Steffen's press conference ahead of #FCUFCH starts at 14:00. As...
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Nov 27, 2025
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Steffen's press conference ahead of #FCUFCH starts at 14:00. As ever, you can watch the whole thing LIVE on YouTube, or just follow along here for the usual updates (of a sort) youtube.com/watch?v=vO8D4_…
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Here we go, Steffen comes in out of the sunshine, says hello before Christian Arbeit starts off with the good news that the stadium is sold out, but that Andrik Markgraf and Robert Skov will be missing.
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Asked about Union's balance against Heidenheim, Steffen is clear abut the plan he has with his team, and where they want to be. We live in the present, he says, being dragged back to pauli, and on Saturday we have a chance, he says. With hindslíght, everyone's cleverer, he says.
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I expect two teams wgho play with passion, who fight. I know what to expect from a game like this, he says before that heidenheim have lost unfortunately often this season. Heis optimistic, of course. I saw a good game against St. Pauli, he says.
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I am pretty sure that we don't belong to the worst teams (in the league) he says, before saying that there are still things to be improved upon. A question comes, saying that in his view Union are having a good season. "Thank you", he says with a grin. He talks up his squad, there are boys there who are doing a very good job.
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Their compactness is their bigest threat, he says of Heidenheim. Their togetherness, as seen through how they stayed up. We need to be better than them, to take our chances. We want to stay above them, he says, but says how much he respects them, nonetheless.
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He had a drink with Frank Schmidt last time, though he said it was more of a consolation one, after their win.
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Asked about the new plans for the stadium he says when looking at the whole development (of the club)... We now have 22,000,we want 35,000. You look up at the mountain and dream of getting up there. He comes across as a fan now. It's all possible, he says.
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Christian Arbeit ends withthe suggestion that you come along to the stadium on the Eddyline boat, one we heartily support. It's a gem, here's the info fc-union-berlin.de/de/meldungen/h…
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And that is that. he's off into the chilly sunshine, we are off to wrap up aheadof the U19's game against Hertha on Saturday morning, then, of course, Heidenheim at home. What a day it'll be. See you there.
