainer Bruno Berner says: “The FCZ is not our competitor!”
I beg your pardon? Has Berner already given up defending the saving bank before the second half of the season begins?
Of course not! The 45-year-old, who since the summer has been the successor to promotion coach Alex Frei, who has moved on to FCB, explains: “The conditions are completely different from ours. The FCZ has a very strong team that is classified completely below value. »
But what other team wants to leave Winterthur behind to avoid going to the barrage? Sion, which is ranked 8 and where you never know? Or the GC and Lucerne, tied with the Valais?
Strong October
Berner smiles, but doesn’t reveal any names. Rather, he says what it takes to make the football miracle come true: “We haven’t achieved anything yet. By the end of the season, we need countless exceptional performances to stay in the league. If you compare our chances and those of the competition, we only have a minimal chance with a normal second half of the season.” Berner points to last October, when Winterthur picked up 13 of their 16 points in six games.
Berner likes to think back to what happened back then. The golden October was preceded by the embarrassing 0:6 home defeat against Lucerne, not even the boldest optimists wanted to bet on the relegation of the promoted team. Berner when asked what he learned during this time: “I like it when things don’t go well, when there’s a groan and a human touch. Then finding solutions together, resolving conflicts – such phases are much more exciting than when the balls just fly into the goal and the pat on the back comes around the corner. » This attitude goes back to his childhood, when the credo in the Berner household was: success must be earned through work.
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