Friends wish the Union coach good luck with the Royals: Fischer is a guest at the Royals

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In the summer of 2018, Urs Fischer (57) took over as coach of the team in eighth place in the 2nd Bundesliga. Year after year, the Union of Zurich continues to rise. After every season it is said: the results cannot be bettered. He is at the top every season.

Nef: “Fantastic what Üse has achieved with Union”

On Wednesday evening, the Bundesliga coach of the year will face Real Madrid in the Champions League with the cult club from the Berlin district of Köpenick. Urs Fischer is a guest at the Royals with Union Berlin in the premier class! The ultimate club highlight.

“Basically we try to prepare for every match in exactly the same way. This is also the case at Real. But of course there is a lot of anticipation,” Fischer told “20 Minutes”. Despite flying high, Fischer remains grounded. “It is fantastic what Üse has done with Union. But he has always remained the same,” says his old friend Alain Nef, “only his hair color has changed, he has become grayer.”

Nef reveals that they still meet regularly in Zurich for a ‘lads night’, and ‘we don’t just talk about football, we talk about a lot of other things.’ However, there is less time left for their shared hobby: fishing. “Once he gets to Zurich, he has a lot of other things to do.”

Urs “Longo” Schönenberger is always present at the “Boys’ Evening”. What does he say to his friend Fischer, who is in the Champions League with Union? “There is nothing hotter for a coach than the melody of the Champions League song. I still get goosebumps when I hear it. In 2005, Schönenberger turned the Champions League upside down with the small FC Thun and even brought Arsenal to the brink of defeat with his team. Only after a penalty gift from the referee in the 88th minute did Thun have to admit defeat.

“He and his Union team must enjoy the Champions League!”

Of course, Union is not as blatant outsider as Thun was at the time, but no one expected them to finish the group with Real Madrid, Italian champions Napoli and SC Braga from Portugal in the first two places. «Üse and his Union team must enjoy the Champions League. What comes next is an encore.”

However, Schönenberger is already confident that his friend will take third place. And that’s what Fischer is aiming for. «I can promise that we will fight for every point. We want to hibernate, whether it’s first and second or third. But it’s a great group that we were attracted to. The deciding factor will be whether we have confidence in ourselves.”

Even though Union is a newcomer to the Champions League, much of its Premier League experience travels to Madrid. They mainly bring the new ones: Leonardo Bonucci has 84 Champions League games, Robin Gosens 28.

The premier class is not new territory for Fischer either. In the six games in 2016 with Basel against PSG, Arsenal and Ludogorets, there were four defeats and two draws. It is quite possible that Fischer will achieve his first victory in the premier class. You don’t have to be at the Santiago Bernabéu today.

Moreover, it is not only the results, the matches or the anthem that are remembered from the Champions League. “The Highbury Stadium,” Schönenberger answers after his personal highlight. He recently visited again and reminisced.

Source : Blick