Afternoon, Unioner. Ailien Poese's press conference ahead of...
1. FC Union Berlin (English)@fcunion_en
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Sep 05, 2025
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Afternoon, Unioner. Ailien Poese's press conference ahead of #FCUFCN on Sunday is at 14:00*. Watch the whole thing LIVE on AFTV, or just follow along here for the usual updates (of a sort.)
*Actual Press Conference may contain grey skies outside.
*Actual Press Conference may contain grey skies outside.
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Here we go, the build up to the women's first ever Bundesliga game starts here. Ailien, all in black, comes in, a smile on her face, as well she might. This is history.
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Her team will be missing Hannah Eurlings, Leonie Köster, Antonia Halverkamps and Fatma Sakar. But 9000 tickets have been sold!!!
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Ailien says how much fun they had had in training today, but that the complete focus is there from her whole team. We know Nürnberg, she says, but of course they've been busy in the transfer window. We want to break through their defence, and to achieve a historic first Bundesliga win, she says
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The team will be told who's paying tomorrow after training. We will find out later, she says, refusing to give much away. But she says she has much of it already in her head.
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She talks of how they raised the intensity of training as the Summer has gone on, and how the speed, for example, has got fast and faster.
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Aksed about Tanja Pawollek, she talks of her international experience, and how she can play an important role in brining othersinto play. Asked if Union are a "normal" promoted team she throws the question back. "What's normal?"
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We want to establish ourselves in the league, she continues. If that's normal, she says she cannot say. One thing is clear, she is, as ever, very serious about her sides intentions.
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She talks of the advantage that the Alte Försterei brings, and of her determination to give the next big crowd something to cheer. She balances that out though, I'm happy for every game, she says.
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Her family have season tickets of course, they'll be here. As will we, as will you we hope. Christian Arbeit rounds off by reassuring all of the parents in Berlin, that any kids coming will get a little surprise, as well as a letter to their teachers, explaining that they may be tired. but they were at something historic. See you Sunday. Eisern!
