The then Hertha managing director Fredi Bobic reacted angrily to a reporter’s question in an interview immediately after the renewed derby defeat against Union Berlin (0: 2).
“If you ask again, you’ll get a scrub,” said the 51-year-old as he left an rbb reporter. The broadcaster published the video on Facebook, and the program “Zeigler’s wonderful world of football” picked it up. There you can see how the reporter, before a subsequent interview with Union coach Urs Fischer, when asked what had happened, said: “Don’t ask me, I’ll get a smack from Fredi Bobic.”
Bobic apologized for the incident. “I’m very sorry, I reacted too emotionally. That was just a saying, which of course wasn’t meant that way. Please don’t overrate that in football shortly after a game,” he told the “Bild”.
Hertha separates from Bobic
The 51-year-old, who was relieved of his posts at Hertha shortly afterwards after the sporting failures, was apparently bothered by the repeated question about coach Sandro Schwarz’s job security in the interview. Bobic had previously expressed his confidence in the coach several times. When asked by the rbb reporter “Can you understand that there is a coach discussion from the outside?” he answered curtly: “No”.
After the last three defeats, the Charlottenburgers are deep in the relegation battle, as in previous years. Hertha is in 17th place with 14 points.
Video rbb on Facebook Excerpt from “Zeigler wonderful world of football” (from 01:30) Report picture
