Steffen Baumgart's press conference ahead of #FCUVfB starts at...
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Aug 21, 2025
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Steffen Baumgart's press conference ahead of #FCUVfB starts at 14:00. You can of course watch the whole thing LIVE on Youtube, or just join us here in the replies for the usual updates (of a sort).
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The #Bundesliga is back, as are Steffen Baumgart and our host Christian Arbeit. As ever he brings the bad news first: Livan Burcu, Lucas Tousart Andrik Markgraf and Diogo Leite can't make the squad
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Baumgart starts batting away a question about Leite, saying he cannot play on Saturday, but is immediately full of praise for the newcomer, Derrick Köhn, and the added competition for places he will bring.
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Köhn could be in for a start, but Baumgart talks again about the level of competition, praising all his full-backs. He continues, saying how tough it is to say much about football apart from the fact you want to win. He talks of the positive mentailty that the players have shown. He still has plenty he has to work on throughout the season though, he says.
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Asked about getting playing time for his young players, Steffen says it's of course important that they play, but they (players like Preu and Olu) are fully integrated in the squad. He is full of praise for Markgraf after that.
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Rönnow has been back in full training, and Baumgart says we can assume he will probably play against Stuttgart.
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For me personally, he says, that it is an honour to be one of 18 Bundesliga trainers. He's happy about the crowds, the stadiums, of everything, but that he can be a Bundesliga trainer... That's a personal high
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Asked about the competition between Ansah and Burke, he says what a good position the club is in when they have such good players in depth, and that they are available. Both have integrated well, he says, and if one scores that's positive, if neither does, that's not. He is optimistic, of course, for both.
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He is then drawn on Leo Querfeld, saying how he has had to learn to be clearer, not necessarily louder in the middle. Every day he is getting closer to the leading role in the squad that Baumgart sees for him, he says.
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Drawn on his own experiences when it comes to the Woltemade sga, he says his own career is of little relevance, it's too long ago. But he would hope only to see himon the pitch. It's nothing to do with us though, he says, and as such is off the table
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And following a warning from Arbeit to come early - and if you can, you should try and get here in the Victoria, the best boat on the Spree - because of the inevitable transport chaos, that is that. A good one. See you Saturday. Eisern!
