Legendary: Press Conference with Giovanni Trapattoni

Giovanni “Trap” Trapattoni won titles galore and even went on to take charge of Ireland, one of Germany’s Euro 2016 qualifying opponents. Something he did in Germany that will always be legendary was his press conference on 10th March 1998, two days after a 1-0 loss to FC Schalke 04. The FC Bayern München coach criticised his own players’ performances, albeit with bad grammar, but full of emotion. Mehmet Scholl and Mario Basler in particular received a grilling from the boss. His closing words, “Ich habe fe