🎥 Accept no lies: furious Bundesliga coach takes on the press!
· Yahoo Sports
Someone really worked themselves up into a rage: Albert Riera, Eintracht Frankfurt’s coach, delivered what was probably one of the most memorable press conferences in recent Bundesliga history this Friday.
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The trigger for the angry outburst was several media reports from recent days claiming there had been a falling-out between the Spaniard and star striker Jonathan Burkardt. According to those reports, Vieira was supposedly bothered by the Germany international’s allegedly excessive body fat percentage.
However, Riera was said not to have addressed the issue with Burkardt personally, but through his assistant coach instead – much to the confusion of the player’s camp. According to 'Bild' and 'hr', this was followed by another Riera message aimed at Frankfurt’s most prolific attacker.
When he was then asked about alleged tensions between him and his players, the 44-year-old practically hit the roof. Reports of this kind were "total bullshit," Vieira made clear twice over, instead asking the reporter: "Do you think I have a communication problem with my players? Do you think that?"
When the journalist remarked that he could use the opportunity to explain himself, Riera became even more explicit. "This isn’t a pub or a circus. This is a serious football club. Maybe you think this is a pub and you talk to agents and journalists. There is poison around this building, but not inside this building," he made clear.
Riera also said about the Burkardt case:Â "Writing things is your job, but I do not accept lies." He is "not a puppet," but "a coach and demand[s] respect." Because: "The fans deserve to hear the truth."
The already tense mood around Eintracht is likely to have reached a new peak after this press conference. Only a home win against HSV on Saturday afternoon would probably bring some relief...
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