a long time Ago, when he was still a Bundesliga professional, wrote the “Süddeutsche Zeitung” about the phenomenon Ludovic Magnin. This is the only footballer, there is twice: “He may he himself and his own contrary.” The newspaper said its benefits: world-class, time well.
The 39-Year-old is now a coach, but the phenomenon of the double Magnin. On the side line, he can rage and rage, as he would fight with the devil in a dispute. Minutes later, however, he dissected differentiated and calm the game. Just a little reminded to the other Magnin. The redness in his face remained. Red is the color of joy and of fury – Magnin.
Since February, he is now a Trainer at FCZ. He came as an apprentice, as a young coach, he said, and woke at FCZ soon a fantasy that you knew for a long time. The views to the good times.
As he was going to say The had to get out.
This fantasy has much to do with the Person Magnin. In the case of YB-Gerardo Seoane, also a trainer of talent, rather pale, you always have the feeling that he is wearing a mask, so controlled, he acts. Magnin, however, maskenlos through the world. It makes him authentic and approachable.
The next one, the football coach, Ludovic Magnin, usually on Saturdays, during the Media briefing ahead of the Sunday games. Magnin don’t like it that much, because the visit is usually quite sparse. Recently, two journalists, and one asked a question. You brought Magnin completely from the concept. It was about Sangoné Sarr, who plays at Magnin no longer. “Sarr, of the could help you, but with his physique?” Within seconds, Magnin was ampelrot, he drove the Question, what should the unprofessional question, whether he had ever been once in the Training. Minutes he was caught up in his Tirade, everyone escaped the sentence did him, then he stirred, shrugged his shoulders, as he wants to say: had to get out, otherwise I would have exploded.
In the case of Magnin has to. Anyone approaching in the late morning hours of the Zurich Brunau, the sounds, especially of a and a. The voice of Ludovic Magnin during the Training. When he took over the first team of the FCZ, were irritated by the older players. What is he doing here?, you thought. Trained as a primary school teacher corrected, criticized, and rode together. The young players knew the Romand already from the U-18 and had to explain to the Older: don’t worry, it does not mean the personally that is just so.
The evil Magnin
Alain Nef knows Magnin long. “He can also be evil,” he says. The 36-Year-old has played together with Magnin in the national team, today is the FCZ players-defenders under him. Nef told by the former impulsiveness, the urge to tell everyone his opinion, unfiltered and direct. In the Training and in the Games he you can experience this Magnin sometimes still, but the coaches have also changed, he had become affable. Magnin has learned the in-between tones. Magnin on the court and in his office were two different people, says Nef. As impulsive, there are warm and loose.
On his change mentioned, must Magnin think. On the one hand, the wool and he could not pretend to be a character that won’t let him. This is probably related to that, he was never the most talented footballer, and a career had to fight back. In the sense of: I’m still here.
The players grow a few inches
on the Other hand, he had learned in the past few months. He counts, and then remains at a particular point: “I can’t treat them all the same.” One is sensitive, another question things, a third party need tough handling. This empathy is always more, even in Training.
On the lawn of the Magnin-a-side football is also becoming increasingly clear. This is not by chance, the former outside defender feels the beauty of the game is required: the Ball take care of, and cared for him, and in shallow Playing forward fit. The possession of the FCZ is not increased in the past few months, steadily, combinations spring up simply to chance, and the team is able to switch during the game with a profit of a three – to a four-man defence. Magnin has not managed his players in important games and under pressure less, no, you grow a few inches. The Cup race victory and the Triumph over Leverkusen.
The call to Favre
Magnin has missed the team in a robe, is on the, but are often still in place. The Inkonstanz is a Problem. This has to do with the youth of many players, with the injury bad luck. And with Magnins inexperience. Which is clearly Why, if Magnin tells how he tried, to the subconscious of the player, it fails, games, loses, and during days asks:? Then he picks up the phone and call Lucien Favre, his Mentor, his second father, as he once said. He asks him how he is doing this to trim a team three times a week at peak performance.
With all the Doubts, the progress is there. This is also noticed in Germany. Magnin has long been more than just in the field of view of several Bundesliga clubs. With the victory of the small FCZ against the big Leverkusen in the Europa League, the former Bundesliga player got in Germany, the label of “makes players better”. It is something like the Ticket for higher tasks. And anyone who has observed Magnin in dealing with the German journalist, knows how it honors the interest and excites. The shoulders hiked up to the rear, each set would also have been in a letter of application space. “I don’t know where my path leads me,” he says today, a few weeks later. Maybe it is as simple as honest, perhaps, but also one of the few moments in which he’s wearing a mask.
“zero fear”
If Magnin speaks about football, lost in thought thinking about a playful, problems, and solutions, to glow it starts, then you can guess how he won the trust of Ancillo Canepa, this President with increased emotion level. The two play regularly football, and Canepa says of his coach. A premature departure, he can not imagine, “zero fear”.
he Probably underestimated because of the football and the skills of its employee.
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Created: 14.12.2018, 23:04 PM
