Schalke’s Christian Fuchs all praise for manager Huub Stevens- Bundesliga news
Schalke defender http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Christian-Fuchs-c9078 has hailed manager Huub Stevens for the impact he has made on the team since he joined in September this year. He admitted that the team has been on the up since Stevens’ arrival and are now deservedly
also ahead of the German champions, Borussia Dortmund.
Huub Stevens was announced as the new Schalke manager in September this year when former boss http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Ralf-c30492 Rangnick stepped down from his post due to health problems. He was earlier the manager of Austrian side Red Bull Salzburg but faced
the axe earlier this year in April.
Fuchs expressed his delight of being in second place on the Bundesliga standings table ahead of the likes of Borussia Dortmund and Werder Bremen. He insisted that the team has surely proved that it deserves to be in the top-four
and can challenge for major honours at the highest stage.
The former http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/VfL-Bochum-c40880 also aims to win the second-leg of the Europa League clash against AEK Larnaca this week after the 5-0 demolition in the first-leg.
“It's nice to be above BVB and of course we want to stay up there. However, all that matters in the moment is Thursday's match at home to Larnaca. We want to get the three points and secure our progress in the Europa League,” the
full-back was quoted as saying in an interview.
The Austrian international was all praise for new manager Huub Stevens and is highly impressed by the way he deals with the players. He admitted that the tactician always tries to keep motivating the team which is why he is getting
the results.
“He has a great knack for dealing with the players. He's always got a smile on his face and he's very open with us and is always trying to find new ways of motivating us. I think it's going very well with him at the helm,” the
player concluded.
Schalke 04 will face AEK Larnaca on Thursday in a Group-J clash at the Veltins-Arena in Gelsenkirchen and will be in search of their third win of the campaign. They have won two of the three games played so far and have drawn once
in the process.
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