The day before the West clash in the 2nd league at Schalke (Saturday, 8.30 p.m./Sky and Sport 1), Fortuna Düsseldorf’s coach Daniel Thioune (49) was proud to announce that the entire squad is fit for the first time this season. Only the suspended Jamil Siebert (22/5th yellow) and Takashi Uchino (23/with Japan’s U23 at the Asian Cup) are missing.
Everyone is healthy – except the coach. He came to the press conference on Friday with a severe flu and visibly under the weather, coughing: “I’m not going to let that stop me!” Also because of an extra motivation…
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Ancient record from Ristic: Thioune wants to make history at Schalke!
Düsseldorf won the last six league games, third place and relegation are within reach. With a little luck, you could even succeed in direct ascent.
Six wins in a row – Thioune is only the second Fortuna coach to achieve this. The legendary Aleks Ristic (79) managed this in the last six games of the 88/89 season, leading Düsseldorf from relegation to first place and thus into the Bundesliga.
Commentator suddenly becomes emotional in the TV studio because of the cult club comeback!
Source: BILD/TwitterApril 26, 2024
At Schalke, Thioune can now snatch this record from “King Aleks” on his way to promotion. Thioune to BILD: “That would be something!”
By then, Fortuna fans would be mentioning the coach in the same breath as Ristic, Norbert Meier (65) and Friedhelm Funkel (70), who also guided Düsseldorf into the Bundesliga.
2024-04-27 04:10:44
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