New contract in his hand, Steffen's press conference ahead of...
1. FC Union Berlin (English)@fcunion_en
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Jan 14, 2026
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New contract in his hand, Steffen's press conference ahead of #FCAFCU starts at 14:00. Watch the whole thing LIVE on YouTube, or follow along here (in replies) for the usual updates (of a sort). youtube.com/watch?v=9ZwaIv…
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We are just running a little late here - a bitter blow for the myth of German efficiency (though this is Berlin, after all). Just a minute....
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Okay, sorry about that. Let's go. We however start with the bad news that Tom Rothe, Dmytro Bogdanov, Tim Skarke and Robert Skov are out of contention for Thursday.
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Steffen starts off with an apology, he was out for a run in the woods after training. It's okay,we'll let him off
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He talks of the way they've tried to avoid thhe stress of the English week, having known about the weird scheduling for a while already.
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On his new deal Steffen then talks about the positive way he works together with everyone here, how he is happy to be here, at his home, he calls it, to work, and hopes for it to go on for a long time yet.
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The club has big goals, not only sporting, he says, and he talks of working together towards all of them. One is of course staying in the Bundesliga, continuing to establish Union as a top flight club.
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We have five good strikers, all with different abilities, and Andrej (Ilic) is one of them, he says. They all play an important role, as does he.
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Everyone wants to play, so those who don't will be disappointed, he says, before trtaining his focus onto tomorrow again. We are happy to play Augsburg, happy to have thee break over. They'll be away for five days, 21 players, including three keepers, he confirms.
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He is full of praise for Manuel Baum. When you are in a situation like Augsburg... we know it'll be a very difficult game, but it has little to do with the state of the table.
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Christian Arbeit rounds things off by saying how sad it is that the usual Augsburg Calling cultural activities will be largely missing, but the game is late, on a weird day (my words), and we hope to instead be able to do something when they come back to Köpenick.
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And that's that. After another apology, he's off, preparing for along few days on the road. As will we. See you tomorrow in the Fuggerstadt. Eisern!
