Why I Love Lucien Favre
By: Abby | July 30th, 2009Let’s face it- I’m a hopeless fangirl when it comes to our coach. You know it, I know it, it’s all over the damn blog. There’s something about his method and style that gels perfectly with what I want the coach of my football club to be like.
The most recent example of this: he’s having the team practice penalties for Saturday. Saturday, I might remind you all, we’re playing against Preußen Münster, a team in the Regionaliga West, one of the regional leagues that make up the German fourth division. And yet, Lucien Favre knows this is still a cup game; knows that any team is still a threat this early, and has the team practicing penalties just in case.
I don’t know, maybe it’s just the heat (hottest in Seattle, woo!) getting to me, but I like that.
Anyway. We’ve decided against both Ayew and Persic. I shouldn’t read about trialists- I’m way too soft-hearted. The thought of kids getting their hopes up, then rejected, makes me sad. But that’s how football goes.
Instead, we’re apparently taking a look at Swedish defender Rasmus Bengtsson, who at least has a great name. The 23-year-old impressed at the U-21 Euro championships in his home country, and since his contract is nearly up, he’d be cheap- €500,000. We’re not the only ones interested, of course, with AZ Alkmaar, PSV Eindhoven, Sevilla, Real Zaragoza, and and Everton all allegedly interested.
But hey, we have Lucien Favre, right?
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The SV Wehen v Wolfsburg game is on at 4:30am in Australia. Hence, have no choice but to set the timer on the DVD recorder and watch it when I wake up. In true Lucien Favre style, I am adding an extra hour to the timer, in the highly unlikely, but still possible case that the match will go to penalties!
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