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26.04.2001 The Chat: Rivaldo, Riqulme, Ballack, ...
Bernd Schuster was in a spanish chat in website LibreDirecto. He answered the questions specially about new FC Barcelona trainer replacement . The fans chatted for an hour and he prommised to come back soon again.

Read the complet chat here. (only spanish version).

Here's the full content of the chat:

MARCADOR: Rexach will make some changes, what do you think about it?
I think that's usual. When a new trainer comes he thinks that the players who are in the bank are the solution to win the new matches.

TRIZ: Serra Ferrer says he wants to continue as a Manager. Do you think it is logical?
Well, when he started as a trainer, he was also Manager, so it's logical he wants to continue because he has a contact for some years.

ANDREW: Is Gaspart a good president for FC Barcelona?
I think so, because he was over 20 years as vize president in FC Barcelona and he's from Barcelona, from Catalonia, I think he's perfect for the club.

CARLI: Do you think Fernando Niño is a good player for FC Barcelona?
Actually I don't know who is he.

MARCADOR: As a scout for Barça, which players do you recommand now?
Well, this is a private subject, I cannot say it in public.

ANDREW: Is there any player in Spain who seems to you in the way he plays?
Now the football has changed, the players like me are out from it all. There are not this kind of players. The way the teams are playing has changed, the responsibility are shared. I think there is no one. It was Hagi maybe, but he's retired.

ALAN16: What do you think about Athletic Bilbao?
It is a serious and very genuine club. It's a pity that they don't use foreign players (just vasque) and it is important to fight for more imortant cups, but this is its Filosophy and it has to respected.

CARLI: Do you think Mallorca can get a place for the Champions League better to FC Barcelona?
They are dangerous. Trainer Aragonés is an expertised coach and he prepares his teams very well for the final weeks of the Liga. I think they can do it, FC Barcelona should be careful.

WENGER: Situation in FC Barcelona needs more than just a trainer replacement, don't you?
With the change, the team will be changing too. We have to wait the new coach, with his ideas and where he can help the team.

NADAL: If FC Barceona plays with only 3 defenders, that's a suicide, even Cruyff renied.
No, that's just a posibility in some systems. I can remember Real Madrid plays vs. Bayern with 3 defenders last year and it was successful. The big teams should control the match with its system. To plan a defense line with 3 has no problem in Spain.

AMUNIKE: What can Rexach change for next weeks?
Specially psicological. They have to get a place for the Champions League, there have the Spanish Cup. The head of the players is what Rexach has to work on.

ANASTASIA: Is Rexach forever a Cruyff product?
I think this is not the question. Rexach is just a replacement till the end of this season, no more.

ANGELFIRE: Why not Rexach for the next seasons too?
Charly Rexach has never think about to be trainer. But in front of this situation, he was here, he can help, so... But I personally don't think he want to be the trainer for the next years.

MACARRON: Now when Serra Ferrer is fired, the squad says they are the guilties...
Yes, They know they are the responsibles for the results this season. They cannot do nothing for the decisions taken last year but about the results of this season they know they are a part of the problem.

GARDEL: Why are you working for FC Barcelona, do you feel its colours?
When I was playing here I was very identified with th club. After some years there is a meeting and I feel it again because I'm working for them. I do it my work with calm and professional

RAULGOL: You played for Real Madrid and now you are working for FC Barcelona . Are you a traitor, then.
No, Barça offered me the post, not Real Madrid. I played for both clubs, I enjoyed both. Maybe because I'm a foreigner I see it different.

CAMPANILLA: What's wrong in FC Barcelona team this year?
I think to play the right match in the right moment. Barça was in every competition but in the key matches it was not running.

SALSAROSA: Can you train FC Barcelona next season, when Rexach leaves the post?
I don't think so. There are some names with a succesful career and this is very important for FC Barcelona.

BILUS: Will you train next season in Spain?
I hope it. But it's very difficult to find a big club to train, I'm with patience and luck I hope I will find my team for the next season.

ANGELFIRE: There are a list of 36 players interesting to FC Barcelona. How many of them are german? Ballack and...
No one is german, The kind of players barça are searching... no one you can find in Germany. We have not interesting and important players, so there are another nationalities in the list.

