a écrit le 31 juillet 2013 à 18h06 When Volker Finke took over at SC Freiburg in 1991, the club had never finished higher than fifth in the 2nd Bundesliga and there seemed to be trouble ahead: the next two seasons would be mammoth affairs because, in the wake of reunification, the second division would first take up a lot of clubs from the East and then be cut down to its original size.
Kicker magazine predicted problems: 'You can't miss a certain fear of the future at SC Freiburg,' it said. 'Having lost no less than eight players, the team has to be rebulit from scratch.' But the unknowns Finke found at clubs like Weinheim, Reutlingen or Havelse, his former team, did well and even toyed with promotion in 1992.
A season later, Kicker was less skeptical about the team's chances in the 2nd Bundesliga, but raised a question you'd often hear over the next years: 'The team can play with almost any side in the league, but Finke will ask himself if he's got the players who can meet the tough physical challenge posed by a long season.'
Kicker magazine predicted problems: 'You can't miss a certain fear of the future at SC Freiburg,' it said. 'Having lost no less than eight players, the team has to be rebulit from scratch.' But the unknowns Finke found at clubs like Weinheim, Reutlingen or Havelse, his former team, did well and even toyed with promotion in 1992.
A season later, Kicker was less skeptical about the team's chances in the 2nd Bundesliga, but raised a question you'd often hear over the next years: 'The team can play with almost any side in the league, but Finke will ask himself if he's got the players who can meet the tough physical challenge posed by a long season.'
