Demis: “That’s what Rehagel had that the other national team coaches didn’t have…”

The secrets of Rehagel’s success in the National Team, which he led to the top of Europe in 2004 Otto Rehagel reported.

“He wasn’t listening to anyone. What was happening at the National before Rehagel? The teams were pushing for who would play. Some coaches listened or were influenced. It was an equation. They counted three from Olympiakos, three from Panathinaikos, two from another… At one table we sat the AEK players of the national team, at another Panathinaikos, at another Olympiacos. We weren’t fighting, but we weren’t mad. Rehagel came and we realized that he is listening to no one, absolutely no one. He does whatever is on his mind. This directly made us feel good. Now the tables started to be mixed. 23 of us went to the Euro and we were all fine, we played or we didn’t play. Some didn’t play at all. There were people who were stars and key players, but at the Euros they were not protagonists. And yet, in his own way and with his character, Rehagel, without being an intellectual in tactics, managed to put all of our egos under the team. It is very difficult because we were good players and strong personalities. We never fought and the result was to get Euros“, he emphasized on his Instagram channel.

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