MARCADOR: The players lkike Vieira, Kanu, Riquelme, Zanetti,... which ones are good for FC Barcelona?
This game is active every summer... The main are not the names, the main subject are the qualities. It depends on the new trainer. We just need to improve the level in some positions. Every player can play in his own role but there is no coach for next year so it is difficult to talk about.

NAKATA: What about Spain-Japan match last week?
I didn't see the match, I just see last Spain - France and I liked very much. But this kind of matches are not nice, they are not comfortable, there are nothin gto win, the coach is testing his doubts...

VAN GAAL: What doyou think about Riquelme adquisition for next season?
He's an important boy. He showed what a good player he is ini Argentina. The way he plays and his skills can be interesting for Barça and for the fans, he has a nice game. We will see his adaptation to the spanish Liga, it is a higher level, stronger.

CASILLAS: Does Barça need a goalkeeper for the next season?
If Barça looks for a keeper, he has to be a big one. like Barthez or Kahn. He has to be better than the current keepers or better not to change. The big ones are in difficult to get now.

GIL: Do you think Atletico Madrid will reach the Primera Division?
I hope so. It will be very important for the club and for the spanish football, too. Also Sevilla and Betis are very important clubs. I hope Atletico will get the points to reach the Primera.

ANDREW: So you are working for FC Barcelona? what's your job?
I'm a technical assistant. I see players all over the world, specially in Europe. I see the european rivals of FC Barcelona,.. that's my job.

EFFENBERG: Real Madrid defense is not strong in air attacks....to play vs. Bayern this is a problem
I think it is strong enough. He has save some matches very well. Real should think to force its attacks. Bayern will be thinking in its defense line and real must force errors there. I'm not worry on it.

ANGELFIRE: Do you think Bayern will win Madrid?
Now I see Real a little bit better. But Bayern is a very expertised team and very compact.Not specially briliant but they fight all together and this is very dangerous. The match in Madrid will be decisive.

BUITRE: What do you preffer? Xavi or brasilian Rochemback
I know better Xavi, and he worths a chance after some years here. He can do it well and it's the right time for him to drive Barça.

ANGELFIRE: Which system do you love most?
Initially I like very much 3-4-3, but it always depends on the players you have. Also I like the classical 4-4-2.The system depends most on the players.

ROQUE: What doyou think about the words of Serra Ferrer on his holidays before the summer?
He thought to work as a manager after he left the bench and when president Gaspart told him on a free time for him, he has a logical reaction, but the club has to find a way to finish this question.

VICENTE : Barça tries to get a new Casillas with reina and a new Del Bosque with rexach. Is Barça copying Real Madrid?
I told you, Rexach is just for this months. I don't think he will remain next year, there is no comparision with Del Bosque. About the keeper, it was the cicumtance, there are injuries and the boy is doing well. Casillas is now better, it is his second season. I don't know if Reina will remain when Dutruel is sane, but he paleyd good in this difficult moments.

BUITRE: What do you think on Puyol, is he a good player for FC Barcelona?
Yes I think he should be here for years. They need chances, he fight a lot every match, and people likes it. He plays the dark side of the match, he's agressive. I like it, he's doing well and Barça needs him.

ANGELFIRE: I saw you at EURO 1980 and I was impressed. I think you never played as well as you could, at the higher level.
Well, i think I do. I think I played the best I can, I played for my nationalteam and for the 3 best teams in Spain, that's the prove. Of course, with a little bit of luck I could win more cups, but this is a collective sport, you depend on the mates, and sometimes the victories are not possible, but I'm satified, I did the best I can.

BLANK: Do you think is better Rivaldo go?
I preffer he remains. he has played very well and he was important in the team, he won important matches for the club. After Figo scape, it will be a loosing point.

BILUS: Do you usually surf on the internet? Do you know you have a pair of dedicated websites?
Yes I know, my sons showed me and I was very surprised. i usually surf on the net, like now. But now I have to go. I promess to come back soon and stay with all you again, thanks.

 

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