Cologne --
A novelty in the Bundesliga.
What EXPRESS announced four weeks ago, is now a done deal: New captain of FC is defense-Star Youssef Mohamad - and thus for the first time in club history a Lebanese!
It is true that the coach has come to me. I have great respect for him and he to me. This task is a great opportunity for me, "says" Dodo "the EXPRESS.
The defender thus replaced interim captain Petit, who had worn after the departure of striker Milivoje Novakovic the binding since the away game in Bochum, in late November.
Mohamad top performance and his behavior in the cabin have Soldo, who wants to announce the decision in the training camp of Belek convinced them that Mohamad is the right thing.
"The coach told me that I always give everything for the team on - and off the pitch. I understand it, talk to my teammates, and try to actions to form a team. I told him, "Coach, if you trust me and want me to fill out the office, then I do it gladly."
No sooner said than done. The new honor has even been spread into Mohamad home. "I get many calls, people are happy. Many believed that an Arab in Germany could not become a captain. In Cologne, however, is the person and not the nationality, "said Mohamad, was the first New Year's Eve celebration in Beirut.
Instead, he slid with colleague Christopher Schorch and other pals in Cologne in the new year - as the new FC-Captain!
"I will speak more on the pitch," he announces at the top defender. Dodo and adds, laughing: "From now on I will be indeed give more interviews. Understand I do everything. Only my discussion I have yet to perfect ... "
