The joy of the "hammer month with great games" was great at SC Magdeburg, but the disappointing results are increasingly weighing on the minds of players and coach Bennet Wiegert. "We have to keep calm, questioning everything doesn't help any more than overturning everything," said the 42-year-old ahead of the home game against FC Barcelona, who are still unbeaten in the Champions League, on Wednesday (8.45pm/Dyn and Dazn), "We have to radiate calm and confidence and not be choleric or lash out. I don't know if that's the right approach. My feeling is that's the only thing that can work."
In particular, the 27:28 defeat in Hanover last weekend, which the German double winners let slip from their grasp with a 0:5 run in the final minutes, is still deep-seated and, according to the coach, "hasn't been processed at all." The only thing that would help now would be to bring the game home. In this situation, FC Barcelona is not necessarily seen as an opponent to build up against, Wiegert wants to imply joy for the game with work, talks and understanding, "you can't just assume a snap of the fingers."
