Inilah bedanya Schuster ama Capello. Capello hampir ga pernah ngasih penjelasan panjang lebar ke wartawan sementara Schuster hampir tiap hari muncul di koran.
Yes..Milan emang bagus banget. Seperti dibilang Schuster, ibaratnya mereka bisa main bagus biarpun tutup mata. Tapi tahun depan, Madrid bakal nyamain mainnya Milan. Let's see... =========================================================== Schuster: Pre-Season Was Wrong, But Now We're Strong In a detailed interview with AS, Real Madrid coach Bernd Schuster reflected on the state of his squad, the club's pre-season preparation, and the dual-front of the Liga and Champions League... "I didn't like the arrangements for the preseason, but it was all set up before I arrived, so I couldn't change it. I would have never decided to play our first game after only four days' work. Ten days after starting we faced Hannover, then Moscow, then Deportivo... I also don't believe Real Madrid should play two days in a row in summer competitions like the Teresa Herrera and the Carranza... This will have to change." "I would have liked things to have worked out more quickly, but we were still waiting for players to arrive and some men on the squad had offers made to them, which distracted them. Speculation gave way to distraction. The arrival of the Dutch players cheered up the squad." "I was worried and unsure at times during the preseason because we lost many games, and that's not why I came here. It was good for us to start the League with the derby after losing against Sevilla in the Super Cup. This motivated some players who are very hard to motivate. Everything's easier now," he said. Then came the regular season - and Real Madrid came racing out of the blocks with two wings from two so far. Schuster confirmed, "I like to start strong. I don't like going just little by little. It's good for players to have a great start to the season because it makes them believe in what they're doing. A game like that against Villarreal [5-0] helps us do our work and makes us grow more ambitious, but we still have to improve." "During half-time at El Madrigal we told ourselves we had to score a second goal. We should never be satisfied with a result and sit back to wait to see what happens next. Villarreal proved to be a very offensive side, but we had a rather good start to the second half. We did well in our counterattacks and the final result could have been scandalous if we had been more effective." "It's not enough to focus on playing a beautiful game. We practice on positioning every day. We don't wait to receive the ball; we look for it. Robinho, Sneijder, Raúl and Ruud are very good at this. The players are adapting very easily to this style and having someone like Sneijder on the pitch helps." And it would not be possible without his squad. "We can at last say we have the players that we need. Heinze has taken some weight off our shoulders. He is a very driven player and a great defender... Metzelder is also excellent. We have a balanced squad," he said. Singled out for particular praise was Raul. Schuster said, "When I read in AS that Raúl said he wanted to play in the 2008 Euro, I thought to myself, 'Luis Aragonés is going to have it tough!' Before being Real Madrid's coach I said Raúl should maybe change teams, but I only said this because something similar happened to me as a player. "Routine hurt me badly. It happened to me at Barcelona. People also were affected by the routine of seeing me play for that team. They no longer wanted me after eight years. I think Raúl should enjoy himself now. What has he to lose? He can only gain from it. Our style is going to favour him, as it favours Ruud and Robinho. Raúl should simply focus on enjoying his football." And there were words of encouragement for some other players... "Guti is heavily influenced by the environment and players around him. He goes with the flow. His sudden mood swings remind me of myself as a player, but he is receptive... He knows how to listen. "[Higuain played down the right wing in the preseason as a test, but I think he is better as a striker. We have to improve on his goal-scoring capabilities, which isn't easy. Nevertheless, I believe he will help us as a striker and as a right winger," he added. And then a moment of revelation about Jerzuy Dudek's impact against Real Betis - a match Madrid lost 1-0 to a late set-piece. Schuster said, "Dudek's specialty are penalties, that's why I brought him out in the Carranza. I didn't even think about the possibility of there being any free-kicks before the end of the game. Manolo Ruiz and I decided to wait until the very last minute because something was telling me that it could go wrong. "In the end, we decided to bring him out and it was a bad move. We could only laugh about. I told Manolo, 'Damn! Why didn't we wait longer?' "If we had gone through to the penalty round and Dudek had done well there, people would now be saying that my move was a stroke of genius. I would do it again nevertheless. Dudek proved to be brilliant in the 2006 Champions League final." And then reflections on two new squad members: "Drenthe did well as a left back against Villarreal, but things improved when I brought out Heinze. Drenthe is Dutch, but he looks Caribbean. "His joyful character explains why he and Robinho understand each other so well. They both create an excellent atmosphere in the dressing room. I tell Van Nistelrooy that he has to be a father figure for the Dutch players... He's helping them a lot." "Robben is making great progress and this halt in the competition will allow him to rejoin the squad next week. He is terribly excited about playing. There is no problem with his old injury, but the mess that his signing proved to be didn't allow him to prepare properly during the preseason with Chelsea. He has to do muscle exercises," he added. "We wanted Sneijder when we were planning the season on another team, but we came here and his destination therefore changed. Before signing him I talked to Leo Beenhakker, who knows him well. We found out he can make good use of his shots if he plays down the left wing. "Beckham was a right winger more than anything else, and Sneijder, despite the fact that he has similar touch on ball to the Englishman, can cover more ground. He was a bit nervous in his Bernabéu debut, but he has performed at an optimum level ever since. The team is grateful to him for that. It is easy for a team to adapt to a style with him on the pitch." He then looked ahead to the Champions League, and rivals both in this competition and at home. Schuster said, "We have good rivals in our group, but I believe we'll go through to the next round. We know how tough German sides like Werder Bremmen can be, but they no longer have Klose and Frings. Lazio are a hard Italian side... Olympiakos have well-known players like Galletti and Raúl Bravo" "I want to win the European Cup because I came close to winning it as a player in Seville against Steaua Bucharest. With Real Madrid I faced Milan in the semifinals. "In the League, I'm sure Sevilla will be among the candidates again. So will Barcelona. I thought Valencia might as well, but it looks like they have had some problems. "In the Champions League, I have to go with Milan. They're the only team capable of beating Sevilla right now, just as they did in the Super Cup. They've spent the last two years together and it shows. Milan don't get tired of winning titles. They're like a good team who repeats one after the next. Liverpool don't play very pretty football, but they're hard, difficult, and a nasty team to play. You just have to look back to last season to see how much trouble Barcelona had. "If Milan is a ten, Madrid is an eight right now. Sevilla is a nine. They can play with their eyes closed, we can't yet. If I had to pick qualities of the best teams in the world, I'd go with Manchester's verticality and Chelsea's defence. I also love Sevilla's aggressiveness." Finally, he closed by saying that he'd like to commit his future to Real Madrid. "I'd really like things to go the way they do in England, where you can coach the same team for team years. I would sign on with Madrid for a decade right this second, but it's impossible in countries like Germany and Spain. We don't have the kind of foundation or development here," he confirmed.